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.
Louisiana’s Turnaround Zone: Answering the Urgency of Now
Louisiana Department of Education
March 2011
Abstract:
Louisiana’s Recovery School District (RSD), with its largest concentration of schools in New Orleans, represents one of the country’s aggressive attempt to systematically transform chronically low-performing schools in an urban school setting. In just five years, the number of students attending failing schools in New Orleans has dropped from 68 percent in 2004-2005 to just below 18 percent in 2009-2010. These and other facts on the Recovery School District are published in this Louisiana Department of Education report. The assessment of the RSD includes an examination of the overall impact of the RSD in New Orleans, as well as performance indicators specific to the RSD.