Zip Codes Still Matter
September 27, 2016
by Sonia Nieto on September 27, 2016 My family’s slow ascent into the middle class began in 1957, when I was thirteen years old and we moved to East Flatbush,… READ MORE
Tag: School Districts
Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-First Century
April 13, 2016
by Connie K. Chung and Fernando M. Reimers on April 13, 2016 In the book-turned-movie The Martian, Matt Damon plays Mark Watney, an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars and then… READ MORE
The Visible Hand: Markets, Politics, and Regulation in Post-Katrina New Orleans
March 1, 2016
by Huriya Jabbar on March 1, 2016 Advocates of school choice argue that when parents can “vote with their feet,” they will choose better schools for their children, which in… READ MORE
Systemic Turnaround: A Strategic Move Out of the Box
September 3, 2013
by Heather Zavadsky on September 3, 2013 Children enter schools with different levels of preparedness. Not just in high-poverty areas, but in all schools. Visit any school in the U.S.,… READ MORE
Promoting District-Led Turnaround
April 30, 2012
by Heather Zavadsky on April 30, 2012 Near the end of January this year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced his intentions to target the next wave of Race to the… READ MORE