This report provides key lessons for states seeking to make improvements in districts and schools navigating a transition to local control.
The world is changing. It is long past time for public education to change as well.
Our current research centers on the changing education landscape in our post-pandemic world and how school systems can meet the ever-evolving needs of students. This includes work in innovative school solutions, responsive systems and policies, workforce innovation, community-led solutions, and the advent of AI.
This report provides key lessons for states seeking to make improvements in districts and schools navigating a transition to local control.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the race for the Democratic nomination have given education policy a rare moment the limelight in a presidential campaign. The policy issue at the heart of their dispute, dubbed “busing,”...
The goal of school choice is to give all families — especially families in underserved communities — access to high-quality schools that work for them. School systems will not reach that goal if they leave...
I am the oldest of four children. The youngest is my brother Stephen. Regular school was never a good fit for Stephen. He is one of the smartest people I know. An avid reader. A...
In The 74, Robin Lake writes that policymakers should stop pitting charter schools and school districts against each other.
What is the fiscal impact of charter schools on California’s school districts? This is a simple question with no simple answer. Yet policymakers are ready to act. Many school districts in California are having trouble...
As charter school enrollments grow, are school districts so weakened by financial losses that teaching and learning must suffer? Or does competition spur traditional public schools and districts to improve—for the benefit of all? There...
This report focuses on the work of DC School Reform Now. Since 2011, the organization has focused on making school choice work for families in Wards 7 and 8, two underserved areas of the nation’s capital.
CRPE has identified 32 programs around the country that represent the variety of efforts being used to reinvent career and technical education.
Today the Center on Reinventing Public Education is releasing three briefs that shed light on the debate surrounding charter schools in California. In short, they conclude: Charter schools are not a major driver of recent...
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