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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.

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New Orleans: Building a Strong Teacher Pipeline for Tomorrow’s Schools

New Orleans is in uncharted territory. As recently as 2010, just three non-selective admissions schools had strong enough academic programs to earn an “A” or “B” from the state.

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New Orleans: A City That Works—Together

Imagine a city where all high school students have had a series of job experiences by the time they graduate. When many of us think back to some of the essential lessons we learned growing up—lessons around hard work, reliability, punctuality, a service ethic—we find that we developed many of our habits of mind through our early working experiences.

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Ten Years After: What’s Next for New Orleans?

Robin Lake

Last week educators, researchers, and policymakers gathered in New Orleans to take stock of how the public school system there is faring 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.

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How Choice Strengthens Schools and Families

Paul Hill

In the course of a small study with Tricia Maas about the “backfill” issue in charter high schools (question: What are the schools doing to offer vacant seats to transfer students, and how are they helping the newcomers come up to speed?), I’ve been struck again by the importance of informed choice.

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Avoiding the Comprehensive Schools Trap for Charter High Schools

Paul Hill, Tricia Maas

In any city, there are plenty of neighborhoods with few or no good schools. For the students and families in these areas, even just one or two soundly conceived and well-run charter schools can make a difference.

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Shining a Light on Common Enrollment

Betheny Gross

What do school choice and power supply in South Asia have in common? Turns out, more than you might think. As we learned when researching our new report, Common Enrollment, Parents, and School Choice: Early Evidence from Denver and New Orleans, common enrollment is an important step in making school choice work for families.

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The Charter-District Relationship: Is Generating Goodwill Enough?

Sean Gill, Sarah Yatsko

With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, there are now 21 cities in which leaders have signed official District-Charter Collaboration Compacts.

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Common Enrollment, Parents, and School Choice: Early Evidence from Denver and New Orleans

Betheny Gross, Michael DeArmond, Patrick Denice

This report examines the implementation and early results of common enrollment systems in Denver and New Orleans.

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The High School Challenge to Districts and Charters

Paul Hill, Tricia Maas

Despite little bits of progress here and there, the problem of big-city high schools—how to motivate students to stay engaged and learn what they need to be eligible for college and good jobs—remains unsolved.

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Charter High Schools and the “Backfill” Debate

Paul Hill, Tricia Maas

A debate about “backfill”—whether charter high schools should add students to replace those who drop out—has just begun (see here, here, and here).

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