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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    

Passing Notes: Learning from Efforts to Share Instructional Practices Across District-Charter Lines

Tricia Maas, Robin Lake

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 Lens    

Proposal: The Future of the Charter School Movement Requires a New Political Strategy

Robin Lake, Paul Hill

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.

  • In The News    

Growth of Charter Schools Is Slowing Down. Here’s What’s Behind the Trend

Education Week‘s Arianna Prothero covers CRPE’s report The Slowdown of Bay Area Charter School Growth: Causes and Solutions.

  • The Lens    

Clearing the School Choice Fog for Parents

Sarah Yatsko

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.

  • The Lens    

It’s Time to Study Alternative Schools

America is trying to serve an ever-increasing proportion of its most at-risk students outside of traditional high schools. This should be studied carefully.

  • The Lens    

Denver’s Storied Portfolio District Is Starting to Act Like Just Another City School System

Robin Lake

Denver Public Schools hosts endless visits from civic and district leaders looking for ways to reinvent public education. It has been a star portfolio district and a leader in charter-district collaboration.

  • The Lens    

Reforming the School Choice Rhetoric

Sivan Tuchman

I often find myself thrust into different worlds within the school choice community. These worlds are defined by the underlying political ideology of the organizations advocating for various types of choice.

  • The Lens    

2018 at CRPE: Looking Around the Corner

Robin Lake

At CRPE, our core business is gathering and analyzing evidence to inform education policy and propel systemic improvements. But what makes us unique is our ability to look around the corner to anticipate new challenges and develop bold ideas and pragmatic solutions.

  • The Lens    

The Unavoidable Politics of Education Reform

Robin Lake

In K–12 education, politics is the great equalizer. It has killed initiatives from the right and from the left, from top-down district curriculum mandates to site-based management.

  • Research Reports    

The Slowdown in Bay Area Charter School Growth: Causes and Solutions

Robin Lake, Trey Cobb, Roohi Sharma, Alice Opalka

This report examines why charter school growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has slowed dramatically and offers solutions for cities nationwide to encourage the development of new high-quality schools.

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