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.
Our new report, Stepping Up: How Are American Cities Delivering on the Promise of Public School Choice?, finds a variety of public school choice available in cities—district-run magnet, innovation, and open-enrollment schools; charter schools overseen...
This paper reviews state policies on providing charter schools with facilities and recommends better incentives for districts to share space.
Education Week‘s Arianna Prothero references CRPE’s report Stepping Up: How Are American Cities Delivering on the Promise of School Choice? in this piece about the challenges that school choice presents for parents.
Christine Campbell is quoted by NPR on helping parents to make informed decisions within a school choice model.
Robin Lake is quoted by The 74 on the importance of family engagement in a school choice model.
School choice is probably the most controversial topic in public education today. The Trump administration’s support for private school vouchers has set off a rhetorical war in Washington that is increasingly playing out in states....
This paper provides an honest assessment of the portfolio strategy’s strengths, weaknesses, and necessary evolution.
This analysis examines 18 cities offering public school choice to determine whether 1) their education systems are continuously improving, 2) all their students have equitable access to high-quality schools, and 3) their strategies are rooted in the community.
Across the country, in Atlanta, Camden, Indianapolis and at least ten other cities, more schools are operating under a kind of partnership school model: a “third way” governance strategy that breaks through district-charter divides. Some...
Our report, Better Together: Ensuring Quality District Schools in Times of Charter Growth and Declining Enrollment, takes an honest look at an urgent problem that has long divided education leaders. To help inform and advance...
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