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Did the New Orleans School Reforms Increase Segregation?
A policy brief and technical report by Lindsay Bell Weixler, Nathan Barrett, Douglas N. Harris, and Jennifer Jennings on the effects of the post-Katrina reforms on school segregation in New Orleans.
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New Report Released: "When Tenure Ends: Teacher Turnover in Response to Policy Changes in Louisiana"
A new study from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University provides evidence on how a 2012 bill, which made major changes to teacher tenure and empowered districts to dismiss ineffective teachers in Louisiana, affected teacher turnover in traditional public schools.
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When Tenure Ends: Teacher Turnover in Response to Policy Changes in Louisiana
A policy brief and technical report by Katharine O. Strunk, Nathan Barrett, and Jane Arnold Lincove on the effects of tenure reform on teacher turnover in Louisiana's traditional public schools.
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What Have We Learned? Making Connections Across Four Years of Research on the New Orleans School Reforms
The Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA-New Orleans) has released findings from 17 studies since its inception in 2013. Through these studies and dozens more nearing completion, we have established several key insig…
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New Report Released: "Does School Reform = Spending Reform?"
A new study from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University examines how New Orleans schools’ spending patterns changed after the city shifted to a charter-driven system.
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Does School Reform = Spending Reform? The Effect of the New Orleans School Reforms on the Use and Level of School Expenditures
A policy brief and technical report by Christian Buerger and Douglas N. Harris on the effects of the post-Katrina school reforms on the operating expenditures of New Orleans' publicly funded schools.
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Understanding Differences in School Leader Compensation
Authors: Jane Arnold Lincove, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Nathan Barrett, Education Research Alliance for New Orleans; Katharine O. Strunk, University of Southern CaliforniaUnlike traditional public schools, ch…
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How Well Are We Measuring Graduation Rates?
Authors: Nathan Barrett, Douglas N. Harris, and Lihan Liu, Education Research Alliance for New OrleansResearch shows that measures of educational attainment such as graduation and college entrance rates are strong predictors…
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Extreme Measures: When and How School Closures and Charter Takeovers Benefit Students
We are pleased to announce that our next report, Extreme Measures: When and How School Closure and Charter Takeovers Benefit Students, will be released at an event on Monday, October 17, 2016, from 5:30 — 7:30 p.m. at the Tulane Ci…
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New Report Released: "Extreme Measures: When and How School Closures and Charter Takeovers Benefit Students"
As the national debate about how and when to close schools continues to grow, the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans released a new study that analyzes the impact of school closures and charter takeovers on standardized test scores, high school graduation rates, and college entry rates.
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