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K-8 Information- Focus on the Wonder Years: Challenges Facing the American Middle School (The RAND Corporation, March 2004)
- Grade Span Configurations: The (Limited) Evidence Regarding Effects on Academic Achievement (University of Maine, September 2002)
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School Leadership: Teachers, Principals and Superintendents
- Head of the Class: A Quality Teacher in Every Pennsylvania Classroom (Education Policy and Leadership Center, Feb. 2003)
- How Schools Matter: The Link Between Teacher Classroom Practices and Student Academic Performance (Education Testing Service, Feb 2003)
- Using Data in Classroom Practice and Student Work to Improve Professional Development for Educators (NEA Foundation, Spring 2003)
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School Governance- Big City Mayors' Control of Schools Yields Mixed Results (Education Week, Sept. 2002) Big City School Boards: Problems and Options (Center on Reinventing Public Education, Dec. 2002) Chartering: A New Approach for Mayors Seeking to Improve Public Schools (Education Commission of the States, May 2003) Governing America's Schools: Changing the Rules (Education Commission of the States, Nov. 1999) Leadership for Student Learning: Restructuring School District Leadership (IEL, Feb. 2001) Leadership for Student Learning: Urban School Leadership - Different in Kind & Degree (IEL, Sept. 2001) Local School Boards Under Review: Their Role and Effectiveness in Relation to Students' Academic Achievement (Johns Hopkins University, Jan. 2002) Looking for Leaders - Urban districts find that the pool of qualified superintendents is shrinking (Stover, Dec. 2002) Mayoral Influence, New Regimes and Public School Governance (Kirst, 2002) San Diego's Big Boom: Bureaucracy Supports Culture of Learning (Stanford University, Jan. 2002) School Boards: Focus on Performance, not Money and Patronage (Hill, Jan. 2003) Strengthening Urban Boards - School boards must lead the way in reforming city schools (McAdams, Dec. 2002) Strengthening the Work of School Boards in Pennsylvania (The Education Policy and Leadership Center, March 2004) Taking Charge - Urban mayors are becoming more involved than ever in school governance. But are their efforts helping to improve education in their cities? (Cook, Dec. 2002)
- Thinking Differently: Recommendations for 21st Century School Board/Superintendent Leadership, Governance and Teamwork for High School Achievement (Goodman and Zimmerman, 2000)
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- " A New Look at Inequities in School Funding: A Presentation on the Resource Variations within Districts (Center on Reinventing Public Education, May 2002)
- Pennsylvania School Finance Primer (Education Policy & Leadership Center, Sept. 2002)
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The Mayor's Commission on Public Education
Keeping the Promise: The Case for Reform in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Executive Summary (September, 2003)
Keeping the Promise: The Case for Reform in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Full Report (September, 2003)
- Additional Voter Turnout Data - Primary Elections
- Additional Voter Turnout Data - General Elections
- 2002 District Building Capacity
- 2001 District Building Capacity
- 2000 District Building Capacity
RAND's Report on Student Performance in the Pittsburgh Public Schools
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- Read the new report: Remaking Our High Schools: Graduating All Students With A Plan For The Future
- Find out about summer programs for children, youth, and teens in south Pittsburgh, 2007 (PDF)
- New Public Dialogue On Public Education
- Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2005)
- Community Schools: Partnerships for Excellence (The Coalition for Community Schools)
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- 2005 KIDS COUNT Data Book (The Annie E. Casey Foundation, July 05)
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- Read the new 2006 Community School Progress report
- Read the new report: Remaking Our High Schools: Graduating All Students With A Plan For The Future
- Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania (Brookings Institution, Dec. 03)
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- Read the report: Remaking Our High Schools: Graduating All Students With A Plan For The Future
- The Power to Change: High Schools that Help All Students Achieve
The Education Trust, November 2005
http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/012DC865-97CA-4C2F-8A04-9924E2F392F0/0/ThePowerToChange.pdf - Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students
The Education Trust, November 2005
http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/6226B581-83C3-4447-9CE7-31C5694B9EF6/0/GainingTractionGainingGround.pdf - Rethinking High School: Five Profiles of Innovative Models for Student Success -
WestEd for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2005
http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/gates.profiles.pdf - A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth
National High School Alliance, April 2005 http://www.hsalliance.org/_downloads/home/Call%20To%20Action%202005/CalltoAction2005.pdf - An Action Agenda for Improving America's High Schools
National Governors Association, February 2005
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/0502actionagenda.pdf - Governor's Commission on College and Career Success: Final Report
Pennsylvania Governor's Commission, December 2006 NEW! http://www.project720.org/images/stories//commission%20final%20report%2012-22-06.pdf
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- Read the new 2006 Community School Progress report
- Preliminary Draft - District Empowerment Plan - November 13, 2006
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- National Urban League Recommendations For The Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) (PDF, 172K)
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A+ Schools
Pittsburgh's Community Alliance for Public Education
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