
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

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

Community and Economic Development, Education and Literacy, Housing and Homelessness
Provides data on ten quality-of-life indicators, including cost of living, schools, health care, economy, nonprofit/volunteer sector, outdoor activities and community events, family-oriented environment, and safety, in Wisconsin's lower Fox River region.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Wisconsin

Evaluates how effectively small academically nonselective high schools that replaced large failing ones achieved sustained improvement in academic progress and graduation rates across variations in prior proficiency, family income, and demographics.
August 1970
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Children and Youth, Education and Literacy
Examines issues for implementing standardized observation protocols for teacher evaluations. Makes recommendations based on lessons from preschool, such as the need to show empirical links between teacher performance and student learning and development.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

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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Ranks elementary, middle, and high schools -- including public, charter, and private schools -- in the Detroit area by neighborhood, based on reading and math test scores averaged over a three-year period.
August 1970
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Education and Literacy, Government Reform, Journalism and Media
Presents findings about students' use of social media to get news; its impact on their appreciation of the First Amendment, tolerance, and learning; teachers' attitudes toward social media and digital literacy; and instruction about the freedom of speech.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States