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DeAngelis, Corey A.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Maloney, Larry D.; May, Jay F. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2020
Public charter schools increasingly are part of both the national conversation about education policy and the local urban scene in America. Previous studies of public charter schools have examined their achievement effects focused on both the state and metropolitan levels, and funding disparities focused on the state levels. This report is the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Public Schools
Bruno, Paul; Rabovsky, Sarah; Strunk, Katharine – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2019
Novice teachers' professional contexts may have important implications for their effectiveness, development, and retention. However, descriptions of these contexts suffer from data limitations, resulting in unidimensional or vague characterizations. Using 10 years of administrative data from the Los Angeles Unified School District, we describe…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Distribution, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Load
Wohlstetter, Priscilla; Zeehandelaar, Dara – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2015
This paper examines thirty major American cities to determine how "choice-friendly" they are today. Selected for their size and geographic diversity, the cities reveal both the best and worst conditions for school choice to take root and grow. "School choice" is defined broadly to incorporate a wide range of public and private…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Urban Areas, School Choice, Educational Indicators
Gittell, Marilyn; And Others – 1979
These appendices include the data upon which "Citizen Organizations: A Study of Citizen Participation in Educational Decisionmaking--Final Research Report" (UD 019 754) was based. Data are provided on the variables which shaped the character and role of community organizations concerned with the school systems and school policies of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Comparative Analysis
Ward, James Gordon – 1981
This report provides statistical data on twenty large city school districts for the 1978-79 school year. Information is presented on the following topics: (1) pupil membership; (2) number of full time classroom teachers; (3) pupil teacher ratios; (4) administrative staff; (5) classroom teacher salaries; (6) expenditures per pupil; (7) revenue per…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Mediratta, Kavitha; Fruchter, Norm; Lewis, Anne C. – 2002
This report examines the work of 66 community groups organizing to improve public education in low-performing schools and districts. These largely local, community-based organizations focus on engaging public school parents, low-income families, and students in school improvement efforts. Their goals are to build political power and to challenge…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education