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# Center on Reinventing Public Education

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- [The Debate over AI in Education Is Stuck. Let’s Move It Forward in Responsible Ways That Truly Serve Students](https://crpe.org/the-debate-over-ai-in-education-is-stuck-lets-move-it-forward-in-responsible-ways-that-truly-serve-students/) - Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how we work, communicate, and create. In education, however, the conversation is stuck.Sensational headlines make it seem like AI will either save public education (“AI will magically give teachers back hours in their day!”) or destroy it completely (“Students only use AI to cheat!” “AI will replace teachers!”).These dueling narratives
- [Think Forward: Building a Coherent Approach to AI in Education](https://crpe.org/think-forward-building-a-coherent-approach-to-ai-in-education/) - In November 2025, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) convened a diverse group of policymakers, system leaders, educators, researchers, funders, and technology experts for the Think Forward: Learning with AI Forum in New Mexico. At a moment when rapid advances in artificial intelligence are colliding with longstanding inequities and structural challenges in K–12 education,
- [Announcing CRPE's Inaugural Think Forward Fellowship Cohort](https://crpe.org/announcing-crpes-inaugural-think-forward-fellowship-cohort/) - The Center on Reinventing Public Education has announced its inaugural AI Fellowship Cohort, a group of visionary policymakers, system leaders, educators, researchers, funders, and tech experts who will collectively work to address the toughest challenges around AI in education. Education systems are at a critical crossroads with AI. New tools are emerging every day in
- [Smartphones and Absenteeism are Noisy Problems, but the Quiet Crisis in Math Is Instruction](https://crpe.org/noisy-problems-but-the-quiet-crisis-is-math-instruction/) - Everyone needs foundational math skills. Numeracy predicts higher earnings, better health, and increased access to fast-growing jobs. Algebra is the gateway to advanced math and to many college and workforce programs. Yet America has a math problem—and it didn’t start with Covid.After two decades of gains, national math performance peaked around 2013 and has continued
- [Reckoning with Reality: The Case for a New Union Strategy in K–12](https://crpe.org/reckoning-with-reality-the-case-for-a-new-union-strategy-in-k-12/) - Public school districts are facing an existential threat. Demographic shifts and school choice policies are exacerbating declining enrollment. A diminishing role for the federal Department of Education alongside broad economic uncertainty could further erode state and local revenues. These trends threaten student outcomes and teacher jobs, as well as district solvency. When we talk about
- [2026: A Year for Leadership](https://crpe.org/2026-a-year-for-leadership/) - States must take on leadership for education innovation in 2026, setting clear goals and navigating AI integration to prepare students for the future.
- [Tragic Practices: Why Public Education Is Not Designed to Prioritize Efficiency, Innovation, or Results](https://crpe.org/tragic-practices-why-public-education-is-not-designed-to-prioritize-efficiency-innovation-or-results/) - The changing landscape of education under new federal legislation places heavy responsibility on states to create policies that ensure better student outcomes amid tight fiscal realities. States are rightly focused on how to improve reading, math, and career readiness in K-12 schools. They cannot do that, however, without a firm understanding of why making such
- [Virtual 1:1 Literacy Tutoring in Oakland Unified School District: Implementation and Effectiveness of a Pilot at Scale](https://crpe.org/virtual-11-literacy-tutoring-in-oakland-unified-school-district-implementation-and-effectiveness-of-a-pilot-at-scale/) - In 2024–25, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) launched a districtwide pilot of virtual, high-dosage, 1:1 literacy tutoring in partnership with three providers: Hoot, Ignite Reading, and OpenLiteracy. This initiative aimed to address early reading gaps, particularly in phonics, for K–2 students who were below grade level.Key FindingsHigh implementation fidelity: Over 80% of tutored students received
- [A Truce in the Accountability Wars](https://crpe.org/a-truce-in-the-accountability-wars/) - In American education, the scars of the “accountability wars” still run deep. More than two decades after the federal No Child Left Behind Act established punitive, high-profile accountability requirements for America’s K–12 schools, states and districts remain wary of debates over testing, student performance, and school improvement. This understandable backlash has pushed many states toward
- [Meeting the AI Moment Requires a New Education R&D Infrastructure](https://crpe.org/meeting-the-ai-moment-requires-a-new-education-rd-infrastructure/) - Depending on where you sit in the education ecosystem, 2025 has felt either deeply discouraging or full of possibility. On one hand, earlier this year, the federal government signaled retreat from its commitment to education research, and just this week, the Trump administration took further steps to dismantle the Department of Education. National assessments show
- [Districts and AI: Early Adopters Focus More on Students in 2025-26](https://crpe.org/districts-and-ai-early-adopters-focus-more-on-students-in-2025-26/) - Introduction More Early Adopters are piloting systemwide AI strategies Early Adopters focus more on students, mostly with new tools Reimaginers keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI Districts must advance more coherent AI strategies for teaching and learning Across the country, the approach schools take towards Generative AI has changed: it’s moved from
- [A “Zero-Based Budgeting” Approach for High School Course Requirements in the Age of AI](https://crpe.org/a-zero-based-budgeting-approach-for-high-school-course-requirements-in-the-age-of-ai/) - For better or worse, AI, and especially chatbots associated with Large Language Models, are already changing the daily rhythms of education here and around the world. Organizations, including the Center on Reinventing Public Education, are providing critical guidance to schools and policymakers about how educators can best take advantage of AI’s opportunities (such as personalized
- [“This Changes Everything”: AI Is about to Upend Teaching and Learning](https://crpe.org/this-changes-everything-ai-is-about-to-upend-teaching-and-learning/) - This opinion piece was originally published on The 74. “In a matter of weeks or months, artificial intelligence tools will be your kid’s tutor, your teacher’s assistant and your family’s homework helper.” -Robin Lake In April 2022, I attended the ASU-GSV Summit, an ed tech conference in San Diego. I’d recently become an official Arizona
- [Shockwaves and Innovations: How Nations Worldwide Are Approaching AI in Education](https://crpe.org/shockwaves-and-innovations-how-nations-worldwide-are-dealing-with-ai-in-education/) - This piece was originally published in The 74. Lake: Other countries are quickly adopting artificial intelligence in schools. Lessons from Singapore, South Korea, India, China, Finland and Japan. Rapid developments in artificial intelligence, especially generative AI (which is trained to analyze large amounts of data and can produce original content) have taken U.S. schools by
- [ChatGPT Turns One Today: Seven Reasons Why Education Leaders Should Step Up on AI](https://crpe.org/chatgpt-turns-one-today-seven-ways-educators-can-step-up-on-ai/) - It’s been a year since OpenAI released ChatGPT. Educators (and the rest of the world) were caught off guard by this new technology that could write college essays, plan vacations, and even compose a new poem or song based on the style of an original author. As we said back in May, “This changes everything.”
- [“We Can’t Blow It.” District Leaders Are Optimistic about AI but Need Urgent Help](https://crpe.org/we-cant-blow-it-district-leaders-are-optimistic-about-ai-but-urgently-need-help/) - AI is on the move, and it’s not slowing down. The education field is both excited and concerned about the lightning-fast pace of advancements in generative AI. Over the past several months, we at CRPE have interviewed dozens of district leaders across the country about how they view AI and what kind of support they
- [AI Is Coming to U.S. Classrooms, but Who Will Benefit?](https://crpe.org/ai-is-coming-to-u-s-classrooms-but-who-will-benefit/) - Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving at lightning speed, but will U.S. classrooms be able to evolve with it—and take advantage of its potential benefits? A new report by the American School District Panel (ASDP), a research partnership between the RAND Corporation and CRPE, gives an early look at how AI is influencing teaching and learning,
- [Review Finds States Are Slow to Give Guidance on How Teachers and Schools Should Use AI](https://crpe.org/review-finds-states-slow-to-give-guidance-on-how-teachers-schools-should-use-ai/) - This piece was originally published on The 74. Dusseault & Lee: Other than Hawaii's, no education department has publicly focused on policies governing artificial intelligence in the classroom. Developments in artificial intelligence technology have exploded into the mainstream this year and welcomed people to summon text, audio and images with a few user-friendly AI prompts. The technology
- [How Districts Are Responding to AI—and What It Means for the '23-'24 School Year](https://crpe.org/study-how-districts-are-responding-to-ai-and-what-it-means-for-the-new-school-year/) - This piece was originally published in The 74. Districts are responding in divergent ways to artificial intelligence’s potential to reshape teaching and learning, and most have refrained from defining a districtwide stance for schools to navigate AI, according to a review by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University. By searching for district communications and
- [AI Is Already Disrupting Education, but Only 13 States Are Offering Guidance for Schools](https://crpe.org/ai-disrupt-ed-13-states/) - More states are acknowledging the implications of artificial intelligence technology for our society and institutions, particularly our school systems. However, the emerging state-level guidance for districts is broad and avoids regulatory language, according to CRPE’s latest review of state education department actions on AI. While generative AI rapidly advances, many states continue to defer to
- [“Just Slow It All Down”: New Research Says School Leaders Want Guidance on AI](https://crpe.org/just-slow-it-all-down-school-leaders-want-guidance-on-ai-new-research-finds/) - This piece was originally published in The 74. New generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, which can mimic human writing and generate images from simple user prompts, are poised to disrupt K-12 education.As school and district administrators grapple with these rapid advances, they crave guidance on how to incorporate AI tools into teaching and learning,
- [New State AI Policies Released: Signs Point to Inconsistency and Fragmentation](https://crpe.org/new-state-ai-policies-released-inconsistency-and-fragmentation/) - In October 2023, CRPE reported that only California and Oregon had provided schools with guidance on navigating AI, while 13 other states planned to release similar guidance. Since then, three additional states have weighed in: North Carolina, West Virginia, and Washington. Virginia’s governor also released an executive order for “AI integration throughout education” that directs its state
