The public narrative surrounding efforts to improve low-performing K–12 schools in the
United States has been notably gloomy. But what is known empirically about whether school …

Race‐based and other demographic information on COVID‐19 patients is not being
collected consistently across provinces in Canada. Therefore, whether the burden of COVID …

Local school boards have primary authority for running educational systems in the US, but
little is known empirically about the merits of this arrangement. State takeovers of struggling …

States increasingly lean on charter organizations to take responsibility for their most
underperforming turnaround schools. These efforts employ a different constellation of …

Recent evaluations of reforms to improve low-performing schools have almost exclusively
focused on shorter term effects. In this study, we extend the literature by examining the …

What guidance does research provide about how to improve school district performance in
the United States? Despite over 30 years of inquiry on the topic of effective districts, existing …

We describe the levels, trends, and patterns of school closure and restructuring in the United
States from 1991 to 2019 across all sectors using a near census of K–12 schools. Focusing …

Purpose: School district superintendents say politics is the number one factor limiting their
performance, yet research provides limited guidance on navigating the political dynamics of …

Safety is one of the primary reasons why parents report seeking out a school of choice in
depressed cities with a high proportion of charter schools. However, little empirical research …

ABSTRACT A growing number of states are using state-run school districts to take over and
improve persistently under-performing schools. There is a need for research on the policy …