Additional Resources

• Cornell Lecture Series
• Brookings Series of Studies on Upstate NY
• Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI)
  • Research and Policy Brief Series
  • Rural New York Minute
• Research on Critical Problems from DoingWhatWorks
  • Dropout Prevention
  • Early Childhood Literacy
• Institute of Education Sciences Clearinghouse Practice Guides

Cornell Lecture Series 2009-2010:

School-Based Health Centers: A Paradigm Whose Time has Come.
December 10, 2009 - Dr. Chris Kjolhede (Bassett Health Center / Columbia Univ. School of Medicine)

STEM Issues in Rural Schools: Increasing capacity and expertise.
January 28, 2010

Cornell Lecture Series 2008-2009:

Why is Student Engagement such a problem in American Secondary Schools?
November 13, 2008, 4-5pm - John Bishop (ILR, Human Resource Studies)

Community Mentoring and School Success
November 20, 2008, 4-5pm - Mary Agnes & Steve Hamilton (Human Ecology, Human Development)

Exploring the Bases for Promoting Brain Gain in the Southern Tier
December 4, 2008, 4-5pm - David Brown, Max Pfeffer, & Scott Sanders (CALS, Development Sociology)

Impact of Ecological Factors on School Readiness among Children in the Child Welfare System: A Comparison of Rural and Non-Rural Populations
December 18, 2008, 4-5pm - Charlie Izzo, Elliot Smith, & Lisa McCabe (Cornell's Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research)

Immigrant Incorporation, School Data, and Population Projections:
The Future of Latinos in Upstate New York
February 12, 2009, 4-5pm - Ron Mize (CALS, Development Sociology)

The Brookings Institution: A series of research studies led by Rolf Pendall and Susan Christopherson, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, on the State of Upstate NY

• Upstate School Reform: The Challenge of Regional Geography
  3/06 - download
• Losing Ground: Income and Poverty in Upstate NY, 1980-2000
  9/04 - download
• Sprawl Without Growth: The Upstate Paradox
  10/03 - download
• Transition and Renewal: The Emergence of a Diverse Upstate Economy
  1/04 - download

Studies conducted by the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands (REL-NEI)

• Distribution of Highly Qualified Teachers in NYS, summary or full report to download
• How to Reduce Teacher Turnover, summary or full report to download