- [AI and Education Policy 101: The Evolving Landscape and Lessons from Early Adopters](https://crpe.org/ai-and-education-policy-101-the-evolving-landscape-and-examples-from-early-adopters/) - News broke last week on litigation against Hingham Public Schools in Massachusetts, where a high school senior was disciplined and given a failing grade for using AI assistance on a school assignment. The student’s parents filed suit on the grounds that the district had no official policies on AI usage in place. Districts and states
- [Districts and AI: Tracking Early Adopters and Implications for the 2024-25 School Year](https://crpe.org/districts-and-ai-tracking-early-adopters-and-what-this-means-for-2024-25/) - Just two years after ChatGPT’s public introduction, generative AI has rapidly transformed many aspects of society and the workplace. McKinsey’s 2024 State of AI survey of global executives highlights a surge in AI adoption over the past year: 65% of respondents say their organizations regularly use generative AI—nearly double the figure from ten months prior—and 75% predict
- [Calming the Noise: How AI Literacy Efforts Foster Responsible Adoption for Educators](https://crpe.org/calming-the-noise-how-ai-literacy-efforts-foster-responsible-adoption-for-educators/) - In the two years since ChatGPT’s release, generative AI (genAI) tools have flooded the K-12 education space. Each day, educators and administrators hear new claims about AI’s power to transform learning, while also facing warnings about its dangers. Caught between the hype and the fear, they struggle to distinguish real opportunities from noise. This uncertainty
- [AI Is Moving Fast—But School Responses and Parent Opinions Are Not](https://crpe.org/ai-is-moving-fast-but-school-responses-and-parent-opinions-are-not/) - This piece is a follow-up to this blog, published last year.AI is present in classrooms more than ever before, partly due to tech companies’ provision of professional learning for teachers and partly due to school districts’ large-scale purchases of AI software. Beyond helping educators save time and enhance student learning, AI has also given them
- [What Do Parents Know about Generative AI in Schools?](https://crpe.org/what-do-parents-know-about-generative-ai-in-schools/) - Generative AI has led to a seismic shift in the U.S., with major implications for the present and future states of our societal systems and institutions. While these advancements could contribute to major learning gains in the classroom, they have also generated a great deal of uncertainty as educators, parents, and students grapple with the promise
- [Request for Analysis: Unlocking Potential Data Center](https://crpe.org/request-for-analysis-unlocking-potential-data-center/) - More students than ever are being identified for special education. CRPE invites you to explore why using our new Unlocking Potential Data Center.In early 2025, the National Center on Education Statistics reported a record 7.9 million public school students identified with disabilities under IDEA. This continues a decades-long rise in students placed in special education
- [Outmatched: Special Education Can’t Solve Problems Rooted in the Education Delivery System](https://crpe.org/outmatched-special-education-cant-solve-problems-rooted-in-the-education-delivery-system/) - In early 2025, the National Center for Education Statistics quietly announced a new record: 7.9 million public school students were identified with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The new data capped off a decades-long trend towards increasing numbers of children being identified with disabilities and swept up into special education
- [Why School Choice Needs Market Enablers, Not Just Policies](https://crpe.org/why-school-choice-needs-market-enablers-not-just-policies/) - Imagine a family—let’s call them the Carters—navigating their state’s school choice options. They live in a blue-collar, inner-ring suburban neighborhood with decent schools, but their second-grade son is struggling socially and academically at their public elementary school. The Carters are desperate to make a change. They wonder if a charter school, a nearby private school,
- [Making Room for What Matters: Innovative School Leaders Want Accountability, but With a Lighter Footprint](https://crpe.org/making-room-for-what-matters-innovative-school-leaders-want-accountability-but-with-a-lighter-footprint/) - Across the country, school leaders are reimagining how students learn—designing models that are more engaging, effective, and connected to the world students are entering. But many say that today’s state accountability systems, while important for transparency and rigor, can make it harder to innovate.This report from the Canopy Project explores what 186 innovative school leaders say about
- [In thousands of districts, 4-day school weeks are robbing students of learning time for what amounts to hygiene theater](https://crpe.org/in-thousands-of-districts-4-day-school-weeks-are-robbing-students-of-learning-time-for-what-amounts-to-hygiene-theater/) - Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made clear(link is external) that good ventilation and consistent mask wearing are far more effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19 than disinfecting surfaces. This clarification was long overdue. Scientists have long suspected that the virus is mainly airborne. They recognized that measures like deep cleaning and
- [America’s Students Need More Math Instruction Each Day](https://crpe.org/americas-students-need-more-math-instruction-each-day/) - In the United States, most students graduating from high school don’t know what compound interest is before they sign up for a credit card. But in Singapore, Japan, and Finland, students have a better understanding of foundational mathematical concepts as they enter young adulthood. All three of these high-performing countries have one thing in common:
- [The State of the American Student — 2025](https://crpe.org/the-state-of-the-american-student-2025-post/)
- [School Choice Without Sacrificing Education Quality: Experts Weigh In](https://crpe.org/school-choice-without-sacrificing-education-quality-experts-weigh-in/) - Each spring, when families across Florida have the opportunity to apply for an education savings account—as more than 220,000 did this year—they’re met with an onslaught of options for how to use the state school choice subsidy. Suddenly, instead of their in-district options, they have more than 2,000 private schools at their fingertips, as well as
- [Managing Through the Noise: How Superintendents See Shifts in the Federal Role in Education](https://crpe.org/managing-through-the-noise-how-superintendents-see-shifts-in-the-federal-role-in-education/) - In May 2025, we spoke with about a dozen superintendents across the country—and others who work closely with them—about challenges stemming from recent national events, including a much smaller United States Department of Education (ED), likely changes in federal Title I funding and oversight, and the various executive orders aimed at shifting more responsibility to
- [Running Fast but Not Getting Far: Five Years of Studying the Pandemic’s Impact on Education](https://crpe.org/running-fast-but-not-getting-far-five-years-of-studying-the-pandemics-impact-on-education/) - This report distills five years of research to understand how the pandemic reshaped public education. Drawing from over 100 reports and articles, we examine the crisis response, recovery efforts, and ongoing challenges facing schools today. Key Findings Crisis Response: Schools struggled to maintain instruction with little federal or state guidance, facing political conflicts, mental health
- [CRPE and the Walton Family Foundation Support $2.6M in Grants to Study Pandemic Recovery](https://crpe.org/crpe-and-the-walton-family-foundation-support-2-6m-in-grants-to-study-pandemic-recovery/) - TEMPE, AZ — Over the past four years, CRPE’s Evidence Project has tracked the pandemic’s impact on students and school system recovery efforts. These collective efforts are far from complete—and face persistent challenges. In August 2024, with generous support from the Walton Family Foundation, CRPE made a public call for proposals to help accelerate the
- [What’s Holding School Districts Back from Bold, Transformative Change?](https://crpe.org/whats-holding-school-districts-back-from-bolder-transformative-change/) - The following piece kicks off CRPE’s upcoming study on the will and skill of district leaders in New England. To learn more about this project, click below or reach out to our research team. Learn more about the study Five years after the pandemic, learning gains and engagement remain at historic lows—and marginalized students continue to
- [Access to Qualified Math Teachers for All Students](https://crpe.org/access-to-qualified-math-teachers-for-all-students/) - Concerns about student math performance in the U.S. have grown in recent years, driven by persistent disparities, pandemic-related disruptions, and stagnating or declining national achievement scores. In response, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) convened a panel of math experts to identify priority topics in K-12 math education. For the initial topic, we focused
- [Beyond the Headlines: What Civics Education Looks Like Right Now](https://crpe.org/beyond-the-headlines-what-civics-education-looks-like-right-now/) - As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, debates over democracy, rights, and free speech dominate headlines. At the same time, school districts face growing pressure to decide what kinds of civic learning opportunities to offer. Do districts consider a foundational understanding of the U.S. government and its functions enough for
- [Flipping the Script: Searching for Opportunity When a Child Has a Disability](https://crpe.org/flipping-the-script-searching-for-opportunity-when-a-child-has-a-disability/) - Families of children with disabilities are often at the center of debates about education choice, but their voices are rarely heard directly. In a new exploratory report, CRPE researchers share stories from 28 families in Arizona and Florida using education savings accounts (ESAs) to educate their children with disabilities.Their experiences complicate the dominant narratives: ESAs
- ["Public Education Will Never Be the Same": How COVID-19 Forced School District Leaders to Innovate on the Fly](https://crpe.org/public-education-will-never-be-the-same-how-covid-19-forced-school-district-leaders-to-innovate-on-the-fly/) - A recent RAND report presented survey findings from the American School District Panel, a collaboration between RAND, CRPE, Chiefs for Change, and Kitamba. It found that one in five districts planned to create, expand, or maintain online learning after the pandemic is over. A deeper dive into the open-ended responses from district and charter network
- [How Six School Systems are Responding to Disrupted Schooling: Will It Be Enough?](https://crpe.org/how-six-school-systems-are-responding-to-disrupted-schooling-will-it-be-enough/) - This report is part of the American School District Panel (ASDP), a joint project between the Center on Reinventing Public Education, the RAND Corporation, Chiefs for Change, the Council of Great City Schools, and Kitamba, an education consulting firm. The ASDP's primary work is conducting a series of nationally-representative surveys of school districts. In this
