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.

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 nation. After three years, our study of these effects on Washington state’s charter schools has generated a number of important...

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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...

Can districts rise to the challenge of new NAEP results? Outlook’s not so good

If schools & families revert to pre-pandemic habits, millions of kids may never recover lost knowledge and skills.

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