This is the second post in a series that looks at data from charter schools’ Basic Education Data System (BEDS) reports. This data was provided to us by the New...
Blog Archive for April, 2010
Charter School Stability
This is the first post in a series that looks at data from charter schools’ Basic Education Data System (BEDS) reports. This data was provided to us by the New...
Mapping Education
We’re again experimenting with the best ways to display data on charters and public schools in New York City. We’ve assembled a map that has some preliminary data: the location...
Experimenting: New Data on Learning Environment Surveys
Over here at Curious2, we're experimenting with new ways to show you our data. Check out the alternate view to our latest report on Teacher Responses to the Learning Environment...
Trust Falls: Teacher Responses to the 2008-2009 Learning Environment Survey
Yesterday, the Post published an article exposing a principal at P.S. 38 who tried to pressure her staff into giving her a good review on the annual Learning Environment survey....
Charter School Lottery Statistics
Mid-April marks the beginning of the charter school lottery season, and with it, news reports of staggering numbers of applications to schools with limited slots. Already, the Post reported that...
No Victory Yet for Victory Schools
Educational management organizations (EMOs) are for-profit management companies that provide operational assistance to charter schools, usually focusing on back office functions such as accounting, legal help, and human resources. EMOs...
March Madness: Research Round Up
We’re instituting our first regular feature: a roundup of the most interesting, most discussed education studies published each month. In the future we’ll try to publish the list on the...