- [The State of the American District: Refocusing State and Local Agendas on Teaching, Learning, and Engagement](https://crpe.org/the-state-of-the-american-district-refocusing-our-state-and-local-agendas-on-teaching-learning-and-engagement/) - State leaders must adapt to a new reality in which online education is here to stay, schools are supporting students in new ways that go beyond academic learning in traditional classrooms, and districts face a staffing crunch that is likely followed by a fiscal cliff. In June, the American School District Panel (ASDP), a partnership between RAND,
- [The State of the American School District: Policy Recommendations for the Road Ahead](https://crpe.org/the-state-of-the-american-school-district-policy-recommendations-for-the-road-ahead/) - In the face of unprecedented academic, personnel, and student and staff wellness challenges over the last 20 months, public school districts, charter management organizations, and state education agencies have taken dramatic steps to expand their scope of services. “We have learned that education systems, whether at the district or state level, actually can be flexible
- [Whack-A-Mole: School Systems Respond to Disrupted Learning in 2021](https://crpe.org/whack-a-mole-school-systems-respond-to-disrupted-learning-in-2021/) - In this report, we complement our latest fall 2021 survey research from the American School District Panel with in-depth interviews of leaders on the ground in five school systems. Our goal with these interviews was to learn from system leaders about the academic needs of children as they return to school, how districts and charter
- [Navigating Political Tensions over Schooling: Findings from the Fall 2022 American School District Panel Survey](https://crpe.org/asdp-2023-politics-brief/) - 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. According to a new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education and RAND, half of school system leaders say that these disagreements are disrupting schooling. Almost one in three district leaders
- [Teaching Recovery? Three Years In, School System Leaders Report the Pandemic Weakened Instruction](https://crpe.org/pandemic-teaching-recovery-july-2023/) - In this report, we conclude our research on five school systems to reveal the academic, social, and political challenges posed by the pandemic and what leaders and their staff are doing to address student learning loss. This report provides a possible explanation for why we continue to see lackluster student test scores (see for example,
- [The State of the American Student — 2024](https://crpe.org/the-state-of-the-american-student-2024-solve-for-the-most-complex-needs/)
- [The State of the American Student — 2023](https://crpe.org/sos-2023/)
- [The State of the American Student — 2022](https://crpe.org/the-state-of-the-american-student-fall-2022/) - This report draws on data the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has collected and synthesized over the course of the pandemic. It outlines the contours of the crisis American students faced during the Covid-19 pandemic and begins to chart a path to recovery and reinvention for all students—which includes the essential work of building a new
- [Teacher-led reforms in developing countries may help accelerate pandemic recovery](https://crpe.org/teacher-led-reforms-in-developing-countries-may-help-accelerate-pandemic-recovery/) - A note from Robin: The Center on Reinventing Public Education is expanding its focus on innovation by studying international developments that might inform pandemic recovery and reinvention in U.S. public schools. Follow The Lens (or better yet, subscribe to our newsletter) as we highlight education reform strategies from other countries. In the 2022-23 school year,
- [Analysis: New England districts’ plans for spending federal relief funds](https://crpe.org/analysis-new-england-districts-plans-for-spending-federal-relief-funds/) - As part of ongoing research on postpandemic recovery efforts in New England, we collected and reviewed 85 federal Covid-19 relief spending plans from districts and charter school systems in the region. Our analysis is not a comprehensive assessment of all school and district spending plans across New England. Instead, we hope this information provides a
- [How has the pandemic affected students with disabilities? An update on the evidence: Fall 2022](https://crpe.org/how-has-the-pandemic-affected-students-with-disabilities-an-update-on-the-evidence-fall-2022/) - This report is the second installment of an updated set of papers that assess the best available evidence on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected America’s students. The Center on Reinventing Public Education has compiled hundreds of studies and convened multiple panels of education experts to interpret the data. Three initial reports released in 2021
- [How 100 large and urban districts are attracting and retaining staff](https://crpe.org/how-100-large-and-urban-districts-are-attracting-and-retaining-staff/) - This piece was originally published by The Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard. The 2022-2023 school year’s staff shortages have dominated back-to-school conversations and gained the attention of the Biden-Harris administration. While educator shortages existed before the pandemic, this year’s recruitment challenges have been marked by increased teacher stress and burnout, additional positions to fill, enrollment declines in teacher-training programs, and competition
- [Learning acceleration and assessment strategies in 100 large urban districts](https://crpe.org/learning-acceleration-and-assessment-strategies-in-100-large-urban-districts/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. New national test scores again show that students have critical gaps in skills and knowledge as a result of pandemic-induced school disruptions. The dip in reading and math achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress speaks to the continued need for instruction that exposes students to engaging, grade-level content combined with targeted
- [Closing schools in a time of enrollment decline](https://crpe.org/closing-schools-in-a-time-of-enrollment-decline/) - Enrollment declines nearing 10% in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and other metro area school districts this fall have revived the possibility of closing and consolidating schools. While some urban communities have a long history of doing so, in places like the Atlanta metro area and California’s San Fernando Valley, it was previously unimaginable. The
- [The alarming state of the American student in 2022](https://crpe.org/the-alarming-state-of-the-american-student-in-2022/) - This piece was originally published by The Brookings Institution’s Brown Center Chalkboard. The pandemic was a wrecking ball for U.S. public education, bringing months of school closures, frantic moves to remote instruction, and trauma and isolation. Kids may be back at school after three disrupted years, but a return to classrooms has not brought a return
- [Back to school, but not caught up: After school reopenings, administrators eager to tackle learning loss continue to face challenges](https://crpe.org/back-to-school-but-not-caught-up/) - In this report, we update our ongoing research on five school systems to reveal the academic, social, and political challenges posed by the pandemic and what system leaders and their staff are doing to address student learning loss. The report is part of the American School District Panel, a research partnership between the RAND Corporation
- [District leaders eager to tackle learning loss face ongoing challenges](https://crpe.org/district-leaders-eager-to-tackle-learning-loss-face-ongoing-challenges/) - School district leaders, still working to restore the learning children lost during the pandemic, are continuing to find the job even harder than expected. Our new report today details the concerns and ambitions of five school systems’ leaders and top administrators helping America’s children get back on track. Before the beginning of the 2021-22 school
- [Can districts rise to the challenge of new NAEP results? Outlook’s not so good](https://crpe.org/can-districts-rise-to-the-challenge-of-new-naep-results-outlooks-not-so-good/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. The new National Assessment of Educational Progress results once again underscore the extraordinary impact of the pandemic on U.S. student performance. Average declines in math for fourth and eighth graders were the largest ever recorded, and reading scores regressed to their lowest levels in more than two decades. Since the beginning of the
- [What do Washington parents think about their students’ charter schools?](https://crpe.org/what-do-washington-parents-think-about-their-students-charter-schools/) - In 2014, the first public charter schools opened in Washington state. The development led to years of controversy, but the debates often bypassed the opinions of people with important experience: parents of enrolled students. To begin to remedy this, we conducted a mixed-methods study that asked parents how they selected their student’s charter school, how
- [Declining enrollment and school closures: How districts can better manage a difficult process](https://crpe.org/declining-enrollment-and-school-closures-how-districts-can-better-manage-a-difficult-process/) - Greater academic demands, falling enrollment, and tight financial constraints are forcing many school boards and district management teams to confront the wicked problem of school closings and consolidations. Denver Public Schools is currently wrestling with the issue.Nearby Jefferson County Public Schools (Jeffco), one of the nation’s largest suburban school districts, provides another painful example. The board
- [Reflections on Rebuilding New Orleans’ Education System, One School at a Time](https://crpe.org/reflections-on-rebuilding-new-orleans-education-system-one-school-at-a-time/) - 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. State and
- [CRPE Receives $9M Walton Grant to Boost Research](https://crpe.org/crpe-receives-9m-walton-grant-to-boost-research/) - After groundbreaking work detailing how American school systems responded to the pandemic, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has received $9 million from the Walton Family Foundation to study academic recovery and nurture new ideas that will reimagine U.S. education. The critical investment, the largest in CRPE history, will guide the organization’s work over
- [Reinventing Education: Following AI and Pandemic Recovery in 2023](https://crpe.org/reinventing-education-following-ai-and-pandemic-recovery-in-2023/) - Happy 2023! Did you, like me, take time over the break to play with one of the new artificial intelligence bots? I asked ChatGPT to write a blog in the style of Robin Lake on the topic of helping students recover from the impacts of Covid-19 and related school closures. Here’s what it offered: As
- [Black Education Leaders say Leaving Public Schools Can Help Save Our Kids](https://crpe.org/black-education-leaders-leaving-public-schools-can-help-save-our-kids/) - For Black children, the public education system is like a dirty fish tank. They’re swimming in toxic conditions like discriminatory discipline and low expectations.But before the water can be treated, those students need to be moved to a clean bowl where they can live and breathe. Then, it’s time to clean out the tank.Janelle Wood,
