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Governance
Education for Upward Mobility
At the Education for Upward Mobility conference, the Thomas B.
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Governance
Redefining the School District in Michigan
What happens when policymakers create statewide school districts to turn around their worst-performing public schools?
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School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders
The Hidden Half: School Employees Who Don't Teach
The number of non-teaching staff in the United States (those employed by school systems but not serving as classroom teachers) has grown by 130 percent since 1970. Non-teachers—more than three million strong—now comprise half of the public school workforce. Their salaries and benefits absorb one-quarter of current education expenditures.
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Governance
The State Education Agency: At the Helm, Not the Oar
In recent years, policymakers and reform advocates have viewed State Education Agencies (SEAs) as the lead organizations for implementing sweeping reforms and initiatives in K–12 education—everything from Race to the Top grants and federal waivers to teacher-evaluation systems and online schools.
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Governance
Does School Board Leadership Matter?
Are the nation’s 90,000-plus school board members critical players in enhancing student learning? Are they part of the problem? Are they harmless bystanders? Among the takeaways are the following:
