Informing High School Choices: The Progress & Challenges of Small High Schools in Philadelphia Jan 2008 Tracey A. Hartmann, Holly Plastaras Maluk, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore

In the School District of Philadelphia in 2007-08, almost one third of high school students attend one of the district's 32 small high schools. Of these, 26 have been newly created or significantl...

Literature Review: Portfolio of Schools 2008 Holly Plastaras Maluk, Shani Adia Evans

A review of the literature on the portfolio of schools model for district-wide high school reform

A Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System - Executive Summary Dec 2007 Eva Gold, Elaine Simon, Maia Cucchiara, Cecily A. Mitchell, Morgan Riffer

Following the 2001 state takeover of the School District of Philadelphia, a new governance structure was established and an ambitious set of reforms went into effect, generating renewed public conf...

A Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System Dec 2007 Eva Gold, Elaine Simon, Maia Cucchiara, Cecily A. Mitchell, Morgan Riffer

Following the 2001 state takeover of the School District of Philadelphia, a new governance structure was established and an ambitious set of reforms went into effect, generating renewed public conf...

Making A Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative Nov 2007 Diane C. Brown, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Roseann Hugh, Jolley Bruce Christman, Morgan Riffer, Pierre L. du Plessis, Holly Plastaras Maluk

This report examines the implementation of the second year of three for the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative (PAHSCI). Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this initiative focuses on li...

Making A Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative - Executive Summary Nov 2007 Diane C. Brown, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Roseann Hugh, Jolley Bruce Christman, Morgan Riffer, Pierre L. du Plessis, Holly Plastaras Maluk

The Executive Summary to the Making a Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative. This report examines the implementation of the second year of three for the P...

Annual Report - 2007 Sep 2007 Research for Action

Annual Report for fiscal year 2006-2007

Closing the Teacher Quality Gap in Philadelphia: New Hope and Old Hurdles - Executive Summary May 2007 Elizabeth Useem, Robert Offenberg, Elizabeth Farley

This study of teacher staffing issues in the School District of Philadelphia, the third in a series, outlines the degree to which the district has succeeded in upgrading teachers' professional cred...

Closing the Teacher Quality Gap in Philadelphia: New Hope and Old Hurdles May 2007 Elizabeth Useem, Robert Offenberg, Elizabeth Farley

This study of teacher staffing issues in the School District of Philadelphia, the third in a series, outlines the degree to which the district has succeeded in upgrading teachers' professional cred...

'Going Small': Start Up and Early Implementation of Small High Schools in Philadelphia Apr 2007 Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Tracey A. Hartmann

The summary of findings from year one of Research for Action's study, 'Going Small: Public Private Collaboration in Restructuring High School Education in Philadelphia' provides a brief introductio...

Student Achievement in Privately Managed and District-Managed Schools in Philadelphia Since the State Takeover Jan 2007 Brian P Gill, Ron Zimmer, Jolley Bruce Christman, Suzanne Blanc

Following a state takeover of the Philadelphia public schools in 2002, 45 schools were turned over to private managers, making Philadelphia the site of the nation's largest experiment in the privat...

Writing to be Heard: Parents Speak Up and Out about Parents' Participation in Urban Public High Schools Nov 2006 Tiffany Fogle, Lawrence Jones

For the past two years, RFA researchers worked with student members of Youth United for Change (YUC) and Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) on developing their social science research skills as they ...

Writing to be Heard: What Olney Teachers Say about their Students and School Nov 2006 Rasheeda Enoch, Gerardo Zuviri

For the past two years, RFA researchers worked with student members of Youth United for Change (YUC) and Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) on developing their social science research skills as they ...

Writing to be Heard: Building Respectful Communities, Kensington students examine adult-student relationships in their new small schools Nov 2006 William Crosby, Antonia George, Ashley Hatch, Rahdia Robinson, Terrese Thomas

For the past two years, RFA researchers worked with student members of Youth United for Change (YUC) and Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) on developing their social science research skills as they ...

Promising InRoads: Year One Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative Sep 2006 Diane C. Brown, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Roseann Hugh, Pierre L. du Plessis, Jolley Bruce Christman

This report examines the implementation of the first year of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative. Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, it is an on-site professional development initiat...

Annual Report - 2006 Sep 2006 Research for Action

Annual Report for fiscal year 2005-2006.

Promising InRoads: Year One of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative - Executive Summary Sep 2006 Diane C. Brown, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Roseann Hugh, Pierre L. du Plessis, Jolley Bruce Christman

Executive summary to the report that examines the implementation of the first year of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative. Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, it is an on-site profess...

The Role of District Leadership in Radical Reform: Philadelphia's Experience under the State Takeover, 2001-2006 Jul 2006 Elizabeth Useem, Jolley Bruce Christman, William L. Boyd

Clearly, leadership is key in the success of any reform, especially one as ambitious and complex as that in Philadelphia. 'The case of Philadelphia is noteworthy as an examplar of the implementatio...

Privatization 'Philly Style': What Can Be Learned from Philadelphia's Diverse Provider Model of School Management (Updated edition with important new information and findings) Jun 2006 Jolley Bruce Christman, Eva Gold, Benjamin B. Herold

This edition of Privatization 'Philly Style' updates the 2005 publication of the same name, providing important new information and findings. Philadelphia's diverse provider model is an interventio...

Adequate Yearly Progress: Where Philadelphia Public Schools Stand 2005 Mar 2006 Research for Action

Schools and school districts across the country are under pressure to show that student performance on standardized tests is improving. Much of this pressure is based on the idea that clear expecta...