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Nathan Barrett
Nathan Barrett is the Senior Director of Research and Evaluation at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS). …
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Paula Arce-Trigatti
Paula Arce-Trigatti is a Non-Resident Research Fellow whose current research interests include studying the impact of state and district level policies on schools and understanding how education research is used in pract…
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Jane Lincove
Jane Arnold Lincove holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a Masters in Public Policy from UCLA. Her research examines the design and effects of market-based educa…
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Jon Valant
Jon Valant is a Fellow in the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution. …
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Competition and School Leader Strategy
One of the primary aims of charter school policies is to introduce competition between all public schools. When parents can choose where to send their children to school, this creates pressure on schools to attract and retain s…
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The Atlantic Monthly quotes Era-New Orleans director Doug Harris
Doug Harris comments on the New Orleans schools' hesitancy to return to district control.
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Era-New Orleans Director Doug Harris writes Op-Ed for the Times-Picayune
In response to critics and proponents alike, Era-New Orleans Director Doug Harris emphasizes the importance of looking at the data-driven evidence before forming any definitive conclusions about the New Orleans education reforms.
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Jason Imbrogno
Jason earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University in May 2014. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of North Alabama. …
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Holding the education accountability system accountable: An evaluation of Louisiana's K-12 test-based accountability system (Part II)
Last month’s brown bag was a discussion of the basic principles of an effective test-based accountability system. What does an effective accountability system look like, and how does Louisiana’s current accountabilit…
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Holding the education accountability system accountable: An evaluation of Louisiana's K-12 test-based accountability system (Part I)
While much of the attention of New Orleans’ school reforms has been on parental choice, charter schools, and teachers, the test-based accountability system is in many ways reform’s backbone. Teachers can be dismissed and rewarde…