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

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.

​Alica Gerry

Ali­ca Ger­ry is a Non-Res­i­dent Research Fel­low, and her research inter­ests include the pre‑K pro­gram­ming in New Orleans’ decen­tral­ized edu­ca­tion system. …