Homeschooling Can Be a Living Room Laboratory for the Future of Education
Homeschooling in America is changing. In the 1980s and 1990s, it took hold mostly among white religious conservatives. They rejected secular public education and wanted to educate their children on their own terms. As a new CRPE research brief shows, homeschoolers are becoming more diverse, and so are their motivations. The ranks of black and […]
4 Things States Should Do to Help Students With Disabilities Graduate Ready for the World of Work
Recent headlines have said it loud and proud: Unemployment is at a 50-year low, and it might drop a lot further. This is good news, for sure. But while more and more jobs are created, we can’t shake the fact that not everyone is benefiting from this boom. Unsurprisingly, the Brookings Institution has found that the out-of-work […]
The History—and Future—of School Integration Defy Buzzwords
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the race for the Democratic nomination have given education policy a rare moment the limelight in a presidential campaign. The policy issue at the heart of their dispute, dubbed “busing,” has prompted a debate about equity and school integration that is difficult to handle fairly in a political environment that […]
The Changing Landscape of Homeschooling in the United States
This brief explores the changing demographics of homeschoolers, provides an overview of new forms of homeschooling, and outlines the variety of state policies that govern homeschooling.
Underserved Families Can’t Always Manage School Choice Alone
The goal of school choice is to give all families — especially families in underserved communities — access to high-quality schools that work for them. School systems will not reach that goal if they leave families to navigate these options on their own. This has long been a priority for us at the Center on […]
What if High School Were Different?
I am the oldest of four children. The youngest is my brother Stephen. Regular school was never a good fit for Stephen. He is one of the smartest people I know. An avid reader. A talented visual artist. And incredibly hard-working. But none of those attributes mattered when it came to his schooling experience. He […]
Separating Fiscal Fact from Fiction: Journalists Needed
What is the fiscal impact of charter schools on California’s school districts? This is a simple question with no simple answer. Yet policymakers are ready to act. Many school districts in California are having trouble balancing their budgets and are making cuts. Public charter schools have attracted a large number of students. Teachers unions successfully […]
Charter Schools: Good or Bad for Students in Districts
As charter school enrollments grow, are school districts so weakened by financial losses that teaching and learning must suffer? Or does competition spur traditional public schools and districts to improve—for the benefit of all? There are bodies of research and policy advocacy on both questions, but the results are difficult to reconcile. Studies focusing on […]
Fulfilling the Promise of School Choice by Building More Effective Supports for Families
This report focuses on the work of DC School Reform Now. Since 2011, the organization has focused on making school choice work for families in Wards 7 and 8, two underserved areas of the nation’s capital.
Schools Lead the Way but the System Must Change: Rethinking Career and Technical Education
CRPE has identified 32 programs around the country that represent the variety of efforts being used to reinvent career and technical education.