Current Projects
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EdWeek Highlights CI Parental Choice Research
Click here to read the article on new teachers in New Orleans’ schools.
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Report says New Orleans parents need better information for school choice to work
Click here to read an article in The Advocate about our recent Spotlight on Choice report.
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Spotlight on Choice: Parent Opinions on School Selection in New Orleans
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2012 ACT Scores show large gains for some RSD charter schools
Click here to read NOLA by the Numbers: ACT Scores, Class of 2012.
Research Archive
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The State of Public Education in New Orleans: 2012 Report
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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.
GulfGov Reports: Education – An Examination of the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Public School Districts in 15 Communities
Karen Rowley
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana
April 2007
Abstract:
Budgetary and enrollment data from 15 school districts adversely affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are analyzed in this report. It is suggested that the New Orleans school system is struggling the most due to its pre-existing failures and fractured state, and the report recommends that local and state officials give the Recovery School District (RSD) time to rebuild. Schools that made the most progress after the hurricanes were functional before the storm and were more prepared: they had adequate cash reserves, insurance coverage, and disaster plans.