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Title Author Date Description
Innovating Toward Sustainability: How Computer Labs Can Enable New Staffing Structures, and New Savings Suzanne Simburg, Marguerite Roza 12/2012

Using wage and staffing data from states, this paper projects the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workforce and...

Getting Down to Dollars and Cents: What Do School Districts Spend to Deliver Student-Centered Learning? Larry Miller, Betheny Gross, Monica Ouijdani 11/2012

This report offers the first detailed look into the financial implications for public schools embracing student-centered learning models.

Executive Summary - Getting Down to Dollars and Cents: What Do School Districts Spend to Deliver Student-Centered Learning? Larry Miller, Betheny Gross, Monica Ouijdani 11/2012

This report offers the first detailed look into the financial implications for public schools embracing student-centered learning models.

For Next-Generation Educating, We Need Next-Generation Funding Paul Hill 12/2011

In this Education Week commentary, author Paul Hill suggests how to transform our education funding system in order to promote digital learning and technological innovation.

New York City’s iZone Robin Lake, Betheny Gross 01/2011

In 2010, New York City’s Department of Education created the Innovation Zone to employ cutting edge technology to solve students’ most persistent learning problems. This study analyzes the iZone's impact so far.

Curing Baumol’s Disease: In Search of Productivity Gains in K–12 Schooling Paul Hill, Marguerite Roza 07/2010

Improvements in productivity in other sectors may hold important lessons for understanding how the education system can become more efficient.

Multiple Pathways To Graduation: New Routes to High School Completion Shannon Marsh, Paul Hill 05/2010

Leading districts are creating multiple pathways to graduation that might keep students from dropping out. Early results are promising.

Unique Schools Serving Unique Students: Charter Schools and Children with Special Needs Robin Lake 05/2010

This book offers a pioneering look at the role of charter schools in meeting the needs of special education students.

Portfolio School Districts for Big Cities: An Interim Report Paul Hill, Christine Campbell, David Menefee-Libey, Brianna Dusseault, Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross 10/2009

Study on four urban school districts experimenting with new school designs and new ways of holding schools accountable for performance by implementing a "portfolio strategy."

Performance Management in Portfolio School Districts Robin Lake, Paul Hill 08/2009

As portfolio districts take on duties they were not designed for, this report offers guidance on how to manage some of the most complicated tasks.

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