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This was originally published in The 74. Twenty years ago tomorrow, Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of New Orleans, including its schools. Students and teachers fled the city — nobody knew how many would return, or where they would live. The post-Katrina reinvigoration of public education in New Orleans is one of the great stories of that city’s recovery.

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Apples to Apples: Common School Performance Frameworks as a Tool for Choice and Accountability

Sarah Yatsko, Alice Opalka, Jessica Sutter, Laura Weeldreyer, David Stewart

CRPE’s new paper focuses on developing a common school performance framework, tool for measuring performance of an individual school using a defined set of metrics that is common to schools across different agencies or governing bodies.

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Herding Cats: Managing Diverse Charter School Interests in Collaboration Efforts

Sean Gill, Sarah Yatsko, Robin Lake

This paper looks at why many cities have missed opportunities to create more lasting relationships between their district and charter sectors, and offers suggestions for fostering stronger partnerships that could help improve outcomes for all of the students in their cities.

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The Politics of the Common Core Assessments

Ashley Jochim, Patrick McGuinn

CRPE research analyst Ashley Jochim and Drew University associate professor Patrick McGuinn explore why states are abandoning the assessments aligned with Common Core State Standards.

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The State Role in K–12 Education: From Issuing Mandates to Experimentation

Betheny Gross, Paul Hill

Betheny Gross and Paul Hill discuss the challenges and opportunities for state-level experimentation created by the Every Student Succeeds Act, in the Harvard Law and Policy Review.

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Incomplete Reform in Baltimore

Betheny Gross, Ashley Jochim

Betheny Gross and Ashley Jochim look at why Baltimore’s promising education reforms stalled out and how it can regain momentum.

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What States Can Do to Promote District-Charter Collaboration

This paper explores opportunities for state education agencies to leverage their unique assets to advance district-charter collaboration..

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