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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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Charter Schools and New York City Education Reform

Paul Hill

New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has promised to reverse his predecessor’s policy of providing facilities rent-free to charter schools.

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Portfolio Governance Reforms: Why We Shouldn’t Wait

Robin Lake

People who see the portfolio strategy as a threat and those who see it as an opportunity both want to know: What’s the evidence that it works?

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Evidence Matters: Proving Whether School Reforms Make a Difference for Kids

Christine Campbell, Betheny Gross

When people lament that innovation is not possible in “regular” districts—ones that are overseen by elected school boards and working with active teachers unions—we at CRPE often point to Denver Public Schools.

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Charter Schools: Special Needs “Served Well Here” or “Need Not Apply”?

Robin Lake

One of the most important challenges for governing city schools in an era of choice is protecting the interests of students with special needs.

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Good Options and Choices for All Families: How Some Portfolio Districts Are Collaborating with Charter Schools

This “Spotlight” brief describes successful collaborative initiatives in district-charter Compact cities, and highlights the advantages that portfolio district superintendents bring to collaboration.

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Will New York Reforms Survive?

Paul Hill

Michael Bloomberg’s final term as New York City mayor will soon end. Will the nationally influential education governance changes he introduced end too?

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Good Governance Starts and Ends with Strong Schools

Robin Lake

CRPE is a policy shop. We study governance systems and propose policy solutions at the systems level, but I start every presentation about CRPE’s work with this list of the attributes not of effective systems, but of effective schools.

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Conflicts of Interest in Governance

Paul Hill

Elected school boards are a cherished community tradition in public education and they provide voice to many big and small community interests.

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Nashville Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Charter Schools

Robin Lake

In the last few years, those at the helm of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) have become increasingly hostile to the city’s fast-growing charter school sector.

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Elected Boards: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them

Paul Hill

Governance reforms – those that open public education to innovation, new providers, competition, and family choice – often start with suspension of normal local politics, via mayoral or state takeovers that bypass the elected local school board.

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