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…

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 …

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."

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. …

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…

Patrick Wolf

What Should We Ask New Orleans' Teachers and Administrators About Their Work?

The Edu­ca­tion Research Alliance (Era) for New Orleans, in con­junc­tion with its part­ners, plans to admin­is­ter a sur­vey this spring to essen­tial­ly all pub­lic school teach­ers and admin­is­tra­tors in the city: RSD and OPSB, ch…

What Do We Need to Know? A Research Agenda for New Orleans Schools Part II

At the Novem­ber brown bag, Doug Harris, direc­tor of Edu­ca­tion Research Alliance (Era) for New Orleans, dis­cussed the research agen­da of the orga­ni­za­tion and gath­ered input from the audi­ence about the research ques­tions they see …

The Post-Katrina New Orleans School Reforms: Implications for National School Reform and the Role of Government copy

A commentary from Doug Harris on the New Orleans school reforms, why they are so revolutionary, and the implications of these reforms on a national scale.