New Policy Brief Released: "The Effects of the New Orleans School Reforms on Exclusionary Discipline Practices"
A new study by Mónica Hernández examines the effects of the post-Katrina school reforms on the expulsion and out-of-school suspension rates of New Orleans' publicly funded schools.
Featured Policy Brief: "What Gets Measured Gets Done: Improving Performance Measures in the Next Generation of Accountability under ESSA"
Douglas N. Harris and Lihan Liu examine how school ratings would change if states evaluated school performance differently.
How Much Time Do New Orleans Students Spend on School Buses?
A recent ERA-New Orleans study analyzes bus routes from seventeen New Orleans schools between 2015-2017.
Objective, Rigorous, and Useful Research to Understand the Post-Katrina School Reforms in New Orleans
Our Purpose
In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, an unprecedented new system of public education was put in place. The purpose of the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA-New Orleans) is to understand how this new era in school reform has influenced teaching and learning in the city’s schools and what the findings mean for the future of school reform.
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The Teaching Profession in the Era of School Reform
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A Different Approach To Student Behavior: Addressing School Discipline and Socio-Emotional Learning Through Positive Behavior Intervention Systems
Published
A new study from Tulane University’s Education Research Alliance for New Orleans provides new rigorous evidence that a data-driven approach on student behavior and discipline incidents can have a measurable impact on student outcomes.