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1 to 25 of 293 Next  View All View by: Topic / Project / Initiative CHOICE & INNOVATION     National Charter School Research Project         Charter Management Organizations (CMOs), Effectiveness, & Scale-Up         Charter Schools and Special Education         Guidelines for Charter School Research         Hopes, Fears, & Reality         Inside Charter Schools         Performance Management     •Doing School Choice Right         Helping Schools Compete in a Choice Environment         Informing Low-Income Parents         Transportation as a Barrier to Choice FINANCE & PRODUCTIVITY     Finance, Spending, and Productivity Project         Analysis of School District Fiscal Deficits         Cost Analysis Inside High Schools         Developing Return on Investment Measures for Schools         District Dollars         Lessons Learned on School Closure         Remedies for Within-District Finance Inequities         Schools in Crisis: Making Ends Meet     School Finance Redesign Project         Finance Structures and How They Constrain Resource Allocation         National Working Group on Funding Student Learning         Recruiting and Retaining High-Quality Teachers         Resource Allocation and Use at the Local Level         Tools to Support Strategic Resource Allocation TEACHERS     Teachers, Teacher Quality, and Human Capital Project URBAN DISTRICT REFORM     Portfolio School Districts Project         Multiple Pathways to Graduation for Disconnected Youth         Network of Leaders Pursuing Portfolio Strategies         Portfolio Reform Efforts in Urban School Districts         Voluntary Public School Choice LEADERSHIP STATE & FEDERAL REFORM or Author Heather Barney Richard Brandon John Bransford Hyung-Jai Choi Tricia Davis Robert Durante Stephen Frank Paul Gazzerro Michael E. Goetz Brock J. Grubb Eric A. Hanushek James Harvey Gina S. Ikemoto Ashley Jochim Janice Jones Michael Kirst Julia E. Koppich Goodwin Liu Susanna Loeb Hope Longwell-Grice Julie Marsh Lorraine M. McDonnell Anthony T. Milanowski David H. Monk Stephen Page Lawrence O. Picus Lori Rhodes Felicia Saffold Kristen Schomisch Diana Sharp Joanna Smith Meghan Squires Thomas Timar Joanne Weiss Jason Willis Priscilla Wohlstetter Parker Baxter Julian Betts Melissa Bowen Dana Brinson Christine Campbell Jon Christensen Shelley De Wys Michael DeArmond Scott DeBurgomaster Allison Demeritt Kate Destler Brianna Dusseault Michael Foote Susan Funk Joshua Furgeson Brian Gill Betheny Gross Joshua Haimson Kevin Hall Laura S. Hamilton Michael Hansen Bryan Hassel Alex Hernandez Frederick M. Hess Paul Hill Kelly Hupfeld Joanne Jacobs Alexandra Killewald Robin Lake Chris Lozier Bruno V. Manno Shannon Marsh Kirsten Martens Pochop Moira McCullough Jacqueline Meijer-Irons David Menefee-Libey Katherine K. Merseth Jackqueline Miller Larry Miller Raegen Miller Patrick J. Murphy Ira Nichols-Barrer Tracey O'Brien Kaitlin Obenauf Monica Ouijdani Bradley Portin Mitch Price Lydia Rainey Robert Reichardt Lauren Morando Rhim Andrew Rotherham Marguerite Roza Terry Ryan Cristina Sepe Jim Simpkins Sam Sperry Brian M. Stecher Bing-ru Teh Paul Teske Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz Patricia Wasley Noah Wepman Sarah Yatsko Todd Ziebarth Ron Zimmer Abigail Schumwinger Kevin Booker Kevin Carey Christopher T. Cross Julie Kowal Albert Liu Allan R. Odden Dan Player Lucy Steiner Dan Goldhaber Y. Emily Tang
Title	Author/Editor	Date	Description
Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011	Robin Lake, Betheny Gross	01/2012	Charter schools are public schools....
Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts	Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt, Joshua Furgeson, Brian Gill, Joshua Haimson, Paul Hill, Alexandra Killewald, Robin Lake, Moira McCullough, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Bing-ru Teh, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz	01/2012	Updated January 9, 2012 Charter schools—public schools of choice that are operated autonomously, outside the direct control of local school districts—have become more prevalent over the past two decades....
For Next-Generation Educating, We Need Next-Generation Funding	Paul Hill	12/2011	This commentary by Paul Hill appeared in Education Week Vol....
Are Charter School Unions Worth the Bargain?	Mitch Price	12/2011	About 12 percent of all charter schools have bargaining agreements....
The 7 Components of a Portfolio Strategy		10/2011	The portfolio strategy is a performance management model for districts that aims to create dramatic student achievement gains at scale....
The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature	Julian Betts, Y. Emily Tang	10/2011	Charter schools are largely viewed as a major innovation in the public school landscape, as they receive more independence from state laws and regulations than do traditional public schools, and are therefore more able to experiment with alternative curricula, pedagogical methods, and different ways of hiring and training teachers....
