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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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What’s Next for Detroit’s Troubled Schools?

Robin Lake

Today Education Next published an article by Ashley Jochim, Michael DeArmond, and me about the state of the Detroit public school system.

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Setting the Record Straight on Charter Schools and Achievement: A Reply to Francesca Lopez

Robin Lake

At CRPE, we appreciate and encourage scholarly debate. However, a recent review by the National Education Policy Center of one of our reports went well beyond that to misrepresent the report and malign the analysis.

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Time to Take Stock on Charter Authorizing

Robin Lake

I had the opportunity to speak about the future of charter authorizing to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), the agency staff and board members who select, oversee, and regulate charter schools.

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Measuring the Health of the Charter Movement Is Important to Get Right

Robin Lake

Today the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released a report looking at what outcomes charter schools are achieving in different states and what might explain the variation.

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In New Orleans, the Work Has Just Begun

Paul Hill

This week marks nine years since Hurricane Katrina forced evacuation of New Orleans. The rebuilding of public education there has been a real accomplishment.

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Making School Choice Work Requires Leadership

Robin Lake

This commentary was originally published in Education Week on August 18, 2014. It’s a truism in public policy that every solution breeds a new problem.

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How the Portfolio Strategy Evolved from Idea to Action

Christine Campbell

In 2003, Paul Hill and I, along with James Harvey, wrote a book called It Takes a City. The book was written for mayors, civic leaders, school board members, and involved citizens, as a practical guide on how to formulate a reform plan bold enough to work while dealing with political opposition to change.

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Are Charter Schools Working? A Review of the Evidence

Patrick Denice

This brief summarizes a new review of the available evidence on charter schools and student achievement

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A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement

Julian Betts, Y. Emily Tang

This working paper provides a systematic analysis of the field’s most rigorous studies on charter school achievement.

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District-Charter Texas Two-Step

Robin Lake

You may have caught John Merrow’s PBS show featuring a Texas school district’s interesting partnership with KIPP and YES Prep! charter schools.

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