New from Public Impact
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Measuring Teacher Effectiveness
How Should States Define Teacher Effectiveness?
This new presentation from Public Impact, funded by the Joyce Foundation, sets out some guiding principles for states entering the design process of defining teacher effectiveness. The presentation identifies the necessary components of a strong definition of teacher effectiveness and highlights the central role states should play in the definition process. Read more here.
Fixing Failing Schools
Successful School Turnarounds: Seven Steps for District Leaders
Building on Public Impact‘s turnaround research, this report developed for the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement provides seven steps for district leaders to find turnaround principals and maximize their chances for success. Read the report here or view the accompanying webcast here (no longer available online).
Closing Troubled Schools
This Public Impact report for the Center on Reinventing Public Education provides lessons from six charter authorizers and two school districts that have successfully closed low-performing schools. These lessons will guide authorizers and districts in choosing and effectively managing school closures. Read more here.
Salvaging Assets: Considering Alternatives to School Closure
This Public Impact report for the Center on Reinventing Public Education draws upon interviews with high-quality charter authorizers and school districts to offer a framework and preliminary lessons for considering alternatives to school closures. Read more here.
Charter Schools
Exploring Success in the Charter Sector: Case Studies of Six Charter Schools Engaged in Promising Practices for Children with Disabilities
This Public Impact report for the Center on Reinventing Public Education presents findings from six exploratory case studies of charter schools identified due to their success educating children with disabilities. Read more here.
Special Education Challenges and Opportunities in the Charter Sector
This Public Impact report for the Center on Reinventing Public Education synthesizes challenges and emerging opportunities related to effectively educating children with disabilities in the charter sector. Read more here.
Charter School Replication: Growing a Quality Charter School Sector
This Public Impact guide developed for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) outlines critical considerations and makes recommendations to state policymakers who want to promote replication of successful charter schools. Read more here. This report is part of a series of policy guides Public Impact edited for NACSA.
Reforming School Finance
The Tab: How Connecticut Can Fix Its Dysfunctional Education Spending System to Reward Success, Incentivize Choice and Boost Student Achievement
This Public Impact report for Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) offers a blueprint for revamping how Connecticut funds its public schools based on money following children based on their needs. Read more here.
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How Should States Define Teacher Effectiveness?
https://publicimpact.com/publications/PublicImpact-How_Should_States_Define_Teacher_Effectiveness
Successful School Turnarounds: Seven Steps for District Leaders
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED507589.pdf
Closing Troubled Schools
http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/wp_ncsrp8_closingtrouble_apr08.pdf
Salvaging Assets: Considering Alternatives to School Closure
http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/wp_ncsrp09_salvaging_apr08.pdf
Special Education Challenges and Opportunities in the Charter Sector
http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/wp_ncsrp12_speced_feb08.pdf
Exploring Success in the Charter Sector: Case Studies of Six Charter Schools Engaged in Promising Practices for Children with Disabilities.
http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/wp_ncsrp11_pubimpact_jul08.pdf
Charter School Replication: Growing a Quality Charter School Sector
https://www.issuelab.org/resources/2914/2914.pdf
Charter School Replication is from a series of policy guides Public Impact edited for NACSA. See the full series at: http://www.qualitycharters.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3375
The Tab: How Connecticut Can Fix Its Dysfunctional Education Spending System to Reward Success, Incentivize Choice and Boost Student Achievement
http://www.conncan.org/sites/default/files/research/TheTab.pdf
