Center on Reinventing Public Education

Navigating political tensions over schooling

In our report from the fall 2022 American School District Panel survey, school system leaders share how political polarization has interfered with learning—and how they've responded.

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Remove the fish to clean the tank

Black education leaders discuss creating alternatives for Black students to learn outside the existing public education system.

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CRPE receives $9M Walton grant to boost research

We're using this grant to study academic recovery and nurture new ideas that will reimagine U.S. education.

‘Avoid hearing screams:’ More than 40% of district leaders are managing debates over CRT. Their tactics could help ease tensions over AP African American Studies.

The debate over how schools should teach about race heightened this week when the College Board released a framework for a new Advanced Placement course in African-American studies that reduced some of the content from a pilot version — content...

FEATURED RESEARCH

A review: What we learned after 3 years of studying charters in Washington state

The pandemic prompted major shifts in public school enrollment and models for learning in the Pacific Northwest and across the...

Remove the fish to clean the tank: Black education leaders discuss how leaving public schools can help save them

For Black children, the public education system is like a dirty fish tank. They’re swimming in toxic conditions like discriminatory...

What do Washington parents think about their students’ charter schools?

In 2014, the first public charter schools opened in Washington state. The development led to years of controversy, but the...

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