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BRIEF – You’re Leaving? Sustainability and Succession in Charter Schools

This brief summarizes the findings and recommendations from a larger report, which finds that many charter schools are unprepared when it comes to leadership turnover.

The Promise of Cafeteria-Style Benefits for Districts and Teachers

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...

Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement

In this working paper the authors use student data from Ohio to compare the effectiveness of various types of charter school authorizers.

Talent Management in Portfolio Districts

A look at New York City and Washington, D.C., this paper shows how portfolio—and perhaps traditional—districts can transform talent management from a bureaucratic staffing system into a core leadership function.

You’re Leaving? Sustainability and Succession in Charter Schools

This report, part of a four-year study of charter school teachers and leaders, finds that many charter schools are unprepared when it comes to leadership turnover.

Parallel Patterns: Teacher Attrition in Charter vs. District Schools

This study explores the question of teacher turnover in charter schools by surveying newly hired teachers from both traditional and charter schools.

BRIEF – Teacher Attrition in Charter vs. District Schools

This policy brief summarizes an Inside Charter Schools study on the nature of teacher turnover in charter schools.

Washington State High Schools Pay Less for Math and Science Teachers than for Teachers in Other Subjects

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.

Curing Baumol’s Disease: In Search of Productivity Gains in K–12 Schooling

Improvements in productivity in other sectors may hold important lessons for understanding how the education system can become more efficient.

Strategic Communications for Portfolio School District Reform

This paper, one of a series of papers designed to assist leaders in portfolio district reform efforts, argues that effective, strategic communications policies and practices are a key element of successful portfolio reform.