Multiple Pathways To Graduation: New Routes to High School Completion
Leading districts are creating multiple pathways to graduation that might keep students from dropping out. Early results are promising.
How Do Charter Schools Compete for Teachers? A Local Perspective
Drawing on an an original survey of hiring practices in charter schools and their local school districts in six-states, this paper offers an exploratory look at how charter schools compete for teachers across local contexts.
K–12 Job Trends Amidst Stimulus Funds: Early Findings
This brief explores trends in K–12 education jobs—those funded through the stimulus and by other means—to answer the question of what role ARRA played in overall education employment.
Beyond Teacher Reassignments: Better Ways Districts Can Remedy Salary Inequities Across Schools
This brief demonstrates how, contrary to common worry, closing Title I’s “comparability provision” loophole would not force districts to mandatorily reassign teachers.
Overview – Can Charter Schools Become a Crossover Hit? (HFR ’09)
In this overview of the 2009 edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality Robin Lake explores whether attention from President Barack Obama and his Department of Education will help move charters from the margins to the mainstream.
Ch. 6 – Missed Opportunity: Improving Charter School Governing Boards (HFR ’09)
In this chapter, Christine Campbell explores an underutilized opportunity for strengthening charter schools: addressing the quality of charter school governing boards.
Ch. 5 – Achieving the Ripple Effect: How Can Charters Prompt District Improvement? (HFR ’09)
In this chapter, Robin Lake takes up the questions of whether and how charter schools can prompt school districts to become more innovative and performance-oriented.
Ch. 4 – Still Negotiating: What Do Unions Mean for Charter Schools (HFR ’09)
In this chapter, Mitch Price considers whether charter schools can coexist with teachers unions and perhaps even provide innovative models for shaping productive new union contracts.
Ch. 3 – High Performing Charter Schools: Serving Two Masters? (HFR ’09)
In this chapter Katherine Merseth of Harvard University looks at charter schools as an important new model for urban schooling, outlining the essential components found in a number of high-performing Boston charter schools.
Ch. 2 – A Cautionary Tale: School Turnarounds and Charter Leadership (HFR ’09)
In this chapter, Terry Ryan of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation looks into charters as a school turnaround strategy drawing on Fordham’s experience with sponsoring a charter school in Ohio.