Christine Campbell co-authors this Education Next piece with Daniel Weisberg on the three ways charter schools can recruit, hire, and retain teachers.
School choice is increasingly the new normal in urban education. But in cities with multiple public school options, how can civic leaders create a choice system that works for all families, whether they choose a charter or district school? To answer this question, CRPE has been studying the opportunities and challenges in “high-choice” cities. We have interviewed civic and education leaders and surveyed parents to identify challenges like uneven school quality and lack of transportation. We’ve also studied ways cities can overcome barriers, such as unified enrollment and common accountability systems, to learn what works and what needs to be refined.
Charter schools offer the potential to create high-performing public schools in districts typically plagued by poor student outcomes. Too often, however, the charter school debate is marred by biased research and polemics. Like all important reform efforts, credible research and analysis must accompany innovation. To assess whether charter schools are fulfilling their mission, we rigorously evaluate their performance, costs, and ability to address unique student needs. New data and evidence help innovators across the country collaborate, communicate, and develop best practices.
Christine Campbell co-authors this Education Next piece with Daniel Weisberg on the three ways charter schools can recruit, hire, and retain teachers.
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...
Robin Lake is interviewed on the EdNext Podcast about CRPE’s report Why is Charter Growth Slowing? Lessons from the Bay Area.
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...
Robin Lake is quoted in this NPR piece about the virtual schools lobby.
Paul Hill and Robin Lake write in Education Next that the charter school movement requires a new political strategy to continue to grow.
This report examines recent efforts of districts and charter schools to share key instructional practices and offers recommendations for education leaders to move forward.
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...
Education Week‘s Arianna Prothero covers CRPE’s report The Slowdown of Bay Area Charter School Growth: Causes and Solutions.
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...
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