Registration Open for Conference on The Teaching Profession in the Era of School Reform

ERA-New Orleans will host a one-day conference at Xavier University on June 23.

Betheny Gross

Bethe­ny Gross is a Senior Research Ana­lyst and Research Direc­tor at the Cen­ter on Rein­vent­ing Pub­lic Edu­ca­tion (CRPE).…

Joshua M. Cowen

Joshua M. Cowen, Ph.D., is a Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion Pol­i­cy at Michi­gan State University.…

Katrina Bulkley

Kat­ri­na Bulk­ley is Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion­al Lead­er­ship at Mont­clair State University.…

Vivian C. Wong

Vivian C. Wong is a research method­ol­o­gist in the field of Education.…

Andrew McEachin

Andrew McEachin is a Pol­i­cy Researcher at RAND Corporation.…

Featured Policy Brief: "Did the Teachers Dismissed after Hurricane Katrina Return to Public Education?"

A study from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University examines whether the 4,332 teachers dismissed after Hurricane Katrina returned to public school employment in Louisiana. The dismissed cohort included 71% black teachers and 78% female teachers and had more than 15 years of average teaching experience.

Did the Teachers Dismissed after Hurricane Katrina Return to Public Education?

A policy brief and technical report by Jane Arnold Lincove, Nathan Barrett, and Katharine O. Strunk on how and whether the 4,332 New Orleans public school teachers dismissed after Hurricane Katrina returned to public school employment in Louisiana.

How Much Does the Absence of Student Growth Measures Distort School Performance Scores and Affect Accountability?

With recent changes in fed­er­al pol­i­cy, states such as Louisiana are con­sid­er­ing mea­sur­ing school per­for­mance in new ways. One of the old­est, and per­haps most sig­nif­i­cant, issues has been on the dis­tinc­tion between stu­dent…

Julie A. Marsh