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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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Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2012

Robin Lake

This year’s edition focuses on growth and innovation and pushes charter school leaders to consider whether they are fully using their flexibility and autonomy on behalf of students.

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Student-Based Allocation to Enable School Choice

Marguerite Roza, Suzanne Simburg

This brief explains the need for student-based allocation to enable student choice and portable funding across schools within districts.

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2012 Year in Review

2012 was a very productive year at CRPE. Below is a recap of some of our more notable publications, and our webinars can be found here.

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Innovating Toward Sustainability: How Computer Labs Can Enable New Staffing Structures, and New Savings

Suzanne Simburg, Marguerite Roza

Using wage and staffing data from states, this paper projects the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workforce and total per-student spending.

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New York State Special Education Enrollment Analysis

Robin Lake, Betheny Gross, Patrick Denice

This report examines the distribution of students with special needs in New York State charter and district-run schools. The analysis shows that different levels of comparison yield different results.

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Examining Charters: How Public Charter Schools Can Work in Washington State,

This report examines how charter schools would fit into Washington state’s public education landscape.

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The U.S. Charter School Movement: Lessons for South Africa

Robin Lake, Tricia Maas, Betheny Gross

This report evaluates lessons from U.S. charter school legislation and implementations to inform South Africa and other countries about how to achieve the best possible results with charter school policies.

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District and charter leaders propel collaboration through “The Cleveland Plan”

Paul Hill, Sarah Yatsko

Working closely with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD) CEO, the school board, and the philanthropic and business community, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has placed the improvement of educational options of the city’s 50,000 public school students high on his list of second-term priorities.

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How district and charter compact leaders advocated for Connecticut’s Education Reform Bill

In January 2012, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy introduced a bold education reform campaign targeting Connecticut’s persistent achievement gap—the worst in the nation.

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BRIEF – Managing Talent for School Coherence: Learning from Charter Management Organizations

Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross, Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt, Robin Lake

This brief summarizes a larger report that looks at how CMOs manage teacher talent.

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