Introducing a Powerful Tool for Education Change Agents:

The Cowen Institute is developing the Education Transformation Archive – a powerful tool for informing the public about the transformation of public education in New Orleans and influencing that effort with ideas and lessons about education renewal from around the country and the world.

New Orleans Schools Research & Information:

Articles, reports, and information about public schools in New Orleans.

• NOLA Hurricane Recovery & General Information:The documents in this category deal with the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and general information about New Orleans and the surrounding area that affects public schools.
  • The New Orleans Index at Six: Measuring Greater New Orleans’ Progress toward Prosperity August 2011
  • Held Captive: Child Poverty in America December 2010
  • The New Orleans Index at Five: From Recovery to Transformation August 2010
  • The New Orleans Index at Five: Measuring Greater New Orleans’ Progress toward Prosperity August 2010
  • The Legacy of Katrina’s Children: Estimating the Number of Hurricane-Related At-Risk Children in the Gulf Coast States of Louisiana & Mississippi December 2007
  • The New Orleans Index: Tracking Recovery of New Orleans & the Metro Area November 2007
  • Hope Needs Help – Issue Brief: Building a Better New Orleans August 2007
  • GulfGov Reports: Education – An Examination of the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Public School Districts in 15 Communities April 2007
  • Education after Katrina: Time for a New Federal Response 2007
  • Equity after Katrina Winter 2006
  • Rebuilding Inequity: The Re-emergence of the School-to-Prison Pipeline in New Orleans December 2006 /January 2007
  • The Plight of the Education Systems—Post Hurricane Katrina: An Interview with Dr. Brenda Mitchell and Dr. Linda Stelly Summer 2006
  • A Review and Critique of Rebuilding and Transforming: A Plan for World-Class Public Education in New Orleans May 2006
  • Young Children after Katrina: A Proposal to Heal the Damage and Create Opportunity in New Orleans 2006
  • Student Displacement in Louisiana After the Hurricanes of 2005 Experiences of Public Schools and Their Students 2006
  • Miles To Go Louisiana The Only Way Forward: Changing Directions in Education 2006
• NOLA School Governance: The documents in this category deal with the people and organizations that control and run public schools in New Orleans.
  • The Louisiana Recovery School District: Lessons for the Buckeye State January 2012
  • The Transformation of a School System: Principal, Teacher, and Parent Perceptions of Charter and Traditional Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans October 2011
  • On Recovery School Districts and Stronger State Education Agencies: Lessons from Louisiana June 2011
  • The Return Model: A New Approach to Governance for Public Schools in New Orleans June 2011
  • New Schools in New Orleans February 2011
  • New Orleans: The Challenges of Equity and Scale 2010
  • The Unique System of Charter Schools in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: Distinctive Culture, Familiar Challenges July 2010
  • ‘National Model’ or Flawed Approach? The Post-Katrina New Orleans Public Schools November 2006
  • Rebuilding and Transforming: A Plan for Improving Public Education in New Orleans March 2006
  • The Future of Public Education in New Orleans January 2006
  • K-12 Public Education Reform in New Orleans 2006
• NOLA Human Capital:The documents in this category concern the principals, teachers, and other staff members who work in public schools in New Orleans.
  • Value Added Assessment of Teacher Preparation in Louisiana: 2004-2005 to 2006-2007 November 2008
  • No Experience Neccessary: How the New Orleans School Takeover Experiment Devalues Experienced Teachers June 2007
• NOLA Student Achievement & School Performance:The documents in this category deal with the how well New Orleans students and schools perform on standardized tests and other measures of academic achievement.
  • Louisiana’s Turnaround Zone: Answering the Urgency of Now March 2011
  • Louisiana Case Study Building a Student-Level Longitudinal Data System November 2008
  • When The Saints Come Marching In: Effects Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita On Student Evacuees September 2008
  • Louisiana – A Special Supplement to Education Week’s Quality Counts 2008 2008
  • Reading, Writing and Reality Check: an Early Assessment of Student Achievement in Post-Katrina New Orleans October 2007
  • Potential Economic Impacts of Improved Education on Louisiana 2007
  • Miles To Go LouisianaThe Only Way Forward: Changing Directions in Education2006
  • What are the LEAP and GEE?2005-2006
  • NCLB: A Steep Climb Ahead A Case Study of Louisiana’s School Accountability System July 2004
• NOLA School Funding: The documents in this category concern how public schools in New Orleans are funded and how schools handle their finances.
  • On the Ballot Orleans Parish School Tax Renewals July 2008
  • Funding for New Orleans Public Schools: Legislation, Allocation, Expenditure and Recommendations June 2007
  • Education after Katrina: Time for a New Federal Response 2007
• NOLA School Facilities & Environment:The documents in this category deal with public school buildings and how the general environment of public schools in New Orleans (e.g. safety, health, nutrition) affects student learning.
  • Six Public High Schools, Six Years after the Storm: 450 Student Voices from Inside New Orleans’ Educational Experiment September 2011
  • A Blueprint: Building 21st Century Schools for New Orleans August 2008
  • New Orleans Public Schools from the Students’ Perspective: An Evaluation of Nine Schools Spring 2007
  • Hurricane Katrina Damage Assessment of New Orleans Public School Facilities September 2005

• NOLA Parent & Community Involvement: The documents in this category are about parent and community involvement in public schools in New Orleans.
• NOLA Public Education History:The documents in this category explore the history of public education in New Orleans.
  • New Orleans Public Schools History: A Brief Overview 2007

National Education Research:

Education research and reports from across the country and the world with relevance to the situation in New Orleans and Louisiana.

