Area » District:System Infrastructure and Organizational Support

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  Creating postsecondary pathways to good jobs for young high school dropouts

  1/1/08 - Harris, L., Ganzlglass, E.

  This paper advocates expansion and better integration of efforts to connect high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 24 to pathways to postsecondary credentials that have value in the labor market. The paper highlights examples of innovations in policy, program delivery, pedagogy in adult education, youth development and dropout recovery, and postsecondary education that should be built upon in developing more robust and successful dropout recovery and postsecondary education policies...

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  Testing, time limits, and English learners: Does age of school entry affect how quickly students can learn English?

  1/1/08 - Dylan Conger

  "The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools to begin testing new English Learners (EL) in English language arts within three years after they enter school and holds schools accountable for their performance on these exams. Yet very little empirical work has examined exactly how long it takes EL students to become proficient in English and how the time to proficiency varies for different types of students. Linguistic theorists suggest, for instance, that the age at which students begin...

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  The Tradeoff Between Teacher Wages and Layoffs to Meet Budget Cuts

  1/1/09 - Marguerite Roza

  School districts faced with large budget gaps could avoid some or all teacher layoffs by rolling back salaries. While this option may not work for all districts, a new analysis shows that district officials--and teachers unions--could both serve students and teachers by trimming classroom pay. Marguerite Roza based her analysis on the fact that 93 percent of school districts in the U.S. negotiate and structure teacher-pay according to a fixed salary schedule, consisting of annual as well as...

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  Toward ensuring a smooth transition into high school

  1/1/07 - Herlihy, C.

  Supporting a smooth transition to high school requires allowing struggling students to catch up while also ensuring they are challenged and engaged in learning.Transitions into high school can be eased when both structural and specialized curricula reforms are in place.

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  Voluntary K-12 school integration: A manual for parents, educators, & advocates

  1/1/08 - Bhargava, A., Frankenberg, E., Le, C.Q.

  This second edition of the Manual is designed to provide as much information as we now have, following the Court’s ruling, on what you—parents, students, community activists, school board members, administrators, and attorneys—can and should do to promote diversity and avoid racial isolation in your schools. The manual will help you navigate the maze of legal, political, and policy issues that surround your efforts.