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"Every Kid is Money": School Leaders Perceptions of Competition in New Orleans
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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Katharine Strunk
Katharine O. Strunk is a professor of education policy and, by courtesy, Economics, and the Clifford E. Erickson Distinguished Chair in Education. She is also co-director of the Michigan State University Education…
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Education Week Discusses the Launch of the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans
With the launch of the Education Research Alliance, New Orleans joins a growing list of cities with consortia for school research.
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Whitney Ruble Wins Thomas B. Fordham Institute Prize
Whitney Ruble recognized for best conference paper submission at the 3rd Annual International School Choice & Reform Academic Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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TFA Alumni Aid New Teachers in New Orleans
As TFA and other alternative teaching certification programs recruit new, young talent to the city of New Orleans, two TFA alums have started a group to support these teachers and foster discussion about their experiences in the New Orleans education system.
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What Factors Are Involved in Decisions About Opening and Closing Schools? A Quantitative Analysis
The authorizors of charter schools are an under-studied piece of the charter reform process. This study focuses on what are arguably the most important decisions authorizors make: Which schools should be opened and which should be…
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What Should We Ask New Orleans Educators? Part II
In the January brown bag, Doug Harris, director of Education Research Alliance (ERA) for New Orleans, discussed a general strategy for surveying all public school teachers and administrators in New Orleans, including …
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Traveling Farther To School, But Choice Was In New Orleans Before
Attendance zones were abolished after Hurricane Katrina, creating a wide open door to parental school choice. This article examines the effect of choice on how far students are traveling to school and some of the reasons why parents "go the distance."
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Matt Larsen
Matt Larsen is a Non-Resident Research Fellow at ERA-New Orleans. Larsen received his Ph.D. from the Economics Department at the University of California, Davis in 2012. …
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Whitney Bross
Whitney Bross is a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the ERA-New Orleans. She graduated from Ball State University in 2011 with a B.A. in International Business with a focus in Economics and received her Ph.D. i…
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