This working paper series examines the politics of portfolio school district reform, with a primary focus on the issues surrounding high school closures.
This brief describes how a different method of supplying benefits to employees might work for districts: cafeteria plans. While typical school district plans offer a one-size-fits-all package of benefits to employees, cafeteria plans allow employees to customize their benefits within a given cost.
This brief analyzes Seattle’s school 2009-2010 performance levels, how performance varies across the city, and how access to high-performing schools varies across demographic groups.
In this brief, CRPE analysts find that most of Washington’s largest districts spend less per math or science teacher than for teachers in other subjects.
Looking at the 15 largest districts in California, this analysis finds that teachers at risk of layoff are concentrated in schools with more poor and minority students, concluding that “last in, first out” policies disproportionately affect these students and their schools.