This report addresses choices made at the intersection of two very important trends in education: special education and charter schools.
The world is changing. It is long past time for public education to change as well.
Our current research centers on the changing education landscape in our post-pandemic world and how school systems can meet the ever-evolving needs of students. This includes work in innovative school solutions, responsive systems and policies, workforce innovation, community-led solutions, and the advent of AI.
This report addresses choices made at the intersection of two very important trends in education: special education and charter schools.
This report explores the various difficulties charter schools face related to educating children with disabilities and examines potential opportunities to address those.
This chapter of takes up the issue of charter leadership pipelines via in-depth interviews with Jonathan Schnur, co-founder of New Leaders for New Schools.
This chapter of examines whether charter schools are making full use of their freedoms by innovating around teacher compensation.
Like previous editions of Hopes, Fears, & Reality, the 2007 edition explores some of the most challenging issues facing the charter school movement with a focus on the pressing concerns, tensions, and opportunities involved with...
This chapter of examines the growth of charter schools from 2004-2007 and explores how charter schools differ from traditional public schools in their curricular approaches and school structure.
This chapter of addresses three main areas of charter governance: teacher involvement, community partnerships, and charter boards.
This chapter of examines an issue of intense interest to parents, students, and staff—school safety.
This chapter of examines the topic of charter school caps, and issue essential to the continued expansion of charter schools nationally.
This paper examines attrition and mobility of early-career teachers in North Carolina public schools using teacher value-added measures.
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