Studies & Reports

The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America's Public Schools - 10/24/2012
America's K-12 public education system has experienced tremendous historical growth in employment, according to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. Between fiscal year (FY) 1950 and FY 2009, the number of K-12 public school students in the United States increased by 96 percent while the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) school employees grew 386 percent. Public schools grew staffing at a rate four times faster than the increase in students over that time period. Of those personnel, teachers' numbers increased 252 percent while administrators and other staff experienced growth of 702 percent, more than seven times the increase in students. Continue Reading >>

Do Charter Schools Hurt Students in Traditional District-Run Schools? - Sept 2011
This report presents the results of a research study designed to measure the prospective financial impact of charter school creation on each of the 180 school districts in the State of Georgia. The analysis compares the revenue lost by regular public school districts when a child transfers to a public charter school to the reduction in costs possible on such transfer. Districts that can reduce costs by more than the loss of revenue will actually gain financially when a child transfers to a charter. Continue Reading >>