DESIGN MATTERS: MAKING CATCH SHARES WORK. Pew Environment Group. November 2009.

Catch shares are fishery management programs that allocate fishing privileges in the form of a specific portion of the total annual catch quota. These programs range from individual transferable quotas to community-based management systems such as sectors. While catch shares take many forms, in general they allocate the quota to allow fishing entities exclusive access to a portion of the quota, but require that fishing cease once that entity’s share of the quota is met. Science-based annual catch limits are essential if catch shares are to be effective and if requirements to end overfishing and rebuild depleted fish populations are to be met.

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http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/.../CatchShare.pdf?n=5322

REPORT TO U.S. AND EU LEADERS. Atlantic Council. November 2009.

Given the considerable smart grid investments already underway in the U.S. and Europe, the U.S., the EU Commission and the EU’s 27 member states should engage with each other in this promising field. The report recommends the establishment of an appropriate transatlantic liaison with these existing efforts to ensure compatible standards and regulations based on international standards wherever possible.

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http://www.acus.org/f...nticCouncil-USEUSmartGrid.pdf

FACT SHEET: THE RACE TO THE TOP. The White House. November 4, 2009.

President Obama recently presented states with an unprecedented challenge and the opportunity to compete in a “Race to the Top” designed to spur systemic reform and embrace innovative approaches to teaching and learning in America’s schools. Backed by a historic $4.35 billion investment, the reforms contained in the Race to the Top will help prepare America’s students to graduate ready for college and career, and enable them to out-compete any worker, anywhere in the world.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-race-top

HARNESSING OPENNESS TO IMPROVE RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION. Committee for Economic Development. November 6, 2009.

The Internet and the digitization of information are increasing the potential for information, processes and organizations to become more “open.” Information is more open when there are fewer restrictions on access, use, and the ability to modify or repurpose it. The report examines higher education through the lens of openness, to understand the potential impact of greater openness on colleges and universities.

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http://www.ced.org/images/library/reports/digital_economy/dcc_opennessedu09.pdf

LEADERS AND LAGGARDS: A STATE-BY-STATE REPORT CARD ON EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION. Center for American Progress, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and American Enterprise Institute. November 9, 2009.

According to the report, the authors find much to applaud when grading the states on school performance. However, they also feel that the education system needs to be reinvented. After decades of political inaction and ineffective reforms, our schools consistently produce students unready for the rigors of the modern workplace. The report finds the lack of preparedness is staggering.

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http://www.aei.org/docLib/Leaders%20and%20Laggards%20Report.pdf

RENEWING THE AMERICAN DREAM: A ROAD MAP TO ENHANCING ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN AMERICA. Economic Mobility Project, Pew Charitable Trusts. November 6, 2009.

The report, based on three years of research from Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, lays out a road map of more than 25 policy ideas and practical recommendations aimed at enhancing economic mobility in America.

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http://www.pewtrusts.org/u.../Economic_Mobility/EMP_Road_Map.pdf

SCHOOL CHOICE IN AMERICA 2009: WHAT IT MEANS FOR CHILDREN’S FUTURES. Heritage Foundation. Lindsey Burke. November 4, 2009.

School choice means that more and more parents are able to send their children to safer, better schools, according to the study. It means that low-income and special-needs children across the country are attending a public or private school of their parents' choice. It means that students need not remain trapped in failing and dangerous schools, though too many students still are. The study recommends that the Congress, as well as state and local policymakers, enact policies that give all American children the opportunity to learn and achieve.

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http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/upload/bg_2332.pdf

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEGREES, BY RACE/ETHNICITY: 1997-2006. National Science Foundation. Mark K. Fiegener. November 2009.

The report shows an increase in the number of academic degrees awarded to minority students since 2004. It shows that more degrees were awarded to minorities in nearly all categories.

Among U.S. citizens and permanent residents who earned bachelor’s degrees from fiscal year 2004 to 2006, Asians showed the largest rate of increase–10.5 percent. American Indian/Alaska Natives showed the smallest at 1.3 percent.

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http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10300/pdf/nsf10300.pdf