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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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Finding a Balance: How Application and Authorization Policies Impact School Supply

Meghan Squires

This paper describes how high-quality authorizers have changed their application procedures and standards and examines the effect these changes have had on the quality and quantity of new charter school applicants.

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Quality Improvement and Performance Management in Schools: Lessons From Abroad

Ashley Jochim

This paper considers systematic school reform efforts in Australia, New Zealand and England, where each government took steps to heighten accountability, decentralize governance and invest in schools’ capacity to improve performance.

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Closing the Skill Gap: New Options for Charter School Leadership Development

Christine Campbell, Brock J. Grubb

This report analyzes specialized charter leadership programs and finds that they show promise in their responsiveness, course relevance, and methods of instruction.

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Contrasting Approaches to Charter School Oversight

Kate Destler

This paper outlines competing principles of charter school oversight and examines how those principles affect an authorizer’s approach to finding and selecting new schools, conducting day-to-day oversight of performance, and responding to the threat of school failure.

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Tough Calls: Identifying and Addressing School-Level Problems

Robin Lake, Meghan Squires

This working paper summarizes common problems faced by new and established charter schools and highlights strategies to diagnose and, when appropriate, intervene in struggling schools.

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Closing Troubled Schools

Julie Kowal, Bryan C. Hassel

This report analyzes the main reasons charter authorizers close schools, and how districts can use those closures as part of an overall improvement strategy that aligns with and reinforces their core values.

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Buying Smart in Thin Markets: District Tactics to Improve the Quality and Quantity of Autonomous Schools

Stephen Page

This paper identifies tactics districts can use to influence the factors that shape the supply and quality of providers of autonomous schools in thin markets.

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Working With Private Partners to Manage the Market: Collaborative Approaches to Charter School Oversight

Kate Destler

This paper finds that informal partnerships between authorizers and private organizations have the potential to improve the quality and quantity of new schools.

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In the Eye of the Beholder: Charter Schools and Innovation

Robin Lake

This paper summarizes the research evidence on charter school innovation to date and suggests ways to more productively pursue future research and development in the charter sector.

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Salvaging Assets: Considering Alternatives to School Closure

Lucy Steiner, Bryan C. Hassel

What are the options for charter school authorizers or entities with similar responsibilities who want to preserve assets when closing low-performing schools?

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