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[] This article in the Boston discusses a research study of how middle school students Boston charter schools test higher than middle school student's in the city's traditional schools.

[] This article discusses research and case studies of prisoners in solitary confinement. Based on this research the author argues that solitary confinement should be viewed as a form of torture.

[] The following article is written by senator Jim Webb who uses statistics and studies on incarceration rates and drug arrests to argue for an overhaul of America's criminal justice system.

[] This article profiles Steve Barr the founder of Green Dot schools, an organization whose unique approach to change failing high schools has gotten LAUSD's and the Education Secretary's attention.

[] This executive summary summarizes a study done of over 80 grantees of Third Sector New England's diversity initiative. This initiative was provided to organizations in NE who were committed to addressing greater ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity within their staff. The executive summary found that creating organizational diversity is a reachable and achievable goal.

http://aep-arts.org/files/related/AEP_June_2008_Symposium.pdf?PHPSESSID=c009bcb537b8f8f7087ef4a4aa495270 This report outlines the state of arts education in the U.S. and identifies research and program priorities that should be pursued in order to help arts education become a central part of policy decisions about education.