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CRPE founder Paul Hill coined and developed the portfolio strategy model, a problem-solving framework through which education and civic leaders develop a citywide system of high-quality, diverse, autonomous public schools. It emphasizes choice, accountability, and continuous improvement as levers to create more dynamic and equitable public education systems. While portfolio strategy is not currently a central focus of CRPE’s research, it remains an important part of our legacy, and our team continues to examine its relevance to today’s education challenges.

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Joel Klein’s New York State of Mind

Paul Hill

Joel Klein, a great New York City schools chancellor, looks better all the time, as his successors flip-flop and temporize. He’s back, at least in the form of a good new book.

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Special Education in New Orleans: Juggling Flexibility, Reinvention, and Accountability in the Nation’s Most Decentralized School System

Robin Lake

This paper looks at new efforts to ensure special education functions effectively in New Orleans’ full-choice public education landscape.

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An Evaluation of Denver’s SchoolChoice Process, 2012–2014: Is the School Enrollment System Working for Families?

Betheny Gross, Patrick Denice

Published in coordination with A+ Denver, the report evaluates Denver’s SchoolChoice enrollment system from 2012 to 2014.

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Education 2015: The City’s the Thing

Robin Lake

I’m a sucker for a good Year in Review. When else do we push ourselves to assess impact and think about what’s coming next?

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How Cities Can Help Parents Navigate Public School Choice

Robin Lake

At CRPE we’ve always believed it’s not preordained that all kids will benefit equally from more choices among public schools. Like any public policy, the results are likely to depend upon an array of complex factors: how savvy and well informed parents are about choosing a school, the availability of talented, mission-driven school developers, access to public transportation, how the choice laws are designed, the willingness of district and charter oversight agencies to step in when the market fails, etc.

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How Parents Experience Public School Choice

Ashley Jochim, Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross, Robin Lake

A survey of 4,000 parents in eight “high-choice” cities finds parents are taking advantage of choice, but they want more good options.

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The Portfolio Strategy Is a Problem-Solving Framework, Not a School District

Robin Lake

Public school choice in Detroit is essential but not yet working effectively. Students with special needs are not welcome in many Detroit charter schools.

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Collision Course: School Discipline and Education Reform

Sarah Yatsko

The education reform debate can be like a spinning top. It changes course abruptly and without warning but it remains largely focused inward.

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What’s Next for Detroit’s Troubled Schools?

Robin Lake

Today Education Next published an article by Ashley Jochim, Michael DeArmond, and me about the state of the Detroit public school system.

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Time to Take Stock on Charter Authorizing

Robin Lake

I had the opportunity to speak about the future of charter authorizing to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), the agency staff and board members who select, oversee, and regulate charter schools.

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