Seattle, WA - As school systems across the country work to recruit and hire more high-quality teachers, a new report by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) finds that leaders in the charter sector hire teachers based on their fit with a school's mission, and not just their individua
Melissa Bowen
Melissa Bowen
Research Analyst
CV:
Melissa Bowen is a Research Analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Her current projects include a study of the implementation of School Improvement Grants (SIGs) in one state and the National Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness Study, an ongoing initiative to better understand how CMO practices influence schools and student achievement. She has also studied how state and federal finance structures can be designed to better support student performance. Ms. Bowen holds a B.A. in Social Psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Washington.
| 06/2012 |
Managing Talent for School Coherence: Learning from Charter Management Organizations
The current wave of new teacher evaluation systems around the country offers an opportunity to broaden the conversation surrounding teacher effectiveness and its relationship to school coherence, to look at... |
| 06/2012 |
BRIEF - Managing Talent for School Coherence: Learning from Charter Management Organizations
The current wave of new teacher evaluation systems around the country offers an opportunity to broaden the conversation surrounding teacher effectiveness and its relationship to school coherence... |
| 03/2012 |
Learning from Charter School Management Organizations: Strategies for Student Behavior and Teacher Coaching
This is the final report from The National Study of CMO Effectiveness, a four-year study designed to assess the impact of CMOs on student achievement and identify CMO structures... |
| 03/2012 |
Tinkering Toward Transformation: A Look at Federal School Improvement Grant Implementation
In 2009, the federal government committed over $3 billion nationwide to help states and districts turn around their worst-performing schools. The U.S. Department of Education intended for the... |
| 01/2012 |
Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
Charter management organizations (CMOs), which establish and operate multiple charter schools, represent one prominent attempt to bring successes from the charter sector to scale. Many CMOs... |
- 1 of 3
- ››
Mar 29 2012
Seattle, WA - Just over two years ago, the federal government committed over $3 billion nationwide to help states and districts turn around their worst-performing schools. The U.S. Department of Education intended for the School Improvement Grants (SIGs) to spur dramatic change.
Jun 28 2010