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CRPE’s research examines both the promise and the challenges of charter schools and school choice, with a focus on how they can expand opportunity, drive innovation, and better serve diverse student needs. We study charter schools alongside district schools and other models, highlighting lessons that can inform the broader system. New data and evidence help innovators across the country collaborate, communicate, and develop best practices.

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Flipping the Script: Searching for Opportunity When a Child Has a Disability

Ashley Jochim, Georgia Heyward

Families of children with disabilities are often at the center of debates about education choice, but their voices are rarely heard directly.

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Reflections on Rebuilding New Orleans’ Education System, One School at a Time

Paul Hill

This was originally published in The 74. Twenty years ago tomorrow, Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of New Orleans, including its schools.

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It’s Time for the Left To Come to the School Choice Table

Jorge Elorza

Our Phoenix Rising series aims to elevate diverse perspectives and enable informed debate on urgent topics.  For too long, the political Left has allowed the debate over school choice to be defined and dominated by conservatives.

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Red State Metro Districts Hit by Private School Choice Plans

Paul Hill

I was shocked recently when I read about school enrollment declines in Salt Lake City. Both the public elementary schools I attended are among the many slated for closure, and the district is slowly losing about 3% of its enrollment every year.

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Chartering, Revisited: A Proven Strategy for Big-City Schools

Paul Hill

Post-pandemic, big city K-12 leaders are doing everything they can to strengthen their schools and meet student needs. However, the districts they lead are tapped out in terms of teacher and administrator capability, dollars, and political support.

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In Search of Opportunity: Can Families Use Education Choice to Secure More of What They Want?

Ashley Jochim

As education choice programs expand, the promise of securing better educational opportunities remains unevenly realized for many families. This report examines the challenges families face and offers practical solutions to help education choice programs deliver on their potential. 

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Feigned Outrage over the Education of Students with Disabilities in School Choice Won’t Close Opportunity Gaps

Ashley Jochim

This op-ed originally appeared in K-12 Dive.  In the raucous debate over state initiatives to expand access to private educational options, the plight of students with disabilities has taken center stage.

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Communities in the Driver’s Seat: Black Mothers Forum Microschools Raise Sustainability Questions

Eupha Jeanne Daramola, Travis Pillow

The Black Mothers Forum (BMF), established in 2016 to combat institutional racism in Phoenix-area schools, responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic by creating a network of microschools.

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School Choice: Vital, but Not Automatic

Paul Hill

Post-pandemic America is in a heyday for school choice, at least in red states. From Florida to Ohio to Arizona, parents can get new state subsidies via education savings accounts (ESAs) to choose extracurricular activities, support homeschooling, or pay at least partial tuition in private schools. 

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First Literacy, Now Math: Oakland REACH Prepares to Train More Tutors

Lakisha Young

We can all see where the good jobs are going. By 2025, there will be 25 million digital jobs in this country – more than manufacturing and construction combined. 

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