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Education and Literacy
Highlights early outcomes of school reform efforts launched under a new state law with support from the Race to the Top program, including progress in turnaround schools, charter schools, and innovation schools. Outlines challenges and recommendations.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts
Education and Literacy
Analyzes Race to the Top-funded states' plans to help improve teacher quality by adopting stricter accountability mechanisms for teacher education programs and expanding effective programs. Outlines challenges and policy suggestions for maximizing impact.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy
Examines the growth of charter school management organizations, characteristics of students served, and use of resources; CMO practices; impact on students, including middle school test scores; and structures and practices linked to positive outcomes.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy
Examines policy, information, and cultural barriers that minimize the "demand pull" for educational innovation. Calls for encouraging early adopters, bolstering smart adoption, providing better information, and rewarding productivity improvements.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy
Analyzes how teacher and school characteristics - including demographics, quality and qualification, specialty, school type (public, magnet, charter) and size, academic climate, and teacher-student racial match - influence teacher turnover.
August 1970
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Education and Literacy
Analyzes trends in turnover among public school principals in 2001-08 compared with 1987-2001, school-based and personal reasons for the moves, characteristics of their new positions, and the role of school accountability pressures. Examines implications.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Illinois
Education and Literacy, Employment and Labor
Proposes interest-based collective bargaining, as opposed to traditional adversarial negotiations, and empowering teachers, staff, and principals as a way to enable unions to play a critical role in improving education and closing the achievement gap.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts
Education and Literacy
Reviews the implementation of a schoolwide reform model that offers teachers incentives to improve student achievement and classroom performance. Examines its impact on student test scores and on teacher retention within schools.
August 1970
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