There is growing concern that some public service providers may be nonprofit in name but not in fact. We consider this issue in the context of nonprofit charter schools, which sometimes subcontract their daily operations to for-profit management organizations. We use unique data from Ohio to study how nonprofit charters' reliance on for-profit…

Recent studies note how the US school reform movement is premised on a policy-making agenda that aims to redress what it sees as the complacent approach of educators who have, as reformers suggest, made poverty an excuse for low achievement levels in economically disadvantaged schools. An increasingly significant pedagogical approach employed to…

The growth of school choice options such as charter schools is often understood as a way to meet the needs of under-represented communities, but concerns have been raised as to the diversity of those promoting and leading such options, as well as for the voices of those whose schooling is being reformed. Garrett Wilson and Christopher Lubienski…

This article explores the effects of charter schools on teachers' working conditions in Bogota (Colombia). By employing a semi-experimental approach involving Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Differences (DID), we find that in the close vicinity (postcode area) of where they are established, charter schools more than double…

This research explored an intersectional pedagogy framework through a yearlong inquiry as a 6th grade English teacher in a charter school for racially and economically marginalized and first-generation students. My study revealed that an intersectional(ity) pedagogy means doing soul work which involves an analysis of self and society toward…

The American School District Panel (ASDP) is the newest addition to the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels (AEP) and was designed to survey district leaders several times each school year. RAND recruits ASDP members using probabilistic sampling methods, which allow researchers to weight survey results to generalize to the national…

This study provides the first analysis of closure and restructuring trends for essentially all schools nationwide over the past 30 years. We analyze the annual closure and restructuring rates of all schools across the United States, how these rates changed over time, and what factors predict closure and restructuring. [For the Technical Report,…

Schools today are facing unprecedented demands for school accountability and student achievement. Effective school leadership is recognized as a critical component for overall school success. Consequently, researchers have extensively explored school leadership and identifiedtransformational leadership as an appropriate style for schools…

Charter schools were created to diversify public education, innovate with education programs and governance, increase student achievement, and serve as models for traditional public schools. The purpose of this study was to analyze leadership practices in independent high-performing charter schools in the Miami-Dade County of the State of Florida…

Progress monitoring data are central to making informed decisions on intervention intensification for struggling learners. The general outcome measure (GOM) of curriculum-based measurement of oral reading fluency (CBM-R) has been found to correlate with high-stakes assessment; however, data are highly variable, resulting in decisions that must be…

As open enrollment charter districts have continued to grow in Texas, researchers and policymakers have continued to investigate how charter districts market themselves to the public in an effort to recruit students, teachers, and finances. Although a wealth of research has examined how charter districts recruit students, teachers, and finances…

Charter school policies have focused on improving three aspects of schools--autonomy, innovation, and accountability--with the intention of promoting advances in curriculum, instruction, and learning that lead to better student outcomes. However, most research on charter schools tends to neglect school organizational and instructional conditions.…

Parents roared in 2022 and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools was proud to help their voices be heard while lifting the charter school movement to new heights. 2022 was a year of progress. The movement flexed its muscles, raised its voice, defeated threats, and seized opportunities to give more students access to a high-quality…

This qualitative study aimed to understand the impact of charter school expansion from the perspectives of former school leaders and teachers who experienced charter school expansion in neighborhood school(s). The charter school movement has been at the center of great debate and discussion in various educational platforms and political arenas.…

Urban charter schools serving economically disadvantaged minority communities experience high teacher attrition. This study examined the association between high-demand teachers, school working conditions, and turnover, both voluntary departures and involuntary terminations in an urban, charter school district. I found that improved working…