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Primer: Education Issues - References

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Allen, Russ. Class Size and Teaching Assignments of WEAC’s Teacher Members. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Education Association Council, 1992.

Allen, Russ. Effects of the Revenue Caps on Wisconsin’s School Districts, 1996-97 School Year Fourth Year Study. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Education Association Council, 1997.

Allen, Russ and Kickbusch, Ken. A Survey of Wisconsin’s National Merit Semi-Finalists and All-State Academic Scholars, 1990-1991 School Year. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Education Association Council, 1991.

Allen, Russ and Leverich, Jeff. Safety, Violence, and Discipline: The Attitudes, Perceptions, and Experiences of WEAC’s Teacher Members. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Education Association Council, 1996.

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Barth, Roland. Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make a Difference. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1990.

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“Multi-age, Non-graded Primary Program.” Taken from the National Multi-age Institute, Internet Address: http://www.nau.edu/~cee/special.announce/nat.multi.inst.html).

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Newmann, Fred M., Marks, Helen M., and Gamoran, Adam.“Authentic Pedagogy and Student Performance.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA., April 18-22, 1995.

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