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Politics of Change

CRPE analyzes how politics—especially polarization and partisan divides—impact enacting and sustaining meaningful education reform. Political dynamics have often hindered progress, stalling promising innovations and narrowing the space for bipartisan solutions. Our work examines these tensions, identifies strategies to navigate them, and highlights opportunities for leaders to move reforms forward despite political headwinds.

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Navigating Political Tensions over Schooling: Findings from the Fall 2022 American School District Panel Survey

Ashley Jochim, Melissa Kay Diliberti, Heather Schwartz, Kate Destler, Paul Hill

Public schooling has always been politically fraught, but current disagreements over issues related to race, sexuality, gender, and Covid-19 have reached a tipping point.

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The Unavoidable Politics of Education Reform

Robin Lake

In K–12 education, politics is the great equalizer. It has killed initiatives from the right and from the left, from top-down district curriculum mandates to site-based management.

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The Street-Level Politics of School Reform

Paul Hill, Ashley Jochim

Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim profile portfolio strategy efforts in five cities and offer lessons for leaders to sustain long-term education reform amid political opposition.

  • Research Reports    

Legal and Policy Barriers to Redesigning California High Schools

Mitch Price

This report presents the results of an analysis of legal, regulatory, and policy barriers to high school redesign in California.

  • Research Reports    

Priority Shift: The Fate of Mandatory Busing for School Desegregation in Seattle and the Nation

Laura Kohn

This paper examines the trend in school districts, across the country and in Seattle, of substantially withdrawing from mandatory integration policies.

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