• Governance and Accountability: The documents in this category deal with how school systems are governed and held accountable to standards of performance.
  • The Portfolio Mindset: Innovation Starts from the Ground Up February 2012
  • The State of Charter School Authorizing 2011 January 2012
  • Governance Challenges to Innovators within the System December 2011
  • Expanded Measures of School Success April 2011
  • The State of Charter School Authorizing 2010 January 2011
  • Are Bad Schools Immortal? The Scarcity of Turnarounds and Shutdowns in Both Charter and District Sectors December 2010
  • Does Information Help Families Choose Schools? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design August 2010
  • America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for School Reform: Attracting Entrepreneurs and Change Agents August 2010
  • The State of Charter School Authorizing 2009 May 2010
  • Greater Than the Parts: What States Can Teach Each Other About Charter Schooling 2007
  • State Takeover, School Restructuring, Private Management, and Student Achievement in Philadelphia 2007
  • Starting Fresh in Low-performing Schools: A New Option for School District Leaders Under NCLB 2006
  • High Performing School Districts: Challenge, Support, Alignment and Choice June 2005
  • State Education Data Systems that Increase Learning and Improve Accountability June 2004
  • Foundations for Success: Case Studies of How Urban School Systems Improve Student Achievement September 2002
• Human Capital: The documents in this category concern the principals, teachers, and other staff members who work in public schools.
  • First Year Principals in Urban School Districts: How Actions and Working Conditions Relate to Outcomes March 2012
  • Rethinking Teacher Evaluation in Chicago Lessons Learned from Classroom Observations, Principal-Teacher Conferences, and District Implementation November 2011
  • Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions June 2011
  • Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2011 July 2011
  • Meeting the Challenge: The Role of School Leaders in Turning Around the Lowest-Performing High Schools January 2011
  • The Economic Value of Teacher Quality December 2010
  • You’re Leaving? Succession and Sustainability in Charter Schools November 2010
  • Talent Management in Portfolio Districts November 2010
  • Value Added of Teachers in High–Poverty Schools and Lower–Poverty Schools November 2010
  • America’s Teacher Corps March 2010
  • How The World’s Best-Performing School Systems Come Out on Top September 2007
  • Starting Fresh in Low-Performing Schools 2007
• School Funding:The documents in this category concern how public schools are funded and how schools handle their finances.
  • Measuring Inequity in School Funding August 2011
  • Return on Educational Investment: A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational Productivity January 2011
  • Stretching the School Dollar: A Brief for State Policymakers January 2011
  • Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card September 2010
  • State Policies that Pay: A Survey of School Finance Policies and Outcomes May 2010
  • Facing the Future: Financing Productive Schools November 2008
  • School Funding’s Tragic Flaw May 2008
  • Fund the Child: Tackling Inequity and Antiquity in School Finance June 2006
• School Facilities & Environment: The documents in this category deal with public school buildings and how the general environment of public schools (e.g. safety, health, nutrition) affects student learning.
  • Seven Topics in Education: A Review of the Literature for School District 112 December 2001
• Parent & Community Involvement:The documents in this category are about parent and community involvement in public schools.
  • Breaking New Ground: Data Systems Transform Family Engagement in Education January 2011
  • Building Local Leadership for Change: A National Scan of Parent Leadership Training Programs October 2010
  • Seeing is Believing: Promising Practices for How School Districts Promote Family Engagement July 2009
  • Starting Fresh in Low Performing Schools: Engaging Parents and the Community in Starting Fresh 2007
• Autonomous Schools: The documents in this category are about charter schools and other types of autonomous schools.
  • Charter School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts January 2012
  • Driving Quality:Can Charter Incubators Solve the Problem of Too Many Mediocre Charter Schools? December 2011
  • Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts November 2011
  • The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature October 2011
  • Student Selection, Attrition, and Replacement in KIPP Middle Schools April 2011
  • What Makes KIPP Work? A Study of Student Characteristics, Attrition, and School Finance March 2011
  • Inside Charter Schools: Unlocking Doors to Student Success February 2011
  • Measuring Charter Performance: A Review of Public Charter School Achievement Studies 2010
  • The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness: Report on Interim Findings June 2010
  • The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts June 2010
  • Student Characteristics and Achievement in 22 KIPP Middle Schools June 2010
  • Charter School Autonomy: A Half-Broken Promise April 2010
  • Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools 2008
  • Charter Schools Indicators 2007
  • Principles and Standards for Quality Charter School Operating 2007 Revised Edition
  • Quantity Counts: The Growth of Charter School Management Organizations August 2007
  • Greater Than the Parts: What States Can Teach Each Other About Charter Schooling September 2007
  • The Future of Charter Schools and Teachers Unions; Results of a Symposium May 2006
  • High Quality Charter Schools at Scale in Big Cities: Results of a Symposium June 2006
  • Hopes, Fears and Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006 December 2006