Study on four urban school districts experimenting with new school designs and new ways of holding schools accountable for performance by implementing a “portfolio strategy.”
Study on four urban school districts experimenting with new school designs and new ways of holding schools accountable for performance by implementing a “portfolio strategy.”
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...
This guide educates the media and decision-makers about what questions to ask regarding charter school research, and provides them with information about the limits of any new research.
We will get through this (hopefully) final stage of the pandemic. But then what?
How do we help schools prevent “back to normal” inertia and fuel change?
We propose six principles to ensure students experience a positive, healthy, and restorative schooling experience this year.
Our analysis of district information and local media reports finds 93 of 100 large and urban districts have mentioned staffing shortages in the 2021-22 school year.
As 100 large districts gear up for a “normal” year, it’s not clear what will happen should another deadly COVID variant arise.
Enrollment declines nearing 10% in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and other metro area school districts this fall have revived the possibility of closing and consolidating schools. While some urban communities have a long history...
For these six schools, pandemic-era innovation demanded “know thyself”
Over the past year, we worked with six high schools in New England to learn how they’re reimagining the high school experience.