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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.

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Herding Cats: Managing Diverse Charter School Interests in Collaboration Efforts

Sean Gill, Sarah Yatsko, Robin Lake

This paper looks at why many cities have missed opportunities to create more lasting relationships between their district and charter sectors, and offers suggestions for fostering stronger partnerships that could help improve outcomes for all of the students in their cities.

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Suspending Belief

Sarah Yatsko

This piece was originally published as part of Fordham’s forum on discipline practices in America’s charter schools. Magicians rely almost exclusively on the technique of misdirection.

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Tradeoffs, not absolutes, on suspension and expulsion

Paul Hill

This piece was originally published as part of Fordham’s forum on discipline practices in America’s charter schools. The ongoing exchange about suspensions and expulsions in charter schools needs to be seen from the school’s perspective.

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There Is More Than One Way to Grow Great Schools

People who believe in a portfolio strategy believe great schools can prosper in many circumstances. The role of portfolio leaders is to create opportunities for innovation and improvement and to ensure all schools are getting results across all of a city’s public schools.

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Rising to John King’s Challenge

Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. has called on charter schools to take the lead on rethinking school discipline. Speaking at the National Charter School Conference in Nashville on Tuesday, he said, “Don’t get caught up in battles about whether charters are a little better or a little worse than average on discipline.

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The State of Florida Takes a Leadership Role in District-Charter Collaboration: An Interview with Adam Emerson

Sean Gill

The Florida Department of Education has provided two competitive grants to Duval County and Miami-Dade County to foster district-charter collaboration. CRPE research analyst Sean Gill spoke with Adam Emerson, the Florida Department of Education’s charter schools director, about his thoughts on how the collaboration work is progressing.

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How DC and New Orleans Are Addressing Excessive Discipline While Respecting School Autonomy

Robin Lake

No one doubts that suspension and expulsion rates in too many public schools are far too high. This is true in both charter and district-run schools.

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Incomplete Reform in Baltimore

Betheny Gross, Ashley Jochim

Betheny Gross and Ashley Jochim look at why Baltimore’s promising education reforms stalled out and how it can regain momentum.

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What States Can Do to Promote District-Charter Collaboration

This paper explores opportunities for state education agencies to leverage their unique assets to advance district-charter collaboration..

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Grappling With Discipline in Autonomous Schools: New Approaches From D.C. and New Orleans

Betheny Gross, Sivan Tuchman, Sarah Yatsko

This report profiles leading efforts by two cities to bring consistency and fairness to discipline practices in both district and charter schools.

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