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Ford, Michael; Ihrke, Douglas – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to determine the extent to which American school board members faced electoral competition, as well as the factors influencing the likelihood of competition. Design/methodology/approach: The authors utilized original national survey data of American school board members linked with school district…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Board Candidates, Elections, Competition
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Bartanen, Brendan; Grissom, Jason A.; Joshi, Ela; Meredith, Marc – AERA Open, 2018
Elected representatives' place of residence can reveal information about their socioeconomic status, their likely social networks, and potential biases in the constituencies they represent. Using data on home addresses we collected from local elections offices, we investigate the geographic distribution of school board candidates', including…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, School Districts, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Information Systems
Jacksonville Public Education Fund, 2021
Across the country, millions of students that were expected to enroll in school last Fall did not show up. Public schools are searching for these "missing students" and working to get them back to school, either virtually or brick and mortar. The enrollment drop stands to impact more than just the missing students. Education funding…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Schools, Educational Finance
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Burfoot-Rochford, Ian – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2020
The number of deaths caused by the use of heroin or prescription pain killers nationwide has increased annually over the past decade with some of the most rapid growth occurring in the nation's most rural areas. This qualitative study examines the responses of districts and superintendents to this growing health crisis in twelve rural school…
Descriptors: Death, Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Rural Areas
Gallagher, Mike – American Enterprise Institute, 2021
The United States has slid into educational mediocrity when compared to international peers which threatens Americans' ability to adapt in an evolving economy, be productive and content at work, put down deep roots in their communities, and help their nation continue to lead on the world stage. That decline has especially harsh consequences for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Reading Instruction, Phonics, Teacher Effectiveness
Ziebarth, Todd – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2021
This twelfth edition of "Measuring up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws" evaluates each state's public charter school law against the 21 essential components of a strong charter school law. These 21 components are drawn from the National Alliance's "A New Model Law for Supporting the Growth of High-Quality Public…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Charter Schools, School Law, State Legislation
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Rhim, Lauren Morando – Center for Learner Equity, 2021
Charter schools' autonomy and flexibility provides them with the opportunity to find ways to close the performance gap between students with and without disabilities, but deep-seated, systemic challenges often cause individual charters to struggle to do so on their own. For cities with an established charter sector, a city-wide, collaborative…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, COVID-19
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Segedin, Lauren – Learning Professional, 2018
Many educators and education leaders have found implementing districtwide programming at the secondary level challenging. High schools are more organizationally complex than elementary schools (Grubb, 2010). High school teachers are deeply entrenched in subject specialties and tend to be resistant to change. This article describes how the Greater…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, School Districts, Boards of Education
Babineau, Kate; Hand, Dave; Rossmeier, Vincent – Cowen Institute, 2018
This annual report, The State of Public Education in New Orleans, has been the Institute's flagship publication, capturing as much information as possible about our schools in a single document. This year's report will continue that tradition, but with more of an eye towards the future and what comes next for our schools. The unification of…
Descriptors: Public Education, Academic Achievement, Scores, Comparative Analysis
Farley, Chelsea – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2019
In 2008, a diverse group of New York City leaders--including representatives from the NYC Department of Education, the teacher and administrator unions, the philanthropic and business communities, and New York University--came together to establish the Research Alliance for New York City Schools. Since that time, the Research Alliance has worked…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Educational Research, Evidence
Beckett, Lorna; Mohr, David; Verma, Akash; Hesla, Kevin – National Charter School Resource Center, 2019
The information contained in this report is based on data collected from the Charter School Facilities Survey in Louisiana during the 2017-18 school year. The Charter School Facilities Survey consists of 55 base questions which are used in every participating state, with an option for participating states to include 15 additional state-specific…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Surveys, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance
Babineau, Kate; Karapetyan, Arpi; Rossmeier, Vincent – Cowen Institute, 2020
For the past 12 years, the Cowen Institute has published the "State of Public Education in New Orleans" ("SPENO") on a near annual basis. During that time, the purpose, content, and audience of the report have evolved. This edition of the report is a snapshot of public education in the current academic year using aggregated…
Descriptors: Public Education, Academic Achievement, Boards of Education, Governance
Hill, Laura; Betts, Julian; Hopkins, Megan; Lavadenz, Magaly; Bachofer, Karen; Hayes, Joseph; Lee, Andrew; Murillo, Marco A.; Vahdani, Tara; Zau, Andrew C. – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
English Learners are an important part of California's K12 student population. Over 40 percent of students in California's K-12 education system speak a language other than English at home. Almost half of these students are considered English Learners (ELs), meaning they require additional language and academic support to succeed in school. In…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Needs, Barriers, Second Language Learning
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Burns, Dion; Espinoza, Danny; Ondrasek, Naomi; Yang, Man – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
California is in the midst of a crisis of homelessness, with more than 1 in 5 of the nation's students identified as experiencing homelessness residing in the state. The incidence of student poverty and homelessness in California has been rising steadily both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the total student population. Although the…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Poverty, At Risk Students, School Districts
Gao, Niu – Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
This is the technical appendix for the report, "Does Raising High School Graduation Requirements Improve Student Outcomes?" While high school graduation rates in California have increased in the past decade, nearly 40 percent of California high school graduates do not enroll in college; the disruptive impact of the pandemic has…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Graduation Requirements, Enrollment
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