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Download full textJohnson, Jean; Gupta, Jyoti; Hagelskamp, Carolin; Hess, Jeremiah – Public Agenda, 2013
Are parents an untapped resource in improving and reimagining K-12 education in Kansas City? What do they think would enhance student learning and what are they willing to do to help their children get the education they deserve? These are among the questions explored in an in-depth survey of 1,566 parents with children now in public school in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Parent Role
Hagelskamp, Carolin; DiStasi, Christopher – Public Agenda, 2012
Why do some schools in high-poverty communities produce remarkable stories of success while others fail? This study, conducted by Public Agenda and sponsored by the Ohio Business Roundtable, the Ohio Department of Education and The Ohio State University, attempts to shed light on this fundamentally important question by talking directly to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Poverty, Effective Schools Research
Public Agenda, 2012
This is a report on how community stakeholders, including parents, teachers, community leaders and advocates, think about current efforts by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to "turn around" Chicago's lowest-performing schools, and their expectations for future school reform actions. It was prepared by Public Agenda, with support from…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Stakeholders, Parents, Public School Teachers
Johnson, Jean – Public Agenda, 2011
The rationale for taking bold action on the nation's persistently failing schools can be summed up in one dramatic and disturbing statistic: half of the young Americans who drop out of high school attend just 12 percent of the nation's schools. Ending the cycle of failure at schools is a daunting challenge and a surprisingly controversial one.…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Communications, Principals, Educational Quality
Public Agenda, 2008
In summer and fall of 2007, Public Agenda completed five focus groups with principals in high-needs districts and sixteen one-on-one interviews with superintendents and other high-ranking education officials including a state superintendent of education. Interviews followed a systematic interview guide revolving around two broad questions: (1)…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership
Friedman, Will; Saxman, Lara – Public Agenda, 2004
Public Agenda was asked by the Nebraska State Board of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education (referred to hereafter as the State Board and the NDE) to help design and implement a public engagement process that would allow a cross-section of the state's citizens to comment on the central ideas contained in the document "Equitable…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, State Standards, Focus Groups, Educational Opportunities
