Publications
Can Failing Schools be Fixed?
Ronald C. Brady / January 1, 2003
Will the sanctions for failing schools laid out in the politics-governance Act (NCLB) succeed in turning those schools around? This report draws on the results of previous efforts to overhaul failing schools to provide a glimpse at what may be expected from NCLB-style interventions. The results: no intervention strategy has a success rate greater than 50%, so policymakers are urged to consider additional options for children trapped in failing schools.
Parochial Schools and Public Aid: Today's Catholic Schools
Christopher Connell / June 1, 2000
How much government aid do parochial schools and their students actually receive? Connell finds that public aid flows to church-affiliated schools through many channels, though amounts vary greatly from state to state. This report is especially timely in light of the Supreme Court's important decision upholding government aid to religious schools.
Qualified Math and Science Teachers: Rethinking the Regulatory Approach
August 4, 1999
Testimony prepared for delivery to the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, August 4, 1999.
