Grantee Publications
Effective Leaders
"A License to Lead? A New Leadership Agenda for America’s Schools" (PDF)
Frederick Hess, Progressive Policy Institute
Grantee: Progressive Policy Institute
"Better Leaders for America’s Schools: A Manifesto" (PDF)
The Broad Foundation and Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Grantee: Thomas B. Fordham Institute
"Improved Principal Hiring: The New Teacher Project’s Findings and Recommendations for Urban Schools" (PDF)
The New Teacher Project
Grantee: The New Teacher Project
"Mayoral Leadership and Involvement in Education - An Action Guide for Success" (PDF)
Fritz Edelstein, U.S. Conference of Mayors
Grantee: U.S. Conference of Mayors
"New York City Aspiring Principals Program: A School-Level Evaluation" (PDF)
Sean P. Corcoran, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Meryle Weinstein, Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
Grantee: NYC Leadership Academy
"Powerful Reforms with Shallow Roots: Improving America’s Urban Schools"
Larry Cuban and Michael Usdan
Grantee: Institute for Educational Leadership
"The Principal Challenge: Leading and Managing Schools in an Era of Accountability"
Marc S. Tucker and Judy B. Codding
Grantee: National Center on Education and the Economy
"Principal Compensation: More Research Needed on a Promising Reform" (PDF)
Dan Goldhaber, Center for American Progress
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"School Boards: Focus on School Performance Not Money and Patronage" (PDF)
Paul Hill, Progressive Policy Institute
Grantee: Progressive Policy Institute
"What School Boards Can Do: Reform Governance for Urban Schools"
Donald R. McAdams, Published by Teacher's College Press, 2006
Grantee: Center for Reform of School Systems
Quality Teachers
"A Study on the Impact of Teach For America Teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District" (PDF)
Vazha Nadareishvili, Pardee RAND Graduate School
"Better Pay for Better Teaching" (PDF)
Bryan Hassel, Progressive Policy Institute
Grantee: Progressive Policy Institute
"California’s Hidden Teacher Spending Gap: How State and District Budgeting Practices Shortchange Poor and Minority Students and Their Schools" (PDF)
Education Trust-West
Grantee: Education Trust-West
"Catalyst for Change: Pay for Performance in Denver" (PDF)
Community Training and Assistance Center
Grantee: Community Training and Assistance Center: Denver Pay for Performance Pilot
"Informed Decision-Making: An Introduction to Student Achievement and Teacher Data Comparisons" (PDF)
Community Training and Assistance Center
Grantee: Community Training and Assistance Center
"Pathway to Results: Pay for Performance in Denver" (PDF)
Community Training and Assistance Center
Grantee: Community Training and Assistance Center: Denver Pay for Performance Pilot
"Paying for Results - Examining Incentive Pay in Texas Schools" (PDF)
Brooke Dollens Terry
Grantee: Texas Public Policy Foundation
"Stand by Me: What Teachers Really Think about Unions, Merit Pay and Other Professional Matters" (PDF)
Public Agenda
Grantee: Public Agenda
"Transforming HR to Drive Organizational Success - Lessons Learned Through Project Home Run at the New York City Department of Education" (PDF)
Mercer
Grantee: New York City Department of Education
Best Practices
"A Race Against the Clock: The Value of Expanded Learning Time for English Language Learners" (PDF)
Melissa Lazarin
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"A Stagnant Nation: Why American Students Are Still At Risk" (PDF)
Strong American Schools
Grantee: Strong American Schools
"Bitter Pill, Better Formula" (PDF)
Raegen T. Miller and Cynthia G. Brown
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"Diploma To Nowhere" (PDF)
Strong American Schools
Grantee: Strong American Schools
"Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Public Education: How Local School Districts Funding Practices Hurt Disadvantaged Students and What Federal Policy Can Do About it" (PDF)
Phyllis McClure, Ross Wiener, Marguerite Roza, Matt Hill
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"Expanded Learning Time in Action: Initiatives in High-Poverty and High-Minority Schools and Districts" (PDF)
Elena Rocha
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"Expanded Time, Enriching Experiences" (PDF)
Kathleen Traphagen and Christine Johnson-Staub, Center for American Progress
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"Key Insights of the Urban Excellence Framework: Defining an Urban Principalship to Drive Dramatic Achievement Gains" (PDF)
New Leaders for New Schools
Grantee: New Leaders for New Schools
"Nationalize the Schools (...A Little)!" (PDF)
Matt Miller, Center for American Progress
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"On the Clock: Rethinking the Way Schools Use Time" (PDF)
Elena Silva
Grantee: Education Sector
"School Closure Guide: Closing Schools as a Means to Addressing Budgetary Challenges" (PDF)
"Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success" (PDF)
Coalition for Student Achievement
"Smart Options: Investing the Recovery Funds for Student Success, Supplemental Resources" (PDF)
Coalition for Student Achievement
"Spoonful of Sugar: An Equity Fund to Facilitate a Single, Fair, and Equitable Formula for ESEA Title I, Part A" (PDF)
Raegen T. Miller and Cynthia G. Brown
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"Taking Stock of the Fiscal Costs of Expanded Learning Time" (PDF)
Marguerite Roza and Karen Hawley Miles
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"Walking the Talk: Closing the Loophole in the Comparability Requirement of ESEA, Title I" (PDF)
Saba Bireda and Raegen Miller
Grantee: Center for American Progress
"Weighted Student Formula Yearbook" (PDF)
Lisa Snell
Grantee: Reason Foundation