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Charter Schools and Public School Choice

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.

  • Research Reports    

Lessons Learned About District-Charter Partnerships: How Sharing Instructional Practices Can Pave the Way for More Collaboration

Alice Opalka, Sarah Yatsko

An overview of the district-charter collaboration landscape and one strategy that many cities are pursuing: sharing instructional practices across district and charter schools.

  • The Lens    

Reflecting on the Portfolio Strategy and School Improvement in San Antonio

Sean Gill

A 15-minute drive from the Alamo, Ira C. Ogden Elementary School is in its first year of an ambitious turnaround effort.

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Wanted: District Leaders Who Can Make Tough Choices

Paul Hill

The many big cities now looking for school superintendents—Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Newark, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., among them—need to pay attention to what has happened in Chicago.

  • In The News    

Research on Public School Choice-Rich Cities Shows Progress, Reveals Problems

Georgia Heyward and Christine Campbell are interviewed on the EdChoice podcast about CRPE’s report Stepping Up: How Are American Cities Delivering on the Promise of Public School Choice?

  • The Lens    

The Special-Education Graduation Conundrum

Sivan Tuchman, Robin Lake

As the recent debacle at Washington D.C.’s Ballou High school showed, it’s not always clear whether graduation rates mean anything about whether a student is prepared for college or career.

  • In The News    

What do parents need to know when choosing a school — LAUSD considers what information to include as it refines its unified enrollment system

Betheny Gross is quoted in LA School Report about school choice and the LA Unified School District’s new online application system.

  • The Lens    

Creating District-Charter Partnerships in the Lone Star State

Sean Gill

The State of Texas passed an innovation law (Senate Bill 1882) in summer 2017 to foster partnership schools, much like those profiled in CRPE’s recent brief.

  • The Lens    

New NACSA Study, A First Step to Address the Critical Need for Evidence in Authorizing

Robin Lake

One of the essential features of a charter school, what most distinguishes it from a district school or voucher-receiving school, is that it is “authorized” by a public agent and held accountable for results promised in its performance contract.

  • Research Reports    

How Personalized Learning Models Can Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities: Thrive Public Schools Case Study

Lauren Morando Rhim, Stephanie Lancet

This brief examines how students with special needs are being served by an innovative San Diego charter school network.

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How School Culture and Support Systems Can Improve Disciplinary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Mott Haven Academy Charter School Case Study

Lauren Morando Rhim, Stephanie Lancet

This brief examines how students with special needs are being served by an innovative New York City charter school.

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