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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    

The “City of Firsts” Charts a New Path on Turnaround

Ashley Jochim, Alice Opalka

This case study profiles the unique school improvement effort in Springfield, MA, and compares it with other turnaround strategies.

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What’s Next for Newark?

Michael DeArmond, Patrick Denice

After more than two decades of state supervision, Newark’s public schools are slated to return to local control. When the state hands the keys back to the city, local leaders will inherit a district that’s in a fundamentally different position than it was in 1995, the year the state took over.

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How State Education Philosophy Informs Local District-Charter Cooperation Efforts

Jordan Posamentier

States diverge considerably in their philosophy about the relationship between school districts and charter schools, and the difference seems to matter to local collaboration efforts.

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With Liberty Comes Responsibility: Why the Portfolio Strategy Matters Now More Than Ever

Robin Lake

Earlier this month, CRPE hosted its 14th Portfolio Network meeting in Philadelphia. We brought together nearly 150 community, district, and charter leaders from 23 cities.

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Is Charter School Growth Flat-Lining?

Robin Lake

A recently released annual update from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools included a surprising fact: a mere 329 charter schools opened across the country in the 2016-2017 school year.

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Taking Betsy DeVos Up on What She Has Said

Paul Hill

The newly confirmed education secretary Betsy DeVos has been a very controversial nominee. Many have raised serious concerns about her experience and views.

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Necessity, Not Nicety: What We’ve Learned About District-Charter Alliances

Robin Lake

In some of the cities known as ground zero for noisy fights about charter schools, quiet partnerships are underway between district and charter leaders.

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A Better Future for Rural Communities Starts at the Schoolhouse

Paul Hill

Donald Trump’s voters in rural areas and small towns made a point: they were left behind while a lot of the country made economic progress and they want that to change.

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Six Unifying Education Policy Ideas for 2017

Robin Lake

Polarization was the theme of 2016, and we’d be kidding ourselves to think that will be much different in 2017. Still, there has rarely been more need for new ideas that people can begin to come together around, especially in education.

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Bridging the District-Charter Divide to Help More Students Succeed

Robin Lake, Sarah Yatsko, Sean Gill, Alice Opalka

Based on six years of research, this report explores why a growing number of districts and charter schools are choosing to work together, the costs and benefits of different types of cooperation, and the real impacts of successful collaboration on students and families.

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