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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.

Bridging the District-Charter Divide to Help More Students Succeed
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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.

Incomplete Reform in Baltimore: An Interview with CRPE research director Betheny Gross
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Incomplete Reform in Baltimore: An Interview with CRPE research director Betheny Gross

Betheny Gross, Jordan Posamentier

Five years ago, Baltimore City Public Schools seemed on the brink of a breakthrough. By almost all accounts, the district-led portfolio system—traditional and charter school options, all authorized and managed by City Schools’ central office—was working.

Apples to Apples: Common School Performance Frameworks as a Tool for Choice and Accountability
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Apples to Apples: Common School Performance Frameworks as a Tool for Choice and Accountability

Sarah Yatsko, Alice Opalka, Jessica Sutter, Laura Weeldreyer, David Stewart

CRPE’s new paper focuses on developing a common school performance framework, tool for measuring performance of an individual school using a defined set of metrics that is common to schools across different agencies or governing bodies.

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