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Lisa Chu

Research Analyst

Background

Lisa Chu is a research analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education. She previously served as the Paul T. Hill Policy Fellow during her graduate studies. Prior to joining CRPE, Lisa worked for Project Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization that helps school administrators evaluate and develop student programs. Lisa holds a BA in Economics and Sociology from the University of California, Irvine, and an MPA from the University of Washington.

lisa.chu@asu.edu
Research Areas

Publications

Innovation spotlights: Case studies in high school redesign

Educators nationwide are forging their way in a landscape rocked by pandemic-induced disruptions. Training resources designed to spark new thinking among school staff often feel...
Chelsea Waite
Principal
Cara Pangelinan
Research Analyst
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Maddy Sims
Center for Public Research and Leadership
Naureen Madhani
Director of Research Strategy and Consulting, CPRL
Heather Casimere
Research Assistant
Julia Skwarczynski
Guest Author
Joanna Pisacone
Guest Author

Innovation in New England

CRPE partnered with The BARR Foundation to map the New England region’s landscape of learning.
Cara Pangelinan
Research Analyst
Chelsea Waite
Principal
Christine Pitts
Senior Policy Fellow
Sarah McCann
Project Manager
Heather Casimere
Research Assistant
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

Despite staff shortages, few districts are making teaching more appealing

The exact cause of teacher shortages is still up for debate. Some experts argue that shortages are localized, while others say that the lack of...
Lydia Rainey
Principal
Bree Dusseault
Principal and Managing Director
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

With better policies – and a little help – career-relevant education can move from the exception to the rule in schools

Administrators from eight districts who nurtured new learning options reflect on what worked – and what’s still needed.
Steven Weiner
Senior Research Analyst
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

How 100 large and urban districts are attracting and retaining staff

As part of CRPE’s ongoing review of how large districts are responding to the pandemic and planning to spend their federal COVID-19 relief dollars, we...
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Chelsey Shen
Junior Research Intern

Analysis: New England districts’ plans for spending federal relief funds

Our analysis reveals dozens of New England districts’ federal spending priorities as they move forward with pandemic recovery.
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Cara Pangelinan
Research Analyst

Voice and choice: New England students highlight which pandemic-era changes should stay—and which should go

Research on the pandemic’s negative impact on student learning, peer-to-peer relationships, and teenagers’ mental health makes it easy to assume high schoolers are eager to...
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Maddy Sims
Center for Public Research and Leadership

Many districts are doing less this summer to make up for lost learning

Even after an additional year to plan and more federal recovery dollars available, districts’ 2022 summer programs are mostly the same as last year.
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Christine Pitts
Senior Policy Fellow

Data From 100 Large Urban Districts Show Half Facing Shortages in Key Positions. Fixing That Will Mean Rethinking Teaching & Working in Schools

Our analysis of district information and local media reports finds 93 of 100 large and urban districts have mentioned staffing shortages in the 2021-22 school year.
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Bree Dusseault
Principal and Managing Director

Student Support That Meets the Moment: The Need for Clarity and Rigor in SEL

As stress and disruption have intensified for students over the past two years due to the pandemic, so has interest in and spending on social-emotional...
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Michael DeArmond
Principal

How districts can get serious about career-relevant learning, even in the midst of a pandemic

To be successful, new career pathways must include strategies for overcoming hard-wired habits, schedules, outcome metrics, and course offerings all focused on college prep.
Steven Weiner
Senior Research Analyst
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

What schools can learn from learning pods about supporting effective teacher-student relationships

When schools closed down last spring, some parents and educators responded by forming “pandemic pods,” or small groups of students who came together outside of...
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

Approaching SEL as a Whole-School Effort, Not an Add-On: Lessons from Two Charter Networks

This paper highlights the approach that two innovative charter networks took last year to address student well-being and social-emotional development.
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Michael DeArmond
Principal

Many kindergartners aren’t showing up as schools reopen in person. How some large urban districts are trying to re-engage families

While most schools are back in person this spring, they continue to grapple with lagging enrollment. Pre-K and kindergarten have been hit especially hard.
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

The kids are (really) not alright: A synthesis of COVID-19 student surveys

This brief from the Evidence Project synthesizes student surveys from the 2020–21 school year.
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
Robin Lake
Director

How Are School Districts Addressing Student Social-Emotional Needs during the Pandemic?

In this brief, we look at how our nationally representative sample of 477 school districts attended to students’ social-emotional learning and well-being in fall 2020.
Michael DeArmond
Principal
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

Ensuring All Students in Indiana Receive Their Fair Share of Funding

School-funding changes over the last decade have created funding inequities for Indiana’s students from low-income communities, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students in...
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

Ensuring All Students in Indiana Receive Their Fair Share of Funding

This report examines and offers recommendations to resolve Indiana’s student funding inequities.
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

Districts Are Missing an Opportunity to Innovate as Most Take Traditional Approaches to Summer School

Note from the authors: We share our most recent COVID-19 findings during a critical moment, as the recurring impact of systemic violence against Black people...
Bree Dusseault
Principal and Managing Director
Sean Gill
Research Analyst
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst

Summer Haze: School Districts Slow to Communicate What Will Happen After the School Year Ends

The end of an unusual school year is on the horizon, yet few districts have provided details on what, if any, summer learning opportunities their...
Sean Gill
Research Analyst
Lisa Chu
Research Analyst
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