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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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School Systems Need a Disaster Response Plan

Jordan Posamentier

What happens to a city when “the big one” hits? Depending on where you live, the big one could be a flood, a tornado, a hurricane.

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Making Sense of Charter School Discipline Studies: A Reporter’s Guide

Alison Krupnick

This brief provides guidance for education reporters seeking to interpret findings and draw conclusions about current school discipline research.

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Understanding Student Discipline Practices in Charter Schools: A Research Agenda

Patrick Denice, Betheny Gross, Karega Rausch

CRPE convened a panel of experts to recommend a more comprehensive approach to capturing discipline data and evaluating and comparing school discipline practices.

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Hiring District Leaders From the Charter Sector: A Conversation with Superintendents Tom Boasberg and Duncan Klussmann

Sarah Yatsko

Listen in as two successful superintendents discuss an under-the-radar trend in school district hiring practices – the bold move to fill high-level central office positions with leaders from the charter sector.

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An Alternative View on Charter Schools and Backfill

Robin Lake

After more than 20 years of working together, Paul Hill and I have finally found something we might really disagree on.

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The Obligations of High-Output Charter High Schools

Paul Hill

For good reason, the most widely admired charter high schools are the ones that take kids from the highest-risk categories (poverty, one parent, big city, black or Hispanic, male) and get them into and through selective colleges.

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Lessons from the Trenches on Making School Choice Work

Ashley Jochim

This blog was originally published on the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard. In the United States, what school a child attends is determined in large part by where she lives.

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Opening Doors: OneApp Improves Enrollment Process but Shows Need for More Good Schools

Betheny Gross

Bringing a greater sense of order to the school choice application and enrollment process is getting a great deal of attention these days.

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The Best of Both Worlds: Can District-Charter Co-Location Be a Win-Win?

Michael DeArmond, Elizabeth Cooley Nelson, Angela Bruns

This report explores the challenges of leveraging co-location as a tool for school improvement.

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The Best of Both Worlds: School District-Charter Sector Boundary Spanners

Sarah Yatsko, Angela Bruns

This paper explores the practice of district superintendents looking beyond the usual candidate pool and hiring administrators who have seen strong successes in the charter sector.

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