Making Sense of How Charter Schools Affect School District Finances: A Reporter’s Guide
This guide unpacks how enrollment loss stemming from charter schools may or may not shape districts’ financial situations and provides guidance and resources to journalists.
California Charter Schools: Costs, Benefits, and Impact on School Districts
Three new briefs assess the impact of California charter schools on school districts.
Sustaining Improvement after State Takeovers: Lessons from New Orleans
This report examines how New Orleans education officials have managed the return of nearly all of the city’s public schools to the control of the local elected school board for the first time since the state takeover of public schools in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Expanding Access to Out-of-School Learning: Lessons from Year 1 at ReSchool Colorado
This brief provides an initial, formative assessment of lessons learned in the first year of ReSchool Colorado’s initiatives to expand access to out-of-school learning opportunities for children in the Denver area.
An Unlikely Bargain: Why Charter School Teachers Unionize and What Happens When They Do
This report examines national and local trends in charter unionization, describes the reasons charter school teachers unionize, and analyzes charter school bargaining agreements.
Moving from a Portfolio of Schools to a Portfolio of Student Opportunities
This essay offers meaningful yet manageable steps that communities can take now to move toward more agile, student-centered learning systems.
Funding a Nimble System
This essay explores what it would take to ensure that personalized and weighted funding follows students across multiple learning experiences.
Local Governance for an Innovating System
This essay lays out a theory of integrated “light governance” of local schools, colleges, learning pathways, and special courses.
Educational Equality in the Future: Risks and Opportunity
With an eye to equity, this essay examines the implications of a more customized, agile system for disadvantaged students.
Beyond the Bell: Leveraging Community Assets for an Expanded Learning System
This essay explores ways to deliver more agile and responsive wraparound services and out-of-school learning opportunities for students.
