Center on Reinventing Public Education

Team Teaching: Early Signs of Success

Educators in Next Education Workforce™ team teaching models report higher job satisfaction, better evaluations, and a higher likelihood of recommending the profession to a friend.

Strategic Staffing: "So Hard, but so Rewarding"

Leaders redesigning how they staff their school systems say they're seeing promising results—but more support from policymakers and others would go a long way.

Seeking "A Good Life"

What do students need and want from high school? Our latest report from the Think Forward New England project explores how innovative high schools offer many paths to success for their students.

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Announcing the Innovative School Systems Grant

This grant, funded by the Walton Foundation, provides 11 school systems with funding and resources to pilot, refine, and scale lasting changes to the education experience.

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The State of the American Student, 2023

We are failing older students, and it's time to change course. 14 experts propose solutions for helping the Covid generation recover from pandemic-related challenges in our second annual State of the American Student Report.

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When challenges never let up: School district leaders steer through hazards in Baltimore and Chicago

In the face of financial, political, and capacity constraints, leaders within the Baltimore City Public School System and Chicago Public Schools are making progress toward closing post-pandemic gaps in student learning. They’ve had to choose among imperfect strategies and navigate...

OUR LATEST WORK

Still an impossible job? Large district leaders navigate hazards—and need new solutions

Big city districts face a sea of troubles—from persistent pandemic-related learning loss to student and teacher absenteeism, to declining enrollment,...

When challenges never let up: School district leaders steer through hazards in Baltimore and Chicago

In the face of financial, political, and capacity constraints, leaders within the Baltimore City Public School System and Chicago Public...

Taking advantage of the pandemic’s lessons: Remote and hybrid learning in Colorado

Amid the chaos and multiple hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators in the St. Vrain Valley School District vowed to...

Feigned outrage over the education of students with disabilities in school choice won’t close opportunity gaps

This op-ed originally appeared in K-12 Dive. In the raucous debate over state initiatives to expand access to private educational...

Our Work

At the Center on Reinventing Public Education, we research classrooms, schools, and systems to identify the systemic barriers to equity and excellence for every student and ways to overcome them. We see around the corner, reach across traditional party and sector lines, and craft solutions to problems few have anticipated.

Since March 2020, CRPE has been the go-to source for high-quality research about the threats to student success and equity posed by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the innovations that have emerged out of the crisis.

Partnerships

Learn what school system leaders say about their challenges and plans, in a periodic survey produced with RAND and other partners

Visit our one-stop-shop for evidence on teaching and learning, school, finance, and more, from a nationwide research collaborative

Explore this CRPE and Transcend clearinghouse of innovative schools and learn more about their impact