Current Projects
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Private Schools & Choice: The Student Scholarships for Education Excellence Pilot Program in Orleans Parish
Click here to read the latest report in our Spotlight on Choice project.
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NOLA by the Numbers: First-Time College Freshmen, Class of 2010
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77% of Public School Students in New Orleans Attend a Charter School
Click here to read our latest NOLA by the Numbers on the October 2011 enrollment data.
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Transforming Public Education in New Orleans: The Recovery School District, 2003-2011
Click here to read a comprehensive history of the RSD in New Orleans.
Research Archive
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Is Louisiana’s Recovery School District a Model for Other States?
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute draws lessons for Ohio in this new report.
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Rethinking Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
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Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
New report looks at CMOs around the country, including in New Orleans.
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A Look at School-By-School Finances, 2009-2010
School Funding’s Tragic Flaw
Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington
Education Sector
Kevin Carey and Marguerite Roza
May 2008
Abstract:
This report posits that, due to property tax based financing of public schools, students who come to school with the most resources are supplied the most resources by schools. The authors describe why these funding inequities persist and how this can be changed at the federal, local, and state levels. They suggest reforms such as increased federal funding for poor states and high state minimum foundation amounts.