Publications: School Leadership and Management

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NEPC Review: Systemwide and Intervention-Specific Effects of Denver Public Schools’ Portfolio District Strategy on Individual Student Achievement (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, September 2024)

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Robert Shand

November 8, 2024

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NEPC Review: “So Hard, But So Rewarding:” How School System Leaders Are Scaling Up Strategic School Staffing Models (Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2024)

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Elizabeth Stringer Keefe

July 11, 2024

NEPC Review: The System-Level Effects of Denver’s Portfolio District Strategy: Technical Report (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, December 2022)

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Robert Shand

February 8, 2023

NEPC Review: Addressing Teacher Shortages: Practical Ideas for the Pandemic and Beyond (TNTP, February 2022)

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Ed Fuller

May 24, 2022

NEPC Review: Youth Engagement in Collective Impact Initiatives: Lessons from Promise Neighborhoods (Urban Institute, December 2020)

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Dana L. Mitra

March 30, 2021

NEPC Review: The Third Way: A Guide to Implementing Innovation Schools (Progressive Policy Institute, October 2020)

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Carrie Sampson and Sarah Diem

January 21, 2021

Rethinking “Innovation Schools”: Strengths and Limitations of Autonomy-Based School Improvement Plans in Contexts of Widening Racial Inequality

Policy Brief

Terrenda White and Anna Noble

October 27, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Educators and Activists About Educational Equity During the Pandemic

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Jillian McRae, Ann Dealy, Saa’un Bell, Kyle Serrette, and Keith Catone

April 16, 2020

NEPC Review: Beyond the Mirage: How Pragmatic Stewardship Could Transform Learning Outcomes in International Education Systems (June 2019)

NEPC Review

Frank Adamson

October 29, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Dirk Zuschlag and Kristine Bowman About State Intervention in School District Finances

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Dirk F. Zuschlag, and Kristine L. Bowman

September 26, 2019

States’ Intervention in School Districts’ Finances

Research Brief

Dirk F. Zuschlag and Kristine L. Bowman

September 5, 2019

Organizing and Managing Instruction in US Public School Districts: Considerations for Families, Communities, and States

Policy Brief

Donald J. Peurach and Maxwell Yurkofsky

September 27, 2018

NEPC Review: Unlocking Potential: How Political Skill Can Maximize Superintendent Effectiveness (Center on Reinventing Public Education, January 2018)

NEPC Review

William J. Mathis

March 6, 2018

Strong Collaborative Relationships for Strong Community Schools

Policy Memo

Julia Daniel

August 31, 2017

NEPC Review: Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Cities, March 2017)

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Gail L. Sunderman

June 13, 2017

NEPC Review: Measures of Last Resort: Assessing Strategies for State-Initiated Turnarounds (Center on Reinventing Public Education, November 2016)

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Betty Malen and Jennifer King Rice

February 14, 2017

NEPC Review: Bang for the Buck: Which Public Schools in Milwaukee Produce the Best Outcome Per Dollar Spent? (Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, May 2016)

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Casey Cobb

July 12, 2016

Research-Based Expectations for Implementation of the Community Schools Initiative in New York City

Policy Memo

Julia Daniel, Kevin G. Welner, and Michelle Renée Valladares

June 14, 2016

NEPC Review: The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools (Center on Reinventing Public Education, October 2015)

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Gary Miron

April 18, 2016

NEPC Review: Lacking Leaders: The Challenges of Principal Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2014)

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Arnold Danzig

September 9, 2014

NEPC Review: Preparing Principals to Raise Student Achievement: Implementation and Effects of the New Leaders Program in Ten Districts (RAND Corporation, May 2014)

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Ed Fuller

June 26, 2014

Review of Two Presentations on the Portfolio School Model

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Elizabeth DeBray and Huriya Jabbar

October 8, 2013

Review of Mayoral Governance and Student Achievement

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Katrina Bulkley

April 23, 2013

Review of Two Articles on Principal Effects

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Margaret Terry Orr

March 5, 2013

Review of Yearning to Break Free: Ohio Superintendents Speak Out

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Catherine Horn and Gary Dworkin

May 3, 2011

A Guide to Contracting Out School Support Services: Good for the School? Good for the Community?

Policy Brief

Lorna Jimerson and William J. Mathis

March 31, 2008