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| Below is a list of publications produced by the Policy Program. To provide our clients with optimal methods for finding what they are looking for, publications are organized in two ways, by topic and by publication type. For other types of written resources, such as our syntheses of major education policy news, visit the Policy program's news area.
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By Topic
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Accountability
Can State Intervention Spur Academic Turnaround?
Joan McRobbie, Spring 1998.
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Accountability in Public Education
Patricia R. Brown, 1990
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Charter Schools
The Findings and Implications of Increased Flexibility and Accountability: An Evaluation of Charter Schools in Los Angeles Unified School District n
Jo Ann Izu, Lisa Carlos, Kyo Yamashiro, Lawrence Picus, Naida Tushnet, and Priscilla Wohlstetter, 1998
Cross-Site Report, Appendices, and Ordering Information
From Paper to Practice: Challenges Facing a California Charter School
Ronald Corwin, Lisa Carlos, Bart Largomarsino and Roger Scott, 1996
executive summary | ordering information
Freedom and Innovation in California's Charter Schools
Ronald Corwin and John Flaherty (Editors), 1995
abstract | executive summary | ordering information
Parent Involvement Contracts in California's Charter Schools: Strategy for Educational Improvement or Method of Exclusion?
Henry J. Becker, Kathy Nakagawa and Ronald Corwin, 1995
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More on Charter Schools
Kyo Yamashiro and Lisa Carlos, 1995
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Vision and Reality: A First-Year Look at California's Charter Schools
Marcella Dianda and Ronald Corwin, 1994
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An Early Look at Charter Schools in California
Marcella Dianda and Ronald Corwin, 1993
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Charter Schools
Mary Amsler and Lori Mullholland, 1992
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Class-size Reduction
Class-size Reduction: Lessons Learned from Experience
Joan Mc Robbie, Jeremy D. Finn, and Patrick Harman, 1998
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California's Class Size Reduction: Implications for Equity, Practice, and Implementation
Edward Wexler, Jo Ann Izu, Lisa Carlos, Bruce Fuller, Gerald Hayward, and Mike Kirst, 1998
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How Changing Class Size Affects Classrooms and Students
Douglass E. Mitchell and Sara Ann Beach, 1990
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Curriculum, Standards, & Assessment
California Curriculum Policy in the 1990s: We Don't Have to Lead to be in Front.
Lisa Carlos and Mike Kirst, 1997
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Skills for Tomorrow's Workforce
Srijati Ananda, Stanley Rabinowitz, Lisa Carlos and Kyo Yamashiro, 1995
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School Choice and Vouchers
What We Know about Vouchers: The Facts behind the Rhetoric
Erica Adelsheimer and Kate Rix, September 1999
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(An update to this report is also available.)
Private School Vouchers
Kyo Yamashiro and Lisa Carlos, 1995
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The Privatization of Choice
Lisa Carlos, 1993
ordering information
What a Voucher Could Buy: A Survey of California's Private Schools
Marcella Dianda and Ronald Corwin, 1993
abstract | ordering information
Private Schools and Parental Choice: Dubious Assumptions, Frail Claims,
and Excessive Hyperbole
Ronald Corwin, 1993
abstract | ordering information
Choice Heats Up
Mary Amsler, 1992
ordering information
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School Finance
The Changing Contours of School Finance
Allan Odden, 1990
abstracts | ordering information
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Site-based Management
A View from the Bottom Up: School-based Systemic Reform in California, Volume I: Lessons Learned and Volume II: Ten Profiles
Lisa Carlos and Jo Ann Izu, 1995
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Site-Based Management: An Experiment in Governance
Lisa Carlos and Mary Amsler, 1993
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Special Needs Populations
Special Education: At A Crossroads
Elizabeth Cooley, 1995
ordering information
Deregulating Categorical Programs: Will it Work?
Lisa Carlos and Jo Ann Izu, 1993
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New Trends in Educating At-Risk Students
Larry Guthrie, 1991
ordering information
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Time and Learning
Improving Student Achievement by Extending School: Is It Just a Matter of Time?
Julie Aronson, Joy Zimmerman, and Lisa Carlos, 1998
abstracts | full text | ordering information
Stop the Clock: Ending the Tyranny of Time in Education
Julie Aronson, 1995
abstracts | ordering information
Year-Round Education Through Multi-Track Schools
Ruben A. Carriedo and Paul D. Goren, 1989
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Miscellaneous
Future Directions for School/College Collaboration
Patricia R. Brown and Mary Amsler, 1992
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Beyond the Rhetoric of Restructuring
Mary Amsler, 1991
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Redefining Teacher Work Roles: Prospects and Possibilities
Julie E. Koppich, Patricia R. Brown and Mary Amsler, 1990
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Raising Young Children While Working: The American Family in Crisis
J. Ronald Lally and Mary Amsler, 1989
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Community Colleges: Reshaping an Educational Vision
Mary Amsler, 1989
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The Promise of Distance Learning
Dean Bradshaw and Patricia R. Brown, 1989
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