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    Academic Key Performance Indicators 2018 Report
     
    This 2018 report focuses on the data collection and analysis of Academic KPIs including: • Pre-K enrollment relative to Kindergarten enrollment • Percent of 4th and 8th graders proficient in reading and math on NAEP • Algebra I completion rates for credit by grade 9 • Ninth grade course failure rates — at least one core course • Absentee rates by grade level • Ninth graders with B average (GPA) or better • Absentee rates by grade level • Suspension rates • Instructional days missed per student
    235 pages
    October 2018
     
     
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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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    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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    Cyber-Security in Today’s K12-Environment
     
    Technology has ushered in a new era for teaching and learning in classrooms from kindergarten through high school, with digital learning tools now an integral partof the K-12 environment. This white paper outlines key considerations for establishing secure environments, particularly for the large large urban school districts that are part of the Council of the Great City Schools.
    40 pages
    October 2017
     
     
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    Excellence for All: Creating Environments for Success for Males of Color in the Great City Schools
     
    This report seeks to contribute to the ongoing dialogue of raising our expectations for males of color and provide a resource for school districts seeking to build or recalibrate their initiatives to improve the academic outcomes of young men and boys of color. Throughout this report there are exemplars of current initiatives across the nation’s big cities as well as promising practices in various areas.
    36 pages
    October 2017
     
     
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    FGM/C Prevention: A Resource for U.S. Schools- Printer Friendly Version
     
    The latest estimate from the Centers for Disease Control indicate that in 2012 there were over half a million (512,000) young women and girls at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C), the partial or total removal of a girl's external genitalia. The Council of the Great City Schools has partnered with Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation to create this resource guide for U.S. school staff to support the prevention of this dangerous non-medical surgical procedure.
    19 pages
    July 2017
     
     
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    FGM/C Prevention: A Resource for U.S. Schools
     
    The latest estimate from the Centers for Disease Control indicate that in 2012 there were over half a million (512,000) young women and girls at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C), the partial or total removal of a girl's external genitalia. The Council of the Great City Schools has partnered with Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation to create this resource guide for U.S. school staff to support the prevention of this dangerous non-medical surgical procedure.
    19 pages
    July 2017
     
     
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    Improving Special Education Services in the Sacramento Unified School District
     
    The Council was asked to to review the district’s services for students with disabilities and provide recommendations to improve performance and narrow the achievement gap between these students and their nondisabled peers. This report was designed to help SCUSD achieve its goal and to maximize the district’s capacity to educate all students effectively.
    176 pages
    Spring 2017