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Spotlight on Maine
6/27/2008
The Latest in the Nellie Mae Education Foundation's New England After 3pm Series
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New Nellie Mae Education Foundation Research Reveals that Summer Learning is more important than previously believed.
6/20/2007
A provocative new report shows that summer enrichment opportunities have a much more profound impact than previously believed on the academic achievement of young people. The Learning Season: The Untapped Power of Summer to Advance Student Achievement reveals that children experience learning loss over the summer months, and these losses are much greater for children from low income families than they are for other children.
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Nellie Mae Education Foundation-sponsored research featured on Scientific American's "Seminar Blog"
2/21/2007
Scientific American currently features an examination of Foundation-sponsored research that revealed that a classroom-based intervention significantly improved the grades of a group of African-American middle school students and reduced the racial achievement gap between those students and their white student peers by 40%.
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Getting Through College
2/19/2007
A 2001 report prepared by the Institute for Higher Education Policy for the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
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New England After 3PM - SPOTLIGHT ON CONNECTICUT
10/13/2006
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New England 2020 Fact Sheet
6/29/2006
A fact sheet pertaining to the Foundation's "New England 2020" report.
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New England 2020 FAQ
6/29/2006
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to the Foundation's "New England 2020" report.
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New England 2020
6/29/2006
A major research study by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. The study finds most New England states will suffer declines in the percentage of young workers holding Bachelor’s degrees by the year 2020 if current educational and demographic trends continue.
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"Transfer Access to Elite Colleges and Universities in the United States: Threading the Needle of the American Dream"
6/18/2006
The study, released in June 2006 by an alliance of university researchers and higher-education foundations finds that fewer than one out of every 1,000 students at the nation’s private elite four-year colleges is a community college transfer student, even though more than 40 percent of undergraduates are in community colleges.
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New England After 3 P.M.
5/30/2006
Across New England, one in five children has no safe, supervised activity after the school day ends. The lack of adult supervision means these children are left to take care of themselves at a time of day when juvenile crime peaks, and when a range of inappropriate behaviors beckon, including drugs and alcohol, gangs and teen sex. Those are among the findings of a report, New England After 3 PM, which was issued by the Afterschool Alliance and funded by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
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