How Personalized Learning Models Can Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities: Thrive Public Schools Case Study
This brief examines how students with special needs are being served by an innovative San Diego charter school network.
How School Culture and Support Systems Can Improve Disciplinary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Mott Haven Academy Charter School Case Study
This brief examines how students with special needs are being served by an innovative New York City charter school.
Four Ways Philadelphia Can Keep Its Schools Moving in the Right Direction as District Prepares to Retake Local Control
The nominating panel charged with selecting candidates for Philadelphia’s new nine-member school board has received its last application. Now, as the district prepares to retake local control of its schools July 1, the panel’s 13 members must identify the 27 best candidates for Mayor Jim Kenney to choose from. It will be a daunting and […]
Integrating Schools in San Antonio: Start With One. An Interview with Mohammed Choudhury
Cities across the country are grappling with persistent school segregation. While some argue that public school choice increases the problem, there are ways that cities can use carefully designed school choice initiatives as a vehicle for integrating schools. One promising example is in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio Independent School District’s (SAISD) chief innovation officer, […]
Three Ways Charter Schools Can Make Sure They Recruit, Hire, and Retain the Teachers They Need
Summer vacation may still be months away, but school leaders across the country are already gearing up to hire teachers for the next school year. Many will find themselves in the same predicament they’ve faced for years: scrambling until the last minute to fill open positions, especially in crucial subjects like math, science, and special […]
New CREDO Report Shows System-Level Supports, Turnaround Expertise Critical to School-Level Improvements
CREDO at Stanford University published a new report today, examining the impact and implementation of nonprofit charter management organization (CMO)-led school turnarounds under Louisiana’s Recovery School District (RSD) in New Orleans and Tennessee’s Achievement School District (ASD) in Memphis and Nashville. Both efforts were funded through a federal i3 grant and CREDO was the evaluator. […]
What Continuous Improvement Networks Should Learn from District-Charter Compacts
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced a new focus on supporting networks of middle and high schools. These Networks for School Improvement are intended to support continuous improvement—built on collecting data and testing solutions—in order to tackle some of public education’s most pressing challenges. As someone who studies education from a systems perspective, […]
Passing Notes: Learning from Efforts to Share Instructional Practices Across District-Charter Lines
This report examines recent efforts of districts and charter schools to share key instructional practices and offers recommendations for education leaders to move forward.
Proposal: The Future of the Charter School Movement Requires a New Political Strategy
The national charter movement grew because people from diverse perspectives agreed on the need for a new form of public school free of bureaucratic and union constraints. As political scientist Stephen Page observed, the movement consisted of left-leaning educators supported by right-wing money. In the absence of a guiding political mastermind, the members of the movement […]
Clearing the School Choice Fog for Parents
School choice proponents argue that choice creates equitable access to quality schools and results in the shuttering of schools that perform poorly since few families choose them. However, this is based on families having the right tools to make informed and timely decisions. In reality, school choice is often dizzyingly complex and, as CRPE researchers […]