Student Mobility in Kansas City
This brief examines student mobility in Kansas City Public Schools.
We Must Understand the Real Impact of Charter Schools on California’s School Districts
Today the Center on Reinventing Public Education is releasing three briefs that shed light on the debate surrounding charter schools in California. In short, they conclude: Charter schools are not a major driver of recent enrollment declines in California’s school districts. There is no evidence that charter schools are to blame for school districts entering […]
Making Sense of How Charter Schools Affect School District Finances: A Reporter’s Guide
This guide unpacks how enrollment loss stemming from charter schools may or may not shape districts’ financial situations and provides guidance and resources to journalists.
California Charter Schools: Costs, Benefits, and Impact on School Districts
Three new briefs assess the impact of California charter schools on school districts.
Assessing Charter Schools’ Impact on Districts: Too Important to Get Wrong
Several months ago I critiqued a report by Dr. Gordon Lafer and published by In the Public Interest (ITPI). Unfortunately, the report continues to inform policy deliberations in California, where a commission is weighing charter school policy changes and lawmakers are considering a five-year moratorium on new charter schools. The author has said that he […]
Back to the Future for Charter School Research
A recent analysis from Education Week carried a grim headline: “In Many Charter High Schools, Graduation Odds Are Slim.” Its core finding, “Charter high schools make up an outsized share of the number of public schools persistently graduating less than half of their students,” led the authors to question why charter high school graduation rates […]
Learning Outside of School: Lessons from ReSchool Colorado’s First Year
The start of spring brings a source of stress for some parents; it’s time to figure out what their children will do over the summer. Summer activities can provide necessary childcare—and vital support for student learning—during the months when school is closed. But lining up those activities for children can cause headaches for many families. […]
Sustaining Improvement after State Takeovers: Lessons from New Orleans
This report examines how New Orleans education officials have managed the return of nearly all of the city’s public schools to the control of the local elected school board for the first time since the state takeover of public schools in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Expanding Access to Out-of-School Learning: Lessons from Year 1 at ReSchool Colorado
This brief provides an initial, formative assessment of lessons learned in the first year of ReSchool Colorado’s initiatives to expand access to out-of-school learning opportunities for children in the Denver area.
Can Teachers Bridge the Divide Between Unions and Charter Schools? Strikes in Chicago and L.A. Are Test Cases
As teacher strikes swept across the country this year, union leaders in many cities painted charter schools as the enemy. But the narrative that pits charter schools against unions largely ignores the fact that district teachers aren’t the only ones walking off the job; charter school teachers in Chicago and Los Angeles went on strike […]