Commissioned Papers

To obtain copies of the conference drafts of these papers, please send a request to nycretrospective@air.org Edited versions, along with overview and commentary, are available from Harvard Education Press under the title Education Reform in New York City: Ambitious Change in the Nation’s Most Complex School System .

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		Leadership and Governance in New York City School Reform
		Paul T. Hill, University of Washington
		Parent and Community Engagement in New York City and the Sustainability Challenge for Urban Education Reform
		Jeffrey R. Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University; Eva Gold, Research for Action; Marion Orr, Brown University; Megan Silander, Teachers College, Columbia University; and Elaine Simon, Research for Action
		Financing K-12 Education in the Bloomberg Years, 2002-2008
		Leanna Stiefel and Amy Schwartz, New York University
		Managing for Results at the New York City Department of Education
		Stacey Childress, Harvard Business School; Monica Higgins, Ann Ishimaru, and Sola Takahashi, Harvard Graduate School of Education
		Improving Instruction in New York City Schools: An Evolving Strategy
		Jennifer A. O’Day and Catherine S. Bitter, American Institutes for Research
		Collaborative Inquiry to Expand Student Success in New York City Schools
		Joan E. Talbert, Stanford University
		Recruiting, Evaluating and Retaining Teachers: The Children First Strategy to Improve New York City’s Teachers
		Margaret Goertz, University of Pennsylvania; Susanna Loeb, Stanford University; and Jim Wyckoff, University of Virginia
		Changing Contexts and the Challenge of High School Reform in New York City
		Leslie Santee Siskin, New York University
		School Choice and Competition in the New York City Schools
		Sean P. Corcoran, New York University and Henry M. Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University
		How Students’ Views Predict Graduation Outcomes and Reveal Instructional Disparities Under Children First Reforms
		Ronald F. Ferguson, Harvard University
		Children First and Student Outcomes: 2003-2010
		James J. Kemple, Research Alliance for New York City Schools, New York University