Current Projects
-
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.
-
NOLA by the Numbers: First-Time College Freshmen, Class of 2010
-
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.
-
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
-
Is Louisiana’s Recovery School District a Model for Other States?
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute draws lessons for Ohio in this new report.
-
Rethinking Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
-
Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
New report looks at CMOs around the country, including in New Orleans.
-
A Look at School-By-School Finances, 2009-2010
Value Added Assessment of Teacher Preparation in Louisiana: 2004-2005 to 2006-2007
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University
George H. Noell, Bethany A. Porter, R. Maria Patt, and Amanda Dahir
November 2008
Abstract:
This report contains analyses “examining the degree to which recent graduates of specific teacher preparation programs were associated with increased or decreased educational attainment of students taught by their graduates as compared to experienced teachers.” Among other findings, the report concluded that teachers who were not certified in the content area they were teaching were less effective than those teachers that were content certified.