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Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century: Overcoming the Structural Barriers to School Reform
Paul Manna , Patrick McGuinn / January 10, 2013
America’s fragmented, decentralized, politicized, and bureaucratic system of education governance is a major impediment to school reform. In Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century: Overcoming the Structural Barriers to School Reform, a number of leading education scholars, analysts, and practitioners show that understanding the impact of specific policy changes in ...
Needles in a Haystack: Lessons from Ohio's High-Performing Urban High Schools
Peter Meyer / January 9, 2013
Profiles of six public high schools that serve poor and minority students to high levels of excellence. ...
2011-12 Ohio Report Card Analysis
Aaron Churchill / December 19, 2012
Our annual analysis of school performance in our home state's major urban areas, plus a projection of proficiency rates when the PARCC exams arrive in 2014-15. ...
Strategies for Smarter Budgets and Smarter Schools
Nathan Levenson / December 12, 2012
This new policy brief by Nathan Levenson, Managing Director at the District Management Council and former superintendent of Arlington (MA) Public Schools, offers informed advice to school districts seeking to provide a well-rounded, quality education to all children in a time of strained budgets. Levenson recommends three strategies: prioritize both ...
Moving Up: Fordham's 2011-12 Sponsorship Accountability Report
November 14, 2012
"Moving Up" is The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation's charter school sponsorship accountability report for 2011-12. Through it, we hope to help readers understand the complexities of charter schools and better appreciate the hard work of the teachers, school leaders, and board members who serve not only the schools we sponsor ...
The Diverse Schools Dilemma
Michael J. Petrilli / November 13, 2012
Lots of parents favor sending their sons and daughters to diverse schools with children from a variety of racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. But can such schools successfully meet the educational needs of all those different kids? How do middle class children fare in these environments? Is there enough challenge and ...
