Publications
Stretching the School Dollar: How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best
Eric Osberg , Frederick M. Hess / September 7, 2010
In this volume, a diverse group of experts—scholars, educators, journalists, and entrepreneurs—offer wisdom and advice on how schools and districts can cut costs, eliminate inefficient spending, and better manage their funds in order to free up resources to drive school reform.
A Byte at the Apple: Rethinking Education Data for the Post-NCLB Era
Eric Osberg , Marci Kanstoroom, Ph.D. / November 17, 2008
In A Byte at the Apple, leaders and scholars map the landscape of education data providers and users and explore why what's supplied by the former often fails to meet the needs of the latter. Most important, it explores potential solutions--including a system where a "backpack" of achievement information accompanies every student from place to place.
Turning the Corner to Quality
Bryan C. Hassel , C. Peter Svahn , Louann Bierlein Palmer , Michelle Godard Terrell / October 11, 2006
At the request of Ohio's top government and education leaders, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and National Alliance for Public Charter Schools have issued a report seeking to strengthen the state's charter school program. Among its 17 recommendations are calls for closing low-performing charter schools while also helping more high-performance schools to open and succeed in Ohio.
To Dream the Impossible Dream: Four Approaches to National Standards and Tests for America's Schools
Michael J. Petrilli , Chester E. Finn, Jr. / August 29, 2006
Education policy leaders from across the political spectrum flesh out and evaluate several forms that national standards and testing could take.
