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…private management of public schools. This collaborative study by RAND Corporation and Research for Action examines achievement effects in the privately managed schools, as well as in schools with district-led…
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…a vis power and authority and in an overall environment of high-stakes accountability.Download PDF: Consortium for Policy Research in Education content-module View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
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…School Authorizing Toolkit, commissioned by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, includes 15 custom-made tools and examples of best practices from around the country for how Pennsylvania’s school district authorizers can…
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…learning communities. Embedded tutors are typically community college students who have successfully completed an introductory math or English course and then are recruited to provide support to students currently taking…
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…produce timely, accessible, and actionable research and analysis for local, state and national audiences. The work of my talented colleagues is used by practitioners, policymakers, the philanthropic community, the media,…
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For several years, RFA has been examining how postsecondary systems and institutions have reformed their approach to student placement in first-year classes. Until recently it was common practice to place…
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…inspire attendees to act on and support the Catto Scholarship and the free community college movement. In spring 2021, the City of Philadelphia launched the Octavius Catto Scholarship as a…
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…the websites and publications of approximately 30 local educational organizations. Our ACER team is using the findings from this research to inform our work in the coming year, but we…
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…three indexes of educational opportunity Students eligible for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch (FRPL) had less access to educational opportunities compared to students not eligible for FRPL on all three indexes. The concentration…
