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.
The Economic Value of High Teacher Quality
The Urban Institute
December 2010
Abstract:
This working paper from the Urban Institute’s National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), by Eric Hanushek, begins with an overview of what is known about the relationship between teacher quality and student achievement. The report suggests that replacing the bottom 5-8 percent of teachers with average teachers could move the U.S. near the top of international math and science rankings with a present value of $100 trillion.