Unclear Mandates & Uncertain Direction for Education Reform

Posted on November 9, 2012 by coreeducation

Yesterday, Andrew Rotherham reflected in TIME magazine on the election results and their meaning for public education reform. From the presidential election to local elections and ballot questions, the picture of public support for education is murky, leaving newly elected politicians with no clear roadmap for reform. Rotherham writes about the meaning of the election Read more about Unclear Mandates & Uncertain Direction for Education Reform[…]

Green Dot Announces Pay-for-Performance Agreement

Posted on June 20, 2012 by coreeducation

Green Dot Public Schools (GDPS), a charter school network operating in inner urban Los Angeles, announced earlier this month the approval of a contract with its teachers that includes a pay-for-performance evaluation tool. Though the agreement does not “make the critical link between teacher compensation and student performance,” it does position the charter group to Read more about Green Dot Announces Pay-for-Performance Agreement[…]

Managing Talent for Coherence: Learning from CMOs

Posted on June 10, 2012June 12, 2012 by coreeducation

A new report by the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) finds that leaders in the charter sector hire teachers based on their fit with a school’s mission, not just their individual characteristics and talent, as a way to build strong schools. The report, Managing Talent for Coherence: Learning from Charter Management Organizations, details how Read more about Managing Talent for Coherence: Learning from CMOs[…]

Report Reveals Promising Practices of High-Impact CMOs

Posted on March 29, 2012April 25, 2012 by coreeducation

Last week, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) and Mathematica released a follow-up study to their January report on successful charter management organizations (CMOs). The new report, Learning from Charter School Management Organizations: Strategies for Student Behavior and Teacher Coaching, delves deeper, explaining how five successful CMOs put two successful approaches into practice. This Read more about Report Reveals Promising Practices of High-Impact CMOs[…]

New Study Attempts to Isolate What Works in Charter Schools

Posted on January 10, 2012April 25, 2012 by coreeducation

Roland Fryer and Will Dobbie, researchers at Harvard University, have released a new study that claims “what happens inside New York City charter schools is more important than their ideological affiliations in determining academic success.” The paper, Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City, consists of in-depth case studies at Read more about New Study Attempts to Isolate What Works in Charter Schools[…]

The State of Charter Schools

Posted on January 2, 2012April 25, 2012 by coreeducation

Last month, the Center for Education Reform (CER) released The State of Charter Schools: What We Know—and What We Do Not—About Performance and Accountability, a report analyzing the nation’s charter schools. The report found that historically, charter schools have a 15% closure rate. Charter school closure is usually the result of a failure to meet Read more about The State of Charter Schools[…]

Teacher Union Launches Charter School Authorizer in Minnesota

Posted on December 21, 2011April 25, 2012 by coreeducation

The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) has taken action to “help restore the professional autonomy of teachers,” in exchange for agreeing to accountability measures. Earlier this month, MFT became the first teachers union in the country to open a charter school authorizer. “Conventional wisdom suggests that the interests of teachers unions and charter schools are Read more about Teacher Union Launches Charter School Authorizer in Minnesota[…]

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on recently passed reform legislation

Posted on June 27, 2011April 26, 2012 by coreeducation

Last month at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Governor Mitch Daniels touted his successes in Indiana education reform, stressing that bills passed in the just-concluded legislative session “end discrimination against charters” and put the state’s education system on the road to recovery after “a regime that attempted to choke the charter school.” Still, Read more about Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on recently passed reform legislation[…]