Charter Schools and Achievement	Julian Betts, Y. Emily Tang	10/2011	This brief summarizes findings from a detailed assessment of the literature on student achievement in charter schools....
The Changing Role of States in Education: The Move from Compliance to Performance Management	Patrick J. Murphy, Paul Hill	09/2011	This essay was written for the PIE Network 5th Annual Policy Summit, September 2011 State education agencies are being pushed to move from their historically passive role of monitoring compliance to a more active role in managing school performance....
Creating Recovery School Districts to Drive Reforms: Lessons from Louisiana	Paul Hill, Betheny Gross	09/2011	This essay was written for the PIE Network 5th Annual Policy Summit, September 2011 Six years after Hurricane Katrina, the Recovery School District's landmark efforts to rebuild New Orleans schools are posting impressive gains....
Improving the Front-End of the Teacher and Leader Pipeline	Michael DeArmond	09/2011	This essay was written for the PIE Network 5th Annual Policy Summit, September 2011 Today's outcome-based system has made teaching a fundamentally different job than it once was; to prepare people for that job, the institutions and policies surrounding the teacher and leader pipeline need to be fundamentally transformed....
Beating the Odds: How State Education Agencies Can Better Support School Turnarounds	Sarah Yatsko, Melissa Bowen	09/2011	This essay was written for the PIE Network 5th Annual Policy Summit, September 2011 Federal School Improvement Grants (SIGs) represent the latest shift toward deepening the role of the state education agency (SEA) in school turnaround work....
State Education Agencies Overlooked in Education Reform? Talent Is the First Place to Start	Christine Campbell, Michael DeArmond	09/2011	This essay was written for the PIE Network 5th Annual Policy Summit, September 2011 State education agencies have been tasked with an immense productivity challenge—increasing student outcomes on fewer funds for the unforeseeable future....
Making Sense of Charter School Studies: A Reporter's Guide	Lydia Rainey	09/2011	Updated September 2011 The rush to release findings and the electronic availability of conference and discussion papers means that more and more research has not gone through a professional peer review process before release....
Smart Choice Policy: Using Evidence to Inform Policy	Betheny Gross	08/2011	On August 11th, CRPE Senior Research Analyst Betheny Gross presented an overview of the latest evidence on choice policies -- including public school choice, vouchers, and charter schools -- at the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit 2011, in San Antonio, Texas....
State Capacity for School Improvement: A First Look at Agency Resources	Monica Ouijdani, Patrick J. Murphy	08/2011	The current emphasis on school performance and accountability is expected to continue....
On Recovery School Districts and Stronger State Education Agencies: Lessons from Louisiana	Paul Hill, Patrick J. Murphy	07/2011	In May 2011, state education agency representatives from New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee attended a series of workshops and briefings organized by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE)....
Growing Number of Districts Seek Bold Change With Portfolio Strategy	Paul Hill, Christine Campbell	06/2011	A growing number of urban districts across the country are profoundly changing the role of the school district and its relationship to schools in order to bring about dramatically better outcomes for students....
Eliminating the Achievement Gap: A White Paper on How Charter Schools Can Help District Leaders	Robin Lake, Alex Hernandez	06/2011	A staggering achievement gap exists between minority and white students in America....
Limited Capacity at the State Level: A Threat to Future School Improvement	Patrick J. Murphy, Monica Ouijdani	06/2011	To better understand the role of state government in education reform, this study identifies key functions performed by state education agencies (SEAs) and estimates the relative level of resources devoted to each activity....
Reforming Districts Through Choice, Autonomy, Equity, and Accountability: An Overview of the Voluntary Public School Choice Directors Meeting	Betheny Gross, Robin Lake	05/2011	In February 2011, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) convened a conference to help districts implementing school choice under the U....
Contracted Providers: Overcoming Challenges in a Portfolio School District	Jackqueline Miller	05/2011	CRPE Working Paper #2011-2 Over the past two decades, some district leaders have asked urban universities to develop emergency strategies to rescue low-performing public schools....
How Do Charter Schools Get the Teachers They Want?	Betheny Gross, Michael DeArmond	03/2011	This brief examines the practices that charter schools employ to hire the teachers they need....
What Does Washington State Get for Its Investment in Bonuses for Board Certified Teachers?	Jim Simpkins	03/2011	Washington State is set to spend nearly $100 million in the next two years on pay bonuses for teachers who receive national board certification....
Will Seniority-Based Layoffs Undermine School Improvement Efforts in Washington State?	Robin Lake, Michael DeArmond, Cristina Sepe	03/2011	A new analysis finds that policies known as “last in, first out” may disproportionately affect schools receiving federal School Improvement Grants (SIGs)....
Inside Charter Schools: Unlocking Doors to Student Success	Betheny Gross	02/2011	As the charter movement matures and plays a growing role in education reform, educators need to know about the organizational dynamics autonomy creates, the people who end up working in autonomous schools, and the academic programs they choose to employ....

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