Research Reports

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During its first few years, the Recovery School District (RSD) simply opened schools in New Orleans, without closing any and without changing any school codes. But, five years ago the RSD began to close schools and change school codes as [...]

Executive Summary Six decades of “separate but equal” as the law of the land have now been followed by six decades of “separate is inherently unequal” as our basic law. The Brown decision set large changes and political conflicts in motion and those struggles continue [...]

The Center for Popular Democracy is a nonprofit organization that promotes equity, opportunity, and a dynamic democracy in partnership with innovative base-building organizations, organizing networks and alliances, and progressive unions across the country. Integrity in Education is a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring integrity in [...]

Members of the Alabama Tea Party gather outside the Alabama Statehouse in January 2014 to protest the state’s adoption of the Common Core State Standards. Tea Party factions across the country have been among the most vocal grassroots critics of standards dubbed "Obamacore" by many [...]

Introduction The Florida League of Women Voters’ study on school choice was initiated to better understand the oversight of public moneys that are allocated to charter schools and other private educational institutions. How these public/private educational programs align with the constitutional requirement for a [...]

Why Have We Been So Disappointed? What Have We Learned? By Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at The Economic Policy Institute. [Download Report [pdf] May 17 is the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision that [...]

Originally Published at National Education Policy Center. April 15, 2014 Reference Publication: Review of The Effect of Co-locations on Student Achievement in NYC Public Schools [Download the Report Below] Report omits statistical details and background research that could help readers fairly assess findings Contact: William J. [...]

Reference Publication: Seeing Past the “Colorblind” Myth of Education Policy How current education policies are ignoring the racial disparities that contribute to the “achievement 
gap” and are failing to support the vibrant, diverse public schools more parents are demanding Contact: 
William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net,
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