- [Three Years of Studying Charters in Washington State: What We Learned](https://crpe.org/a-review-what-we-learned-after-3-years-of-studying-charters-in-wa-state/) - The pandemic prompted major shifts in public school enrollment and models for learning in the Pacific Northwest and across the nation. After three years, our study of these effects on Washington state’s charter schools has generated a number of important findings, which we invite you to explore now that our project has ended.We sought to
- [Lessons from School Leaders: Managing Debates on CRT and AP African American Studies](https://crpe.org/avoid-hearing-screams-ap-african-american-studies/) - The debate over how schools should teach about race heightened this week when the College Board released a framework for a new Advanced Placement course in African-American studies that reduced some of the content from a pilot version — content supported by hundreds of Black scholars and progressives but criticized by prominent conservatives. The national fervor over the content of
- [Parent Navigators Are Worth the Investment for School Choice Supporters](https://crpe.org/parent-navigators-are-worth-the-investment-for-school-choice-supporters/) - This piece was originally published by the Fordham Institute. From 2015 to 2018, the start of spring meant I could expect to hear from parents across Florida. At the time, I worked for Step Up Students, the Florida-based organization that administers the nation’s largest education scholarship (i.e., voucher) program. My job was not in customer
- [Arizona Digs into Data to Help Students with Disabilities—Other States Should Follow Suit](https://crpe.org/arizona-digs-into-data-to-help-students-with-disabilities-other-states-should-follow-suit/) - This commentary is a response to the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s State of the American Student project, an effort launched in fall 2022 to track and report on pandemic recovery and school reimagining efforts over the next five years. With two years of year-end assessment data in our hands, state leaders know that the impact of
- [New Frames for New Constituencies](https://crpe.org/new-frames-for-new-constituencies/) - This commentary is a response to the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s State of the American Student project, an effort launched in fall 2022 to track and report on pandemic recovery and school reimagining efforts over the next five years. In a new collection of essays about improving American education published by Opportunity America, CRPE Director Robin Lake argues that
- [Business as Usual Won’t Get Our Kids Reading](https://crpe.org/business-as-usual-wont-get-our-kids-reading/) - People in Action: Leaders changing minds and communities The Center on Reinventing Public Education’s research often uncovers people with ideas or solutions that are worthy of a bigger stage. Our People in Action series offers space for leaders to explain—in their own words— how they’re addressing the critical needs of students in the hope of
- [Twenty Years of Testing: A Teacher Looks Back; New Reports Look Forward](https://crpe.org/20-years-of-testing/) - New research on the effectiveness of federal K-12 policies is part of national effort to improve testing and accountability mandates In 2009, I was a third grade teacher. I remember preparing for my annual evaluation with my principal, which included an observation of my classroom, my weekly lesson plans, and my students’ end-of-year test scores.I
- [Student Mental Health and Well-Being: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Solutions](https://crpe.org/student-mental-health-and-well-being-a-review-of-evidence-and-emerging-solutions/) - In the summer of 2022, the Center on Reinventing Public Education convened a panel of education and youth development experts to take stock of recent efforts to address students’ mental health and well-being and to reestablish core elements of social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools. CRPE initially convened a group of experts in 2021
- [Pandemic Devastation Demands More Student-Centered Learning Practices](https://crpe.org/pandemic-devastation-demands-more-student-centered-learning-practices/) - This article was originally published on Ed Post. After three disrupted school years, America’s K-12 learners collectively have significant unfinished learning and unmet mental health needs. While educators are working hard to help their students, our school systems simply aren’t designed to address gaps this large.The urgency to address the wildly disparate and varying needs of today’s
- [Addressing Pandemic Fallout: New Call for Proposals](https://crpe.org/new-call-for-proposals-addressing-the-fallout-from-the-pandemic/) - Test scores have plummeted and racial disparities are widening. Student misbehavior and adult political disputes are disrupting teaching. Mental health needs are soaring. And more graduates are opting out of immediate college enrollment, bypassing the traditional path into America’s professional workforce – potentially for good.To address such urgent developments, the Center on Reinventing Public Education,
- [SEL, Mentoring, Career Prep: Schools That Deliver What Parents Say They Want](https://crpe.org/sel-mentoring-career-prep-schools-that-deliver-what-parents-say-they-want/) - This piece was originally published in The 74. Waite: Changing the DNA of how schools educate students is hard, long-term work. A diverse set of 251 schools are showing what that work looks like. In the aftermath of the pandemic, lawmakers, researchers and advocates have expended enormous efforts to determine what the American public, particularly
- [Despite Staff Shortages, Few Districts Are Making Teaching More Appealing](https://crpe.org/staff-shortages-teaching-appealing/) - The exact cause of teacher shortages is still up for debate. Some experts argue that shortages are localized, while others say that the lack of teachers is due to low unemployment and other factors. Regardless, school systems face big challenges with their teacher workforce, including finding enough teacher candidates and retaining the teachers they have,
- [First Literacy, Now Math: Oakland REACH Prepares to Train More Tutors](https://crpe.org/now-math-oakland-more-tutors/) - We can all see where the good jobs are going. By 2025, there will be 25 million digital jobs in this country – more than manufacturing and construction combined. This means that there’s no other option: Our kids must be able to read and do math to have good jobs and good lives.But right now, only
- [How States Can Support Ongoing Academic Recovery](https://crpe.org/how-states-can-support-ongoing-academic-recovery/) - This piece was originally published on EdNote, the Education Commission of the States’ blog. School closures, quarantines and staffing uncertainties have contributed to the biggest math and reading declines our country has seen in more than two decades. The recent State of the American Student report from the Center for Reinventing Public Education describes the contours of the crisis and
- [CRPE and the Walton Family Foundation Fund Nine Rapid Research Studies to Explore the Pandemic's Impact on Young Adults](https://crpe.org/evidence-project-rapid-research-grants-announced/) - With generous support from the Walton Family Foundation, the Center on Reinventing Public Education has chosen to fund nine quick-turn research projects that will study how Covid-19 has affected high school students and recent graduates. The projects are the first to be commissioned by CRPE—with the help of a $9 million Walton grant—to spur critically
- [Teachers Want to Innovate—Schools that Don’t Let Them are Losing Out](https://crpe.org/teachers-want-to-innovate-schools-that-dont-let-them-are-losing-out/) - This piece was originally published in The 74.Waite: Education entrepreneurs are taking their creativity and ingenuity to hybrid schools and microschools — and taking their students with themAt the end of April, I attended a conference in Atlanta featuring a small but heterogenous group of self-described education entrepreneurs. It was the second year of the
- [New Report: Crisis in Classroom Instruction Impedes Academic Recovery](https://crpe.org/new-crpe-report-crisis-in-classroom-instruction-thwarts-academic-recovery/) - In a report released today, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) delivers new information on the dire state of classroom instruction and its detrimental impact on academic recovery in the aftermath of three years of learning disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The report, “Teaching recovery? Three years in, school system leaders report that the
- [Unconventional Private Schools Attract Parents with Tailored Offerings—Public Schools Can, Too](https://crpe.org/unconventional-private-schools-are-attracting-parents-with-tailored-offerings-public-schools-can-too/) - Small learning environments that operate outside public schools—such as microschools, hybrid homeschools, and learning pods—exploded into broad public consciousness during the pandemic. While many children who were in these programs have now returned to public school, entrepreneurs continue to expand alternative learning options, and many families are interested in what they offer. One thing is abundantly
- [Beyond Finland: Public School Solutions from Around the Globe](https://crpe.org/international-beyond-finland/) - As Americans, we love innovation and we’re good at it. We pride ourselves on ingenuity. We celebrate inventors. We are, generally, more tolerant of failure than other countries. And our federal government has long allocated money for research and early-stage ideas, from the transcontinental railroad to the internet. At the same time, we have never been
- [Low Cost, Big Gains: Family Phone Tutoring Targets Learning Loss](https://crpe.org/international-familyphonetutoring/) - The work of post-pandemic learning recovery will take many years. As researchers Tom Kane and Sean Reardon noted in an opinion piece in The New York Times: “Especially in the hardest-hit communities, it is increasingly obvious that many students will not have caught up before the federal money runs out in 2024.” Schools are hungry for
- [Innovation Spotlights: Case Studies in High School Redesign](https://crpe.org/innovation-spotlights/) - Educators nationwide are forging their way in a landscape rocked by pandemic-induced disruptions. Training resources designed to spark new thinking among school staff often feel outdated—especially if they were published before 2020. To address this need, the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University and the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL)
- [Beyond Test Scores: Broader Academic Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic for American Students](https://crpe.org/beyond-test-scores-2023/) - Recent state and national achievement exam results, as well as academic progress reports, have underscored how the Covid-19 pandemic and related school closures had a large, negative impact on students’ reading and math development. But there has been less research conducted on how the pandemic affected other academic measures beyond standardized testing, such as attendance, engagement
- [New Report: How the Pandemic Battered Student Engagement and Attendance](https://crpe.org/new-report-how-the-pandemic-battered-student-engagement-attendance/) - Students are heading back to school this year under a cloud of discouraging test score declines in reading and math, an alarming widening of race- and income-based achievement gaps, and a sluggish pace of academic recovery. We at the Center on Reinventing Public Education are tracking and reporting on test scores, but we’re also keenly
