This report is the result of a survey administered to 67 Council member urban public school districts about the characteristics and roles of principal supervisors, the professional development provided to them and the perceived effectiveness of their principal-evaluation system. Publication date: March 2013
This report by the Council presents the results of a yearlong effort to compile data on English Language Learners enrollment and programs in our Great City School districts. Publication date: March 2013
The purpose of this report is to examine how district- and school-level staff members acquire and use instructional materials for English Language Learners. Publication date: March 2013
In 2012, the Council administered a survey to member public school districts to measure the state of implementation of the Common Core State Standards. This report contains the results of that survey. Publication date: January 2013
The Council of the Great City Schools commissioned a series of solution briefs from some of the nation’s leading scholars and experts to help us think through an effective set of strategies to address the academic needs of African American males. This e-book is a compilation of those papers. Publication date: January 2013
This report contains data that the Council collected via survey from 31 major urban school districts regarding the specific program impact from sequestration, and the complications the cuts would cause. Publication date: December 2012
This paper outlines the key components of an integrated, multi-tiered system ofinstruction, interventions, and academic and behavioral supports needed by school districts in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Publication date: October 2012
In this document, members of the nation’s leading urban school districts, academics and scholars and community activists, outline the steps that schools must take to increase African American male access to rigorous core instruction, elevate the quality of education, strengthen personal and social supports needed to bolster young black males’ achievement, and overturn the low expectations that were born of one group’s misbegotten sense of superiority over another. Publication date: October 2012
This analysis presents a summary of reading and mathematics achievement as well as demographic data for 67 of the nation’s major city school systems. It provides an analysis of state assessment data from spring 2008 through spring 2011. Publication date: October 2012
Publication Date: October 2012
