Connecting Students and Schools
By: Molly Pileggi, Marc L. Stein, Alyn Turner, and Nathaniel Dewey
August 2020
This report uses School District of Philadelphia high school student enrollment and residence data to estimate student commutes to all 52 traditional district high schools via public transit.
Connecting Students and Schools
By: Matthew P. Steinberg, Molly Pileggi, and Ruth Neild
September 2019
This study uses four years of student-level data for all students enrolled in Philadelphia public high schools from the 2013-14 through 2016-17 school years. We examine the characteristics of mobile students and the types of schools they most commonly exit and enter as well as the characteristics of schools with higher rates of student mobility.
Connecting Students and Schools
By: Ted Wills, Ruth Curran Neild, Molly Pileggi
April 2019
This report studies attendance patterns of first-time SDP ninth graders during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years. It examines the spread of overall attendance rates in these two student cohorts, patterns over the course of their ninth grade year, and how those patterns differ for students with different levels of academic achievement.
Teachers and Leaders
By: Matthew P. Steinberg, Haisheng Yang
January 2019
This report provides evidence on principal mobility among traditional public schools (Tin the School District of Philadelphia and charter public schools located in Philadelphia during the 2007-08 through 2015-16 school years.
Young Readers and Writers
By: Rachel Comly, Ryan Fink, Jill Pierce, Adrianne Flack
January 2019
This study is an initial inquiry into the need and opportunity for cross-school professional learning for educators at Philadelphia charter schools. The study team interviewed teachers and leaders in early literacy instruction from six independent charter schools in Philadelphia.