- [How State Leaders Can Stand Up for the "Covid Generation" of High Schoolers](https://crpe.org/how-state-leaders-can-stand-up-for-the-covid-generation-of-high-schoolers/) - CRPE director Robin Lake and Travis Pillow, Director of Thought Leadership for Step Up for Students (formerly a senior innovation fellow with CRPE), contributed an essay to this year’s edition of NASBE’s State Education Standard, “Engaging All Students.”With billions of dollars in lost economic activity and untold squandered human potential, COVID-19 threatens to leave an enduring
- [Peer Pressure, for a Purpose: Cooperative Learning in Brazil](https://crpe.org/peer-pressure-for-a-purpose-cooperative-learning-in-brazil/) - An unconventional approachProfessor Manoel Andrade Neto anxiously scanned the list of students admitted to Brazil’s Federal University of Ceará. He hoped that one student, Toinho, had been prepared enough to qualify. He turned to the last page of the list, where the lowest scorers would appear. Toinho had prepared for the high-stakes exam in a completely
- [What Will Teachers’ Union Militancy Produce—and Will It Last?](https://crpe.org/what-will-teachers-union-militancy-produce-and-will-it-last/) - Unionized teachers in Fresno – California’s fourth largest district – are threatening to strike. In addition to pushing for increased pay and better benefits for staff, the Fresno Teachers Association is asking for additional student supports, particularly for homeless families. But those ideas go beyond the teachers contract and shouldn’t be a part of bargaining,
- [Near-Peer Mentors: Learner Guides Model Success, Improve Outcomes for Younger Students](https://crpe.org/near-peer-mentors-camfed/) - In the U.S. and around the world, young people in the wake of the pandemic are struggling with depression, anxiety, stress and other mental health challenges, and schools are often unable to find enough counselors and support staff. But recent graduates and other young adult mentors trained to coach students may be able to provide
- [Bargaining for the "Common Good" Meets Parent Pushback in Oakland](https://crpe.org/bargaining-for-the-common-good-meets-parent-pushback-in-oakland/) - Last spring, three weeks before the end of the school year, Oakland teachers walked off their jobs, causing the cancellation of eight days of instruction. The Oakland Education Association charged that the school district was not bargaining in good faith, but both sides had already agreed to the same pay and benefits package that the
- [Intergenerational Learning: Proven Benefits for Both Elders and Youth](https://crpe.org/intergenerational-learning/) - Inevitable demographic shifts are about to create a fast-growing population of skilled older workers: in a decade, adults over age 65 will outnumber children under age 18. At the same time, advances in public health and medicine make it likely that more of those adults will live longer and stay healthy long enough to work
- [Are Unconventional Learning Environments Serving Special Populations?](https://crpe.org/are-unconventional-learning-environments-serving-special-populations/) - The pandemic created further opportunity and accelerated a movement toward nontraditional learning environments, such as independent microschools, homeschool cooperatives, and hybrid or virtual schools. Though nationally representative research on this movement is scarce, research reports and media accounts suggest that the number of these learning environments operating outside of public schools is continuing to grow.Growing
- [Don't Just Engage Families: Liberate Them](https://crpe.org/dont-engage-families-liberate-them/) - I set out to reflect on parent engagement as we settled into another school year in the U.S. where 84% of Black eighth-graders lack proficiency in reading. And then something happened. On the evening of Sept. 19, more than 30 Oakland, Calif. mamas, grandmas, dads, and uncles graduated from the Oakland REACH’s Literacy Liberator fellowship. Our
- [A Reality Check on the Community School Dream](https://crpe.org/a-reality-check-on-the-community-school-dream/) - No shortage of ideas abound about how to address post-pandemic learning loss, mental health problems and low school attendance. But the best-sounding ideas may make demands on schools and other public agencies that they often can’t meet.Both high-dose tutoring and learning acceleration generated enthusiastic support when schools reopened in 2021. However teachers who were stretched
- [Teaching, Reinvented: How Unconventional Educator Roles Pave the Way for a More Fulfilling and Sustainable Profession](https://crpe.org/teaching-reinvented-unconventional/) - As school systems struggle to recover from years of disruption, new programs, policies, and nontraditional organizations that support innovation in the teaching role will need to grow to support all students’ learning. But what is it like to teach in new ways? What are the advantages and drawbacks? What brought educators to these unconventional roles
- [Communities in the Driver’s Seat: Intensive Training, Deep Investment Power Oakland Parent-Led Literacy Programs](https://crpe.org/communities-in-the-drivers-seat/) - Across the country, school systems are struggling to implement effective, research-based literacy instruction and to help students recover from lost learning time during the pandemic. At the same time, school systems sit near pools of untapped talent—community members who have personally experienced the harm of inequitable school systems and now brim with passion for addressing
- [Teachers and Tutors Together: Reimagining Literacy Instruction in Oakland](https://crpe.org/teachers-and-tutors-together-reimagining-literacy-instruction-in-oakland/) - High-quality tutoring has become a critical tool for addressing pandemic learning gaps and accelerating student learning, but access to tutoring programs remains an issue. CRPE took a deep look at how Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) designed and implemented a literacy program with embedded tutoring support from community partners—and the impact the effort had on
- [The Rise of Unconventional Teaching Roles: How Do Educators Feel?](https://crpe.org/unconventional-teaching-roles-are-gaining-momentum-what-do-teachers-in-those-roles-think-about-them/) - Many are talking about ways to rethink the role of teaching these days, whether by reorganizing teachers into teams, leveraging community educators, or allowing teachers to teach in unconventional school models like micro-schools. In the past, the motivation to experiment with new staffing models was sometimes in response to teacher labor shortages, teacher burnout, or
- [2024: Reflecting on 30 Years of CRPE](https://crpe.org/2024-reflecting-on-30-years-of-crpe/) - Happy New Year! With the start of 2024, we kick off a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Center on Reinventing Public Education. For me, this anniversary is personal. I have been with CRPE nearly all 30 years—the majority of my life. It has been a true privilege.Humble BeginningsCRPE began with a simple yet powerful
- [Literacy for All: The Story of Sobral](https://crpe.org/story-of-sobral/) - The scorching, arid northeastern state of Ceará, Brazil has long been known for growing cashews and coconuts. Now, it’s defied expectations by cultivating one of the world’s best public elementary school systems, despite high rates of poverty. How Sobral transformed its public school system and attained near-universal literacy offers lessons for communities everywhere.With 85 elementary
- [School Choice: Vital, but Not Automatic](https://crpe.org/school-choice-vital-but-not-automatic/) - Post-pandemic America is in a heyday for school choice, at least in red states. From Florida to Ohio to Arizona, parents can get new state subsidies via education savings accounts (ESAs) to choose extracurricular activities, support homeschooling, or pay at least partial tuition in private schools. Elected officials and advocates behind these new supports for
- [Communities in the Driver’s Seat: Black Mothers Forum Microschools Raise Sustainability Questions](https://crpe.org/communities-in-the-drivers-seat-bmf/) - The Black Mothers Forum (BMF), established in 2016 to combat institutional racism in Phoenix-area schools, responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic by creating a network of microschools. With Black leadership and a focus on racial justice, BMF fills a unique niche in a region where Black families are often underrepresented. In 2022, CRPE documented
- [The Passing of Linda Brown and the Elephant in the Room](https://crpe.org/the-passing-of-linda-brown-and-the-elephant-in-the-room/) - The school reform community has lost one of its brightest lights. Linda Brown is dead at 81. I met Linda in 1993 at the dawn of the public charter school movement. Her unrelenting commitment to excellence in urban schools inspired my work through the decades, and I was fortunate to serve for years as board
- [Breaking the Teaching Mold—with Help from the Teachers’ Union](https://crpe.org/breaking-the-teaching-mold-with-help-from-the-teachers-union/) - This blog is part of a three-part series profiling school systems that have been implementing workforce innovations or strategic school staffing models for several years. Through innovative and strategic school staffing solutions, efforts to reimagine the teacher workforce have grown over the past several years. This is in response to prolonged teacher shortages and consistently
- [A “Good Life” for Every Student: High Schools Embrace Many Pathways to Success](https://crpe.org/a-good-life-for-every-student-2024/) - CRPE & CPRL hosted a webinar on this report with the co-authors and report stakeholders. Check it out! Can the lessons schools learned in the Covid-19 recovery period contribute to more lasting, transformative shifts in high school? Researchers from CRPE and the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL), with support from the Barr Foundation,
- [If We’re Serious about Pandemic Recovery, We Need Summer School at Scale](https://crpe.org/if-were-serious-about-pandemic-recovery-we-need-summer-school-at-scale/) - For everyone committed to educational equality, an ambitious new analysis from researchers at Stanford and Harvard today brings grim news. In most states studied, the gap in student achievement between low-income and high-income districts grew dramatically between 2019 and 2023, in many cases by a half-grade or more. We have long known that student performance
- [Leader-to-Leader Collaboration: Real Talk, Real Results](https://crpe.org/leader-to-leader-collaboration-real-talk-real-results/) - Note: The Oakland REACH’s second REACH Way Institute will take place in spring 2024. Sign up for our newsletter if you’d like to receive updates. This past November was a dream come true for The Oakland REACH—and for me as a leader. For two days, leaders from Rochester, Birmingham, New Orleans, Greenville, Jacksonville, Providence, Boston, and
- [Crossing the Chasm: Moving Innovative Staffing Models from Pilot to Mainstream](https://crpe.org/crossing-the-chasm-how-one-district-is-moving-its-innovative-staffing-model-from-pilot-to-mainstream/) - This blog is part of our series profiling three school systems several years into implementing workforce innovations or strategic staffing solutions. Scaling up innovations within school systems is a notoriously difficult process. While new instructional approaches or staffing strategies may catch on within a few classrooms or schools, they often fail to become integrated system-wide.
