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    English Language Learners in America's Great City Schools
     
    This report presents the results of a two-year long study to gather data on the fastest-growing demographic group in the nation's schools. It updates most of the data presented in the Council's first-ever study on English language learner (ELL) programs that was released in 2013.
    164 pages
    April 2019
     
     
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    Review of the Business Operations of the Clark County School District
     
    Clark County School District requested that the Council of the Great City Schools conduct a high-level management review of the school district’s business operations.
    102 pages
    January 2019
     
     
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    Review of the Student Transportation Program of the Seattle Public Schools
     
    Stephen Nielsen, Deputy Superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools (SPS), requested that the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) provide a high-level management review of the school district’s student transportation program.
    73 pages
    January 2019
     
     
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    Best Practices in Urban Public School Procurement: Guidelines, Standards, and Lessons
     
    The evolution of technology has brought new purchasing and sourcing tools and techniques to bear. This White Paper identifies and describes a number of best practices, both tactical and strategic.
    156 pages
    October 2018
     
     
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    Improving Special Education Services in the Detroit Public Schools Community District
     
    The Council was asked to review DPSCD’s services for students with disabilities and provide recommendations to support the teaching and learning of these students.
    181 pages
    Summer 2018
     
     
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    Managing for Results in America's Great City Schools, 2018, Results from Fiscal Year 2016-17
     
    In 2002 the Council of the Great City Schools and its members set out to develop performance measures that could be used to improve business operations in urban public school districts.
    190 pages
    October 2018
     
     
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    Review of the Finance and Business Operations of the Richmond Public Schools
     
    Richmond Public Schools requested that the Council of the Great City Schools provide a high-level management review of the school district’s financial operations.
    61 pages
    June 2018