Ch. 1 – Assessing the Charter School Landscape (HFR ’11)
This chapter offers an overview of emerging trends in the charter school landscape.
Conclusion – Will District Collaboration Neuter or Propel the Charter School Movement? (HFR ’11)
In this chapter Robin Lake discusses the charter school side of the emerging trend toward district/charter school collaboration.
Overview – Consorting With the Enemy: When Charter Schools and District Schools Work Together (HFR ’11)
This overview of Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charters Schools in 2011 introduces the key areas explored in this year’s volume.
Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011
The 6th annual edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality provides a clear roadmap for school districts and charter schools interested in working together to improve education options. The report explains the risks and technical challenges behind charter-district collaboration and provides powerful examples of how they can be overcome.
Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
This report from the National Study of CMO Effectiveness provides key findings from the study on CMO practices, impacts, and the relationships between them. The updated report also examines longer-term impacts of CMOs on high school graduation and college entry.
Are Charter School Unions Worth the Bargain?
This study of charter school unionization compared charter school collective bargaining agreements with traditional district contracts and found that, while the new contracts innovate in many ways, they could go much further given the opportunity to create agreements from scratch.
BRIEF – Charter Schools and Achievement
This brief summarizes findings from The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: a Meta-Analysis of the Literature, a detailed assessment of the literature on student achievement in charter schools.
The 7 Components of a Portfolio Strategy
This one-pager outlines the 7 key components upon which the portfolio strategy is built.
The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature
This report infers the causal impact of attending a charter school on student performance and finds that whether charters outperform traditional public schools depends on the location, grade, and subject.
The Changing Role of States in Education: The Move from Compliance to Performance Management
This essay was written for the PIE Network 5th Annual Policy Summit, September 2011. The authors argue that state education agencies need to shift from their role of compliance monitor to performance manager—a shift most are ill-positioned for. This essay outlines the known factors constraining efforts to transform SEAs, including limited resources, short timeline, and rapidly changing parameters.
