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School Closure as a Strategy to Remedy Low Performance

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Gail L. Sunderman, Erin Coghlan, and Rick Mintrop

May 18, 2017

Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act

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William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

November 17, 2016

Independent Teacher Education Programs: Apocryphal Claims, Illusory Evidence

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Kenneth M. Zeichner

September 8, 2016

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection

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William J. Mathis

August 23, 2016

Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence

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Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Rebecca Stern, Juan Gabriel Sánchez, Andrew F. Miller, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, M. Beatriz Fernández, Wen-Chia Chang, Molly Cummings Carney, Stephani Burton, and Megina Baker

March 16, 2016

Diverse Housing, Diverse Schooling: How Policy Can Stabilize Racial Demographic Change in Cities and Suburbs

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Amy Stuart Wells

December 15, 2015

International Test Score Comparisons and Educational Policy: A Review of the Critiques

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Martin Carnoy

October 30, 2015

Investing in Equal Opportunity: What Would it Take to Build the Balance Wheel?

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Jennifer King Rice

September 15, 2015

Student Mobility: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

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Russell W. Rumberger

June 1, 2015

Personalized Instruction: New Interest, Old Rhetoric, Limited Results, and the Need for a New Direction for Computer-Mediated Learning

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Noel Enyedy

November 24, 2014

Seeing Past the “Colorblind” Myth of Education Policy

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Amy Stuart Wells

March 20, 2014

Does Class Size Matter?

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Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

February 18, 2014

Teach for America: A Return to the Evidence

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Julian Vasquez Heilig and Su Jin Jez

January 7, 2014

School Self-Evaluation and Inspection for Improving U.S. Schools?

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Katherine E. Ryan, Tysza Gandha, and Jeehae Ahn

November 12, 2013

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection

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William J. Mathis

June 13, 2013

What Does It Take to Scale Up Innovations?

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Ben Levin

March 14, 2013

Policy Reforms and De-professionalization of Teaching

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Rich Milner

February 28, 2013

How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education

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Kenneth R. Howe and David E. Meens

October 16, 2012

Productivity Research, the U.S. Department of Education, and High-Quality Evidence

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Kevin G. Welner and Bruce D. Baker

December 15, 2011

Consolidation of Schools and Districts: What the Research Says and What it Means

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Craig Howley, Jerry Johnson, and Jennifer Petrie

February 1, 2011

Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn From Research

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Patricia H. Hinchey

December 7, 2010

Promoviendo la participación de los padres de estudiantes que aprenden inglés: Desafíos en tiempos de conflicto

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Beatriz Arias and Milagros Morillo-Campbell

January 8, 2008

A Civil Rights Framework for the Reauthorization of ESEA

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Elizabeth DeBray, Kara Finnigan, Janel George, and Janelle T. Scott

October 11, 2022

Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program

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Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Michael K. Barbour

September 24, 2020

Why School Report Cards Merit a Failing Grade

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Kenneth R. Howe and Kevin Murray

January 26, 2015

Addressing School Environment and Safety for LGBT Students

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William J. Mathis

May 23, 2013

Introduction: Assessing the Research Base for A Blueprint for Reform

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William J. Mathis and Kevin G. Welner

October 5, 2010

The "Common Core" Standards Initiative: An Effective Reform Tool?

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William J. Mathis

July 21, 2010

Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence

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Julian Vasquez Heilig and Su Jin Jez

June 9, 2010

Urban School Decentralization and the Growth of "Portfolio Districts"

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Kenneth Saltman

June 2, 2010

The Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education, 2009

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Gerald W. Bracey

November 9, 2009

The Realities of K-12 Virtual Education

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Gene V Glass

April 20, 2009

NCLB’s Ultimate Restructuring Alternatives: Do they Improve the Quality of Education?

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William J. Mathis

April 8, 2009

Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success

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David C. Berliner

March 9, 2009

Fellows’ Education Letters to the President

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Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kevin G. Welner

December 29, 2008

What Do We Know About the Outcomes of KIPP Schools?

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Jeffrey R. Henig

November 10, 2008

Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications

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W. Steven Barnett

September 10, 2008

Strengthening the Link Between Effective School Expenditures and State Funding Mechanisms

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Anthony Rolle

July 14, 2008

Alternative Certification of Teachers

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Gene V Glass

May 12, 2008

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

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Lorna Jimerson and William J. Mathis

March 31, 2008

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