Injecting Successful Charter School Strategies Into Traditional Public Schools: Early Results From an Experiment in Houston

This 2012 report covers the implementation and impact of  strategies from successful charter schools at nine low-performing traditional district schools in Houston, Texas, in the  2010-11 school year. The five strategies were increased instructional time, new staff, differentiation with tutoring or computerized instruction, data-driven instruction, and a culture of high expectations. The report includes background about the strategies and the educational context of public schools in Houston; descriptions of the replacement of staff, including information about screening job candidates and pay; as well as discussion of the costs of implementing the program.