Can Transfer and Articulation Policies Propel Community College Students to a Bachelor’s Degree—and Is This the Only Goal?
This brief considers the role of transfer and articulation policies in higher education policy and administration.
Targeted Training: How to Prepare Charter School Leaders For the Job
Targeted at charter school leadership preparation programs and state and local charter school policy leaders, this brief outlines the challenges faced by current charter school leaders and provides practical recommendations for better preparation and on-the-job support.
Building the Pipeline: How Charter School Authorizers and Technical Assistance Providers Can Help Develop Strong Leaders
Targeted at charter school authorizers and state and local technical assistance providers, this brief outlines the challenges faced by current charter school leaders and provides practical recommendations for seeking out and developing high-caliber leaders for local charter schools.
Working Smarter: How Charter School Leaders Can Get the Help They Need
Targeted at current and future charter school leaders, charter management organizations (CMOs), and charter governing boards, this brief outlines the challenges faced by current charter school leaders and provides practical recommendations for strengthening school leadership.
Community College Transfer and Articulation Policies: Looking Beneath the Surface
This paper explores the relative importance of specific policy components on post-secondary outcomes, and how such policies impact students with different aspirations or economic and ethnic backgrounds.
Seniority-Based Layoffs Will Exacerbate Job Loss in Public Education
In this brief, Marguerite Roza explains why K-12 school districts that lay off personnel according to seniority cause disproportionate damage to their programs and students than if layoffs were determined on a seniority-neutral basis.
Projections of State Budget Shortfalls on K-12 Public Education Spending and Job Loss
This brief makes early projections of of what state budget cuts might mean for education spending and job losses.
Teacher Union Contracts and High School Reform
Are teachers unions and collective bargaining agreements barriers to high school reform and redesign efforts in Washington, California, and Ohio? The report offers an overview of real and perceived barriers to reform, along with an overview of flexible provisions culled from various collective bargaining agreements.
Overview – Should Charter Schools Be More Different Than Alike? (HFR ’08)
This overview of Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charters Schools in 2008 introduces the key areas explored in this year’s volume and notes that charter schools are more different than alike, not only in terms of the populations they serve, the academic missions they pursue, and the results they produce, but also in their response to local need and capacity.
Ch. 1 – Charter Schools and Student Achievement: A Review of the Evidence (HFR ’08)
This paper analyzes existing charter outcome studies and finds that there is great variety in charter school performance, with charters outperforming in some grade spans/subjects and underperforming in others.
