Making School Choice Work
This report examines the experience of parents in cities with multiple public school options to answer the question, how can civic leaders create a choice system that works for all families?
Policy Barriers to School Improvement: What’s Real and What’s Imagined?
This report examines federal, state, and district barriers that principals say hinder their ability to make innovative school improvements.
Understanding the Charter School Special Education Gap: Evidence from Denver, Colorado
This study uses student-level enrollment data from Denver to provide evidence on what drives the special education gap between charter and traditional public schools.
20 Years of Expertise // Transformative, Evidence-Based Ideas
In this compilation of essays, leading researchers and reformers share their views on how CRPE has impacted education reform over the last 20 years.
In-Depth Portfolio Assessment: Shelby County Schools, Memphis, TN
This report on the newly merged Shelby County Schools’ (TN) provides an assessment of where the district stands in relation to the portfolio strategy’s 7 components.
Is Personalized Learning Meeting Its Productivity Promise? Early Lessons from Pioneering Schools
This fiscal analysis finds that early difficulties forecasting enrollment and revenue can undermine implementation of personalized-learning models that blend computer-based and teacher-led instruction.
Working Together to Manage Enrollment: Key Governance and Operations Decisions
This issue brief explains how three cities—Denver, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C.—are addressing the issues involved with governing cross-sector enrollment systems.
Stakeholder Engagement for Common Enrollment Systems
This brief provides an introductory look at how leaders can effectively engage stakeholders during the design and implementation of a common enrollment system.
Coordinating Enrollment Across School Sectors: An Overview of Common Enrollment Systems
This “Spotlight” brief outlines the elements of a successful common enrollment system, and the experiences and outcomes of cities currently using these systems.
The Capacity Challenge: What It Takes for State Education Agencies to Support School Improvement
This study explores the primary obstacles that inhibit state education agencies from better supporting school and district improvement.