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
The Future of Charter Schools and Teachers Unions; Results of a Symposium
National Charter School Research Project
University of Washington
Paul T. Hill., Lydia Rainey, and Andrew J. Rotherham
May 2006
Abstract:
On May 20, 2006 a group of charter schools and teachers union leaders met at the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington D.C., to discuss areas of agreement and disagreement around teachers unions and public charter schooling. The article discusses in detail the results from the symposium between the two often conflicting groups.