Press Releases

Nov 21 2005

Charter schools serving more urban and disadvantaged students, study finds

Seattle, WA - America's charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do the nation's traditional public schools, according to a comprehensive new study of the growing charter movement.
Sep 21 2005

Re-Creating Public Education in New Orleans

This commentary by Paul Hill first appeared in Education Week, September 21, 2005.
Feb 17 2005

New report shows how to better diagnose school progress using data

Seattle, WA - School district leaders can gauge the health of their schools by cutting through the blizzard of statistics in which they are buried to focus on a few key indicators, according to a new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at the University of Washington's E
Sep 8 2004

Projects to Study and Improve School Choice to Be Launched

This article was originally published in Education Week, September 20, 2004

By Lynn Olson
Apr 13 2004

Often overlooked HR department important to school district reform, study shows

Seattle, WA - Case studies of three districts suggest new ways to make HR offices an ally in reform.
Oct 14 2003

School-funding study to include Washington

Seattle, WA - Jacob Adams speaks with the Seattle Times about Washington State involvement in school finance study.

Originally published in the Seattle Times, October 13, 2003
Oct 13 2003

Researchers launch four-year study to retarget America's school dollars toward student achievement

Seattle, WA - An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation's education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Jul 28 2003

Superintendents say lack of clout holds them back from improving schools

Seattle, WA - Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation's 100 largest districts.
Apr 2 2003

Principals abound but avoid certain schools and districts, study finds

Seattle, WA - Getting quality principals into troubled schools has become an educational rallying cry so intense that New York City is making headlines with its efforts to place leaders in failing schools.

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During the 2020–21 school year, we learned through a series of interviews that most teachers missed out on the power of collaborative interactions between general and special educators.

This paper highlights the approach that two innovative charter networks took last year to address student well-being and social-emotional development.