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Smith, Nelson – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2015
In "Redefining the School District in America," Nelson Smith reexamines existing recovery school districts (RSDs)--entities in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Michigan charged with running and turning around their state's worst schools--and assembles the most comprehensive catalog of similar initiatives underway and under consideration…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, School Turnaround
Lafferty, Michael B. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
When it comes to public-sector pensions, writes lead author Michael B. Lafferty in this report, "A major public-policy (and public-finance) problem has been defined and measured, debated and deliberated, but not yet solved. Except where it has been." As recounted in "Halting a Runaway Train: Reforming Teacher Pensions for the 21st…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Government Employees