- [Ten Predictions about Learning Recovery and Education Innovation for 2024](https://crpe.org/ten-predictions-about-learning-recovery-innovation-in-public-education-in-2024/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. The ever-quotable Yogi Berra said it well: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”Nevertheless, we at the Center on Reinventing Public Education are jumping into the deep end with 10 predictions about the prospects for learning recovery and innovation in public education in 2024. Unlike
- [A Future beyond Test Scores Alone: Innovative Schools Need Support to Measure Other Learning Outcomes](https://crpe.org/a-future-beyond-test-scores-innovative-schools-need-support-to-measure-and-communicate-other-learning-outcomes/) - Imagine a time traveler from 1924 arrives in 2024. She’s overwhelmed by how the world has changed, from ubiquitous smartphone use to widespread vaccine access. Then, she steps into a typical school, and she’s confused. While the kinds of jobs Americans work in are barely recognizable to her, classroom learning still feels much like it
- [Teachers Alone Can't Address the Literacy Crisis](https://crpe.org/teachers-alone-cant-address-the-literacy-crisis/) - This commentary was originally published by EdSource. Improving literacy instruction is once again in fashion among America’s policy circles. Between 2019 and 2022, state legislatures passed more than 200 bills that sought to push and pull public schools to embrace the “science of reading.”But one year into closely following a big city school district’s effort to remake literacy instruction
- [What Lies Ahead for Teachers’ Unions and Their Common Good Agendas](https://crpe.org/opinion-what-lies-ahead-for-teachers-unions-common-good-agendas/) - Union militancy is rising in education beyond traditional teacher pay issues to address a broader “common good” agenda, but it seems that this progressive movement is struggling to keep its coalition united. This new era began in 2018 when the Red For Ed movement sought dramatic pay increases in red states (Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and
- [Postsecondary Enrollment during the Pandemic: Evidence from Rhode Island](https://crpe.org/postsecondary-enrollment-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-evidence-from-rhode-island/) - The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of economic and social life, affecting who went to college and where. This paper asks:How did patterns of enrollment and persistence in college and university change during the pandemic?Which postsecondary sectors were the hardest hit by declining enrollment?Were changes in postsecondary enrollment consistent across student subgroups?To address these questions,
- [Interconnected Problems, Interconnected Strategies: Using “Strategy Braiding” to Address Teacher Workforce Challenges](https://crpe.org/interconnected-problems-interconnected-strategies-using-strategy-braiding-to-address-teacher-workforce-challenges/) - This blog is part of a three-part series on school systems that have been implementing workforce innovations or strategic staffing solutions for several years. The teacher workforce faces a host of post-pandemic challenges, including exacerbated staffing shortages and high levels of burnout. However, one educational leader noted, “Everyone wants single-thread solutions within single verticals… You
- [“So Hard, but So Rewarding:” How School System Leaders Are Scaling Up Strategic School Staffing Models](https://crpe.org/how-school-system-leaders-are-scaling-up-strategic-school-staffing-models/) - Innovative staffing models are promising, but challenging to scale up. What does the work of leading strategic staffing involve, and what could make scaling up easier? This report digs deep into the many challenges system leaders face when scaling up innovative staffing solutions. These leaders are trying to address longstanding teacher shortages and retention challenges by
- [A “Good Life” after High School: How Schools Can Help Students Prepare](https://crpe.org/a-good-life-after-high-school-how-schools-can-help-students-prepare/) - Today’s students are struggling after they leave the K-12 system: fewer students are enrolling in college, and more of those who enroll are floundering and at risk of dropping out. Meanwhile, many who seek to enter the workforce must discover and select a career pathway on their own if their school focuses mostly on college
- [Using Artificial Intelligence Tools in K–12 Classrooms](https://crpe.org/using-artificial-intelligence-tools-in-k-12-classrooms/)
- [“I Have Expensive Dreams.” Preparing Students for College and Career in the Face of Widening Equity Gaps](https://crpe.org/preparing-students-for-college-and-career-in-the-face-of-widening-equity-gaps/) - Expensive dreams Eraste Talla Ngoualadjo always planned on attending a four-year university in the United States. But when his family emigrated from Cameroon to Boston in 2022, they were astounded by the high cost of even the country’s public universities. “I didn’t know about the reality of affording college here,” Ngoualadjo says. “It’s just a
- [Using AI to Combine Relevance and Rigor while Empowering Students and Teachers](https://crpe.org/using-ai-to-combine-relevance-and-rigor-while-empowering-students-and-teachers/) - AI allows us to do what would have been inconceivable just a year ago. I had a student who loved art. She would have never considered taking a course on computer-integrated manufacturing—challenging even for engineering nerds—until she learned it could help her create a laser-cut flower. Another student passionate about music used computer-aided design and
- [Early Evidence of Improved Educator Outcomes in Next Education Workforce™ Models](https://crpe.org/early-evidence-of-improved-educator-outcomes-in-next-education-workforcetm-models/) - Concerns about the teacher workforce are rising, with fewer teachers recommending the profession and decreasing interest among students. In response, school systems are redesigning teacher roles to make the job more appealing and sustainable. This brief examines early outcomes from the Next Education Workforce™ (NEW) team-based models in Mesa, Arizona, which shift from the traditional
- [“Give Us More:” Reimagined Report Cards at Ednovate Thrill Students](https://crpe.org/give-us-more-students-surprising-response-to-new-report-cards-at-ednovate-charter-schools/) - Who would have expected high school students to be excited about a report card? Ednovate Charter Schools' new Whole Child Report Card rolled out in our seven schools this year. We knew the updated report card would provide a much more accurate, holistic perspective on how our students are doing. Grades and test scores are
- [Feigned Outrage over the Education of Students with Disabilities in School Choice Won’t Close Opportunity Gaps](https://crpe.org/feigned-outrage-over-the-education-of-students-with-disabilities-in-school-choice-wont-close-opportunity-gaps/) - This op-ed originally appeared in K-12 Dive. In the raucous debate over state initiatives to expand access to private educational options, the plight of students with disabilities has taken center stage. Researchers, policymakers, advocates, and parents alike have pointed out that private schools are not beholden to federal rules and regulations that guarantee students with disabilities access
- [Taking Advantage of the Pandemic’s Lessons: Remote and Hybrid Learning in Colorado](https://crpe.org/taking-advantage-of-the-pandemics-lessons-remote-and-hybrid-learning-in-colorado/) - Amid the chaos and multiple hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators in the St. Vrain Valley School District vowed to extract long-term lessons from the crisis. We have been rethinking student time, instructional delivery systems, and teacher roles. While the pandemic presented myriad difficulties, it also shed light on the undeniable benefits of technology in
- [When Challenges Never Let Up: School District Leaders Steer through Hazards in Baltimore and Chicago](https://crpe.org/district-leaders-hazards-in-baltimore-and-chicago-public-schools/) - In the face of financial, political, and capacity constraints, leaders within the Baltimore City Public School System and Chicago Public Schools are making progress toward closing post-pandemic gaps in student learning. They’ve had to choose among imperfect strategies and navigate significant, growing challenges. At times, this has meant taking risks, following strategies they might not
- [Still an Impossible Job? Large District Leaders Navigate Hazards—and Need New Solutions](https://crpe.org/still-an-impossible-job-large-district-leaders-navigate-hazards-and-need-new-solutions/) - Big city districts face a sea of troubles—from persistent pandemic-related learning loss to student and teacher absenteeism, to declining enrollment, to political pressures and fiscal cliffs. Can district leaders keep this turbulence from disrupting schools and focus on instruction? We raised a similar question over twenty years ago in our report, "An Impossible Job? A
- [Call for Proposals: Research to Help Finish the Work of Pandemic Recovery](https://crpe.org/call-for-proposals-research-to-help-finish-the-work-of-pandemic-recovery/) - Over the past four years, CRPE’s Evidence Project has tracked the pandemic’s impact on students and school systems’ recovery efforts. Earlier this year, we concluded that these collective efforts are far from complete—and face growing challenges. Academic achievement remains below pre-pandemic levels, with growth in the 2023-24 school year falling short in nearly all grade
- [Wicked Opportunities: Leveraging AI to Transform Education](https://crpe.org/wicked-opportunities-leveraging-ai-to-transform-education/) - While the United States leads the world in AI innovation, our schools lag in preparing teachers and students for the impact of this unprecedented technological shift. In April 2024, CRPE convened over 60 state and federal policymakers, edtech innovators, school system leaders, and advocates to discuss how AI can drive meaningful and positive change in
- [CRPE and the Walton Family Foundation Support System-Wide Innovations in Three School Districts](https://crpe.org/driving-educational-innovation-crpe-and-walton-family-foundation-support-system-wide-innovations-in-three-school-districts/) - The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) is thrilled to announce the Phase II grantees of our Innovative School Systems Grant (ISSG). In partnership with the Walton Family Foundation, the first phase of this grant provided funding for 11 school districts to refine and pilot bold ideas for lasting systemic change. Over the past nine
- [Breaking the "Egg-Crate" Model of Schooling](https://crpe.org/breaking-the-egg-crate-model-of-schooling/) - This article was originally published by ASCD. Team-teaching models provide a built-in support system for new educators, making the job less isolating. The teaching profession is increasingly comprised of new teachers. In the last three decades, both the number and proportion of new teachers have increased: There were approximately 300,000 first-year teachers in 2017–18 compared with
- [State Secrets: How Transparent Are State School Report Cards About the Effects of COVID?](https://crpe.org/transparent-state-report-card-grades-2024/) - How easy would it be for a parent or advocate to compare student performance pre- and post-COVID? The short answer: in most states, it’s not easy at all. Our researchers graded all 50 states’ and Washington, DC’s school report card websites on an A-F scale, based on how easy it would be for a parent or
- [AI Is Evolving, but Teacher Prep Is Lagging: A First Look at Teacher Preparation Program Responses to AI](https://crpe.org/ai-is-evolving-but-teacher-prep-is-lagging/) - AI has transformed the education landscape, but are teacher preparation programs keeping pace? In CRPE’s latest report, we surveyed leaders from schools of education to understand how their faculty and preservice teachers are engaging with AI, their views on its long-term impact, and how institutions are embedding AI into their curricula. Key Findings: Schools of education
- [Introducing the Math Hub](https://crpe.org/introducing-the-math-hub/) - CRPE is thrilled to announce the launch of our Math Hub, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Math Hub is a consensus-driven and expert-guided resource for improving K-12 math education. As pandemic learning-loss gaps continue to widen and shortages of qualified teachers persist, evidence-grounded innovations in math instruction are now more important
- [Promising Progress, Fragile Foundations: A Five-Year Analysis of School Innovation, 2019–2024](https://crpe.org/promising-progress-fragile-foundations-a-five-year-analysis-of-school-innovation-2019-2024/) - Over the past five years, the Canopy Project has documented innovations in K-12 education, uncovering how schools are addressing systemic challenges and envisioning the future of learning. This report highlights the progress and persistence of these trailblazing schools and offers actionable recommendations for sustaining and spreading innovation. Read the Report Report Quick Guide Key Findings
- [In Search of Opportunity: Can Families Use Education Choice to Secure More of What They Want?](https://crpe.org/in-search-of-opportunity-can-families-use-education-choice-to-secure-more-of-what-they-want/) - As education choice programs expand, the promise of securing better educational opportunities remains unevenly realized for many families. This report examines the challenges families face and offers practical solutions to help education choice programs deliver on their potential. The report reveals that while some families benefit from education choice, many—particularly those in rural areas, low-income communities, and
