This chapter of Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006 shows how states can get an honest picture of how charter schools are performing under their laws.
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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 chapter of Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006 shows how states can get an honest picture of how charter schools are performing under their laws.
This chapter of Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006 reports on the preliminary results from a study of the agencies that authorize new charter schools and assess their...
This chapter of Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006 shows how public officials, citizens, and the press can move beyond the preoccupation with test scores to begin assessing...
In this chapter of Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006, Mary Beth Celio contemplates the challenge of fairly measuring charter school graduation rates—an important, but rarely tracked metric...
This brief summarizes which charter school data states collect and how the limitations of those data impact the quality of charter school research. The data in this brief were collected as part of the research...
The National Charter School Research Project and the Progressive Policy Institute convened a meeting of local, state, and national leaders from both the charter school and teachers union communities to address ongoing battles between teachers...
This report reveals how two very different school districts, Milwaukee and Dayton, are affected by and responding to the pressures of school choice.
This report summarizes a meeting of leaders from charter management organizations, school districts, and foundations to address the question of charter expansion and provides concrete recommendations for those interested in creating a more hospitable environment...
This white paper from the Charter School Achievement Consensus Panel examines the existing research on student achievement in charter schools and details how future research could be improved.
This paper gives an advance report on the results of studies in the Doing School Choice Right project.
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