- [Tear Down the Special Education Walls—All Students Will Gain](https://crpe.org/tear-down-the-special-education-walls-all-students-will-gain/) - When you picture a student with a disability, what image comes to mind? Is it the student in a wheelchair? Do they have Down syndrome? Are they able to speak clearly? Often, when we think of students with disabilities, we think of children who look, sound, or behave differently from “typical kids.” However, what we
- [Embracing AI in Education Can Move Us Toward a New Era of Learning](https://crpe.org/embracing-ai-in-education-can-move-us-toward-a-new-era-of-learning/) - For decades, students of color and those from low-income communities have faced persistent achievement gaps in our education system. Despite countless reform efforts, these students continue to encounter barriers to accessing high-quality, personalized instruction that builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Now, the emergence of generative AI represents an unprecedented opportunity to transform this inequitable
- [Unfinished Business: What Must Come Next for Public Education, Five Years After Pandemic Shutdowns](https://crpe.org/unfinished-business-what-must-come-next-for-public-education-five-years-after-pandemic-shutdowns/) - The Current CrisisFive years after the pandemic disrupted education, public schools are still struggling to recover. Achievement gaps have widened, student performance is in decline, and many schools have reverted to an outdated, ineffective system that fails to meet today’s challenges. The pandemic exposed longstanding weaknesses in the education system—rigid structures, inequities, resistance to change,
- [How Have High Schoolers Fared in the Aftermath of the Pandemic? New Evidence from CRPE Evidence Project Grantees](https://crpe.org/how-have-high-schoolers-fared-in-the-aftermath-of-covid-new-evidence-from-crpe-evidence-project-grantees/) - As we continue to grapple with the long-term effects of the pandemic on K-12 education, the need for high-quality research to support recovery is greater than ever. In 2023, to better understand the impact of the pandemic on high school-age students, CRPE awarded nine grants to researchers as part of its Evidence Project with support from the Walton
- [Mend, Don't End, the Institution for Education Sciences](https://crpe.org/mend-dont-end-the-institution-for-education-sciences/) - This piece originally appeared in The 74. Last week, DOGE’s “shock and awe” campaign came to education. The chaotic canceling of grants and contracts for various research activities at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a little-known yet important agency rarely at the center of public debate, was unprecedented. It showed that the Trump administration is becoming adept
- [New Research Finds Schools of Education Fail to Prepare Teachers to Use AI](https://crpe.org/new-research-finds-schools-of-education-fail-to-prepare-teachers-to-use-ai/) - This article originally appeared in The 74. The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is exposing a glaring disconnect in teacher preparation. While forward-thinking superintendents are rolling up their sleeves to build AI literacy among teachers, college programs tasked with preparing the next generation of educators are largely absent from the conversation. This isn’t just a missed opportunity;
- [What AI Can Teach Us about Learning and Development](https://crpe.org/what-ai-can-teach-us-about-learning-and-development/) - As I continue to wrestle with the implications of artificial intelligence, one particular question intrigues me: What if engineers working on generative AI are more attuned to the learning process than most educators are? Think about it. For engineers, getting and using feedback is central to their process. Make a prediction. Run the model. Get
- [America Can’t be Great Without Good Schools: How Policymakers Can Create More of Them](https://crpe.org/america-cant-be-great-without-good-schools-how-policymakers-can-create-more/) - A policy agenda for K-12 schools 1. Take a reasonable middle ground in the culture wars 2. Invest in systems that keep students safe 3. Help schools provide the academic preparation students need 4. Use accountability systems to benchmark results and protect against educational neglect Reality check: Education reform can only succeed with teacher support
- [Red State Metro Districts Hit by Private School Choice Plans](https://crpe.org/red-state-metro-districts-hit-by-private-school-choice-plans/) - I was shocked recently when I read about school enrollment declines in Salt Lake City. Both the public elementary schools I attended are among the many slated for closure, and the district is slowly losing about 3% of its enrollment every year. These trends preceded the state’s commitment to ESAs, which threaten to accelerate the
- [How Team-Based Staffing Models Relate to Teacher Decision-Making Influence and Turnover](https://crpe.org/how-team-based-staffing-models-relate-to-teacher-decision-making-influence-and-turnover/) - Introduction Key Findings Data and Methods Implementation of the Next Education Workforce Elements Teacher Decision-Making Influence Relationship between Team Membership and Decision-Making Influence with Teacher Turnover Conclusion IntroductionFor over a century, the “egg-crate model of schooling,” which isolates each teacher in an individual classroom, has shaped the teaching profession. Some researchers have argued that certain
- [Team-Based Staffing, Teacher Authority, and Teacher Turnover](https://crpe.org/team-based-staffing-teacher-authority-and-teacher-turnover/) - As schools across the nation struggle with teacher shortages, a new study from Richard Ingersoll, Lennon Audrain, and Mary Laski points to a promising solution: redesigning the structure of classrooms and the role of teachers.Conducted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College in collaboration with the Center on Reinventing Public Education, the study evaluates the Next Education
- [AI Early Adopter Districts: The Promises and Challenges of Using AI to Transform Education](https://crpe.org/ai-early-adopter-districts-the-promises-and-challenges-of-using-ai-to-transform-education/) - Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how school districts plan instruction, support teachers, and engage students. AI has the potential to transform the education delivery model and address learning gaps—but without more support, guidance, and resources, it could have the opposite effect. This study examines how 27 “Early Adopter” school districts approached systemic AI adoption during the
- [It’s Time for the Left To Come to the School Choice Table](https://crpe.org/its-time-for-the-left-to-come-to-the-school-choice-table/) - Our Phoenix Rising series aims to elevate diverse perspectives and enable informed debate on urgent topics. For too long, the political Left has allowed the debate over school choice to be defined and dominated by conservatives. In doing so, we’ve neglected the most dynamic lever for equity and innovation in American education while alienating the
- [NAEP Results Come Out Tomorrow—but We Already Know What Must Happen Next](https://crpe.org/naep-results-come-out-tomorrow-but-we-already-know-what-must-happen-next/) - Tomorrow’s release of the Nation’s Report Card will surely generate abundant hand-wringing among parents, policymakers, business leaders, and educators. While the fine-grained details deserve examination, we can already tell you what the headlines will say: American students are not receiving the educational opportunities they deserve, nor those that will enable them to thrive in an
- [Chartering, Revisited: A Proven Strategy for Big-City Schools](https://crpe.org/chartering-revisited-a-proven-strategy-for-big-city-schools/) - Post-pandemic, big city K-12 leaders are doing everything they can to strengthen their schools and meet student needs. However, the districts they lead are tapped out in terms of teacher and administrator capability, dollars, and political support. Urban school districts need to: Make school more engaging for studentsFlex to meet the needs of students who are far
- [Eliminating the Department of Education Won’t Fix Education’s Dysfunctions—But Neither Will Denying They Exist](https://crpe.org/eliminating-the-department-of-education-wont-fix-educations-dysfunctions-but-neither-will-denying-they-exist/) - Announcing a new forum for bold ideas to build momentum Proposals to eliminate the Department of Education (ED) have been a Republican talking point since Ronald Reagan first suggested it in the early 1980s. The Trump administration’s executive order to weaken the agency is just the latest attempt.While the stated goal is to cut waste,
- [Schools of Education Play a Critical Role in Fulfilling the Promise of AI](https://crpe.org/schools-of-education-play-a-critical-role-in-fulfilling-the-promise-of-ai/) - Observers have started to craft different narratives about where artificial intelligence (AI) will lead us, but we can’t know how the story will end. All we know for certain is that AI is rapidly transforming our world, from the classroom to the lab, the boardroom to the marketplace—and we humans aren’t ready.That’s especially true of
- [Launching Districtwide Innovation: Lessons Learned from a Year of Pursuing Bold Ideas for Systemic Change](https://crpe.org/launching-districtwide-innovation-lessons-learned-from-a-year-of-pursuing-bold-ideas-for-systemic-change/) - What does it really take to pilot bold, systemwide innovation in public education?Over the 2023–24 school year, CRPE partnered with 11 districts across the country to support and study their “Bold Ideas”—ambitious initiatives designed to make student learning more joyful, individualized, and relevant. These pilots weren’t just tech upgrades or isolated experiments. They were aimed
- [Picking Up the Pieces of Federal Education Programs: Can Block Grants Help Marginalized Learners?](https://crpe.org/picking-up-the-pieces-of-federal-education-programs-can-block-grants-help-marginalized-learners/) - The Trump administration is following the Project 2025 agenda, vowing to turn federal education programs into block grants or issue blanket waivers that would let states see money in any way they want. The results might not be what the Trump movement hopes, or what educators fear. Much will depend on whether local actors who
- [Remaking Ed Schools from the Ground Up](https://crpe.org/remaking-ed-schools-from-the-ground-up/) - One of us (Carole) was recently asked what a world without colleges of education would look like. Carole’s response: “I’m not sure the world would miss us.” And she spoke as the dean of one of the largest colleges of education in the country. There has been no shortage of documentation of how schools of
- [Pension Costs Are Draining School Budgets. Here’s What States Can Do](https://crpe.org/pension-costs-are-draining-school-budgets-heres-what-states-can-do/) - Student enrollment is falling at public schools across the country, impacting funding streams and threatening financial solvency, as schools continue to be on the hook for considerable fixed costs like loans or debts. Having to pay out teacher pensions (mostly using current revenue to pay retired teachers) is contributing to this growing problem. But even
- [Three Ways State Education Agencies Can Proactively Drive Change](https://crpe.org/three-ways-state-education-agencies-can-proactively-drive-change/) - The biggest mistake most state education agencies (SEAs) make is not a matter of policy but of mindset: Too many assume their primary function is to monitor compliance with state and federal laws rather than be agents of change that materially impact the lives of students. Given that state agencies were born of the necessity to
- [When Schools Come in Different Flavors, It Doesn’t Mean Families Have Options](https://crpe.org/when-schools-come-in-different-flavors-it-doesnt-mean-families-have-options/) - Michael DeArmond looks at why families still have challenges finding a school that is a good fit for their children, even when a wide mix of programs is available.
- [The Unavoidable Politics of Education Reform](https://crpe.org/the-unavoidable-politics-of-education-reform/) - Robin Lake previews two new CRPE reports that take the question of politics in education head on.
- [Partnering with Districts to Support System Transformation: An Interview with Samantha Olson of the Colorado Education Initiative](https://crpe.org/partnering-with-districts-to-support-system-transformation-an-interview-with-samantha-olson-of-the-colorado-education-initiative/) - Learn about how personalized learning is being implemented in schools across Colorado with the help of a unique state-level education organization, the Colorado Education Initiative.
- [LeBron James's School Drew Lots of Attention, but It Doesn't Take an NBA Star for Districts to Forge Innovative Partnerships](https://crpe.org/lebron-jamess-school-drew-lots-of-attention-but-it-doesnt-take-an-nba-star-for-districts-to-forge-innovative-partnerships-2/) - If partnership schools prove able to turn around persistently struggling schools, they may be well the effort—but this is still a big if.
- [What New Orleans Can Teach Us About the Forces Blocking Change in Education](https://crpe.org/what-new-orleans-can-teach-us-about-the-forces-blocking-change-in-education/) - Paul Hill reviews The Politics of Institutional Reform: Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power, by Terry M. Moe.
- [Compatibility Error: Today's High-Performing Charter Models Can't Run on District Operating Systems](https://crpe.org/compatibility-error-todays-high-performing-charter-models-cant-run-on-district-operating-systems/) - How does the political lift of remedying that incompatibility compare with that of expanding the charter sector itself?
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on Learning Loss and Students’ Needs](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-5-experts-weigh-in-on-learning-loss-and-students-needs/) - We asked 5 experts: How can parents and policymakers know whether schools are making up for lost learning and addressing individual needs?
- [Trust, Autonomy, Achievement Gap — 3 Areas Where Ferebee’s Work in Indianapolis Could Help Him Succeed as D.C. Chancellor](https://crpe.org/trust-autonomy-achievement-gap-3-areas-where-ferebees-work-in-indianapolis-could-help-him-succeed-as-d-c-chancellor-2/) - The new D.C. chancellor’s ability to leverage coalitions to achieve common ground can help him tackle the city’s challenges.
- [Chicago’s mayor sees through the fog on school autonomy](https://crpe.org/chicagos-mayor-sees-through-the-fog-on-school-autonomy/) - In a look at Chicago's dramatic school improvements, Paul Hill argues that school autonomy distinguishes high-performing schools from the run of the mill.
- [Introducing the Big Think Network: A Shift from “Scaling Innovation” to Innovation at Scale](https://crpe.org/introducing-the-big-think-network-a-shift-from-scaling-innovation-to-innovation-at-scale/) - Six pioneering organizations are trying to shift systems and programs to maximize the talents, interests, and needs of students, families, and communities.
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on School Choice Options for Families](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-5-experts-weigh-in-on-school-choice-options-for-families/) - We asked 5 experts: Should parents have more schooling choices next year?
- [Tight or loose? It depends: District central offices in supporting school-based COVID-19 response](https://crpe.org/tight-or-loose-it-depends-district-central-offices-in-supporting-school-based-covid-19-response/) - Do district central offices need to seize more control, or can they empower school leaders to meet community needs?
- [The Street-Level Politics of School Reform](https://crpe.org/the-street-level-politics-of-school-reform/) - This paper is a primer on the politics of school reform. It is written for school superintendents and civic leaders seeking to improve K–12 education in their cities, to help them anticipate the inevitable challenges and be prepared to manage the politics. We examine the political challenges that have emerged in key cities pursuing the
- [How Denver Is Working to Improve Its Portfolio of Schools](https://crpe.org/how-denver-is-working-to-improve-its-portfolio-of-schools/) - Denver Public Schools’ Brian Eschbacher shares the district’s goals and progress on increasing the diversity of school options available to Denver families.
- [Moving from a Portfolio of Schools to a Portfolio of Student Opportunities](https://crpe.org/moving-from-a-portfolio-of-schools-to-a-portfolio-of-student-opportunities/) - CRPE originated the portfolio strategy as a solution to many of the challenges facing public education. The key pillars of that strategy—a diverse set of learning opportunities for students, choice and agency for parents, autonomy for educators, a commitment to equity, accountability, and continuous improvement, and attention to systemic functions like information and transportation—remain more
- [Portfolio Systems Can and Must Lead When it Comes to Students with Unique Needs](https://crpe.org/portfolio-systems-can-and-must-lead-when-it-comes-to-students-with-unique-needs/) - The more choice and autonomy become the norm, the more urgent is the need to find new ways to ensure they bring advantages to the most vulnerable and unique student populations.
- [The portfolio strategy post-COVID](https://crpe.org/the-portfolio-strategy-post-covid/) - In the COVID period, family choice and schools’ ability to solve problems will be necessary but more complicated than ever before.
- [High Schools with Character](https://crpe.org/high-schools-with-character/) - This paper analyzes big-city high schools: how they function and how the education of the low-income minority youth in these high schools can be improved. It compares comprehensive (or zoned) high schools, special public magnet schools, and Catholic high schools and identifies school features that motivate low-income children to learn and develop into mature adults.
- [What Counts as Civics? A Look at How Districts Define and Facilitate Civic Learning](https://crpe.org/what-counts-as-civics-a-look-at-how-districts-define-and-facilitate-civic-learning/) - A new report from the American School District Panel, a research partnership between RAND and CRPE, examines how districts define and facilitate civic learning in an era of political polarization, competing instructional priorities, and uneven state support. Drawing on survey data from 170 public school districts and in-depth interviews with leaders from 18 systems, the study
- [What California Teachers Are Trying, Building, and Learning with AI](https://crpe.org/what-california-teachers-are-trying-building-and-learning-with-ai/) - How are educators engaging with AI to support teaching and learning? In partnership with the Silicon Schools Fund, CRPE studied 18 California schools that piloted AI tools to address core instructional challenges, including learning gaps, low engagement, time constraints, and behavioral issues.Over 80 teachers and administrators participated in more than 30 pilots using both off-the-shelf
- [Contrasting Approaches to Charter School Oversight](https://crpe.org/contrasting-approaches-to-charter-school-oversight/) - Charter school authorizing is an essential component of charter school reform. The past eighteen years have generated lessons about its challenges and best practices. Most agree that laissez-faire authorizing is a recipe for disaster. To ensure quality, authorizers must collect rich data about each school and invest in their own capacity to oversee contracts. However,
- [Working With Private Partners to Manage the Market: Collaborative Approaches to Charter School Oversight](https://crpe.org/working-with-private-partners-to-manage-the-market-collaborative-approaches-to-charter-school-oversight/) - Charter school growth has been steady but slow. Demand for new schools often outstrips the supply and new providers have uneven quality. To compensate, districts and authorizers may need to recruit new providers and/or offer technical services to bolster quality. Yet many, faced with limited resources and eager to preserve school autonomy, have resisted that
- [Brief: Allocation Anatomy: District Resource Distribution Practices & Reform Strategies](https://crpe.org/brief-allocation-anatomy-district-resource-distribution-practices-reform-strategies-research-brief/) - A companion piece to Allocation Anatomy: How District Policies That Deploy Resources Can Support (or Undermine) District Reform Strategies, this research brief summarizes the report's key findings and recommendations.
- [Community Colleges and Higher Education: How Do State Transfer and Articulation Policies Impact Student Pathways?](https://crpe.org/community-colleges-and-higher-education-how-do-state-transfer-and-articulation-policies-impact-student-pathways/) - This paper reviews state cross-institutional policies designed to better integrate state community colleges with traditional four-year college and university system schools, commonly referred to as 'transfer and articulation policies', and examines how patterns of college attendance, transfer, and degree earning vary across states with different policies. While a descriptive analysis such as this can not
- [Salvaging Assets: Considering Alternatives to School Closure](https://crpe.org/salvaging-assets-considering-alternatives-to-school-closure/) - Closing bad schools is necessary to maintain quality in a system based on performance accountability. However, even failing schools may have pockets of strength and/or assets that are worth preserving: a committed parent body, high-quality teachers, a valuable school building in a tight real estate market. Legal and policy constraints, limited organizational capacity and a
- [Challenges and Charter Schools: How Families with Special Needs Students Perceive and Use Charter School Options](https://crpe.org/challenges-and-charter-schools-how-families-with-special-needs-students-perceive-and-use-charter-school-options/) - This report addresses choices made at the intersection of two very important trends in education: special education and charter schools. Advocates of school choice contend that the diversity of the student population requires a diversity of schools to allow parents to select the right “fit” for their children. Students with special needs are at the
- [Mayoral Intervention: Right for Seattle Schools?](https://crpe.org/mayoral-intervention-right-for-seattle-schools/) - In early 2007, concerns about the performance of Seattle's school board led to many proposals for a shift from election to appointment as a method of choosing school board members and to greater mayoral involvement in oversight of the school system. A prominent state senator drafted a mayoral takeover bill. Mayor Greg Nickels openly contemplated
- [Performance Pressure and Resource Allocation in Washington State](https://crpe.org/performance-pressure-and-resource-allocation-in-washington/) - New accountability systems require that states and districts accomplish something never accomplished before—ensuring that all students meet state standards. To explore how these heightened state and national performance expectations have altered educational resource decisions, the School Finance Redesign Project (SFRP) at CRPE conducted interviews of state, district, and school leaders in four states, asking these
- [Are Public Schools Losing Their Best? Assessing the Career Transitions of Teachers and Their Implications for the Quality of the Teacher Workforce](https://crpe.org/are-public-schools-losing-their-best-assessing-the-career-transitions-of-teachers-and-their-implications-for-the-quality-of-the-teacher-workforce/) - This paper examines attrition and mobility of early-career teachers in North Carolina public schools using teacher value-added measures. Most studies that have fueled alarm over the attrition and mobility rates of high-quality teachers have relied on proxy indicators of teacher quality, which recent research finds to be only weakly correlated with value-added measures of teachers'
- [Teacher Labor Markets and the Perils of Using Hedonics to Estimate Compensating Differentials in the Public Sector](https://crpe.org/teacher-labor-markets-and-the-perils-of-using-hedonics-to-estimate-compensating-differentials-in-the-public-sector/) - Policymakers and researchers alike have expressed concern about a teacher quality gap between schools with affluent student populations and the more disadvantaged ones. There appears to be growing policy interest in using financial incentives to influence the distribution of teachers across schools. A significant body of empirical research shows that compensation and working conditions both
- [Quantity Counts: The Growth of Charter School Management Organizations](https://crpe.org/quantity-counts-the-growth-of-charter-school-management-organizations/) - The rapid national expansion of Green Dot Public Schools and the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) highlights the great potential for such organizations to provide more high-quality public schools by replicating successful charter schools. However, this report shows that replicating successful charter schools has been tougher and more costly than expected for both for-profit and
- [Identifying and Replicating the DNA of Successful Charter Schools: Lessons from the Private Sector](https://crpe.org/identifying-and-replicating-the-dna-of-successful-charter-schools-lessons-from-the-private-sector/) - This brief begins with a look at the main problems faced by organizations attempting to replicate charter schools at scale, followed by a summary of lessons from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors about the process of replicating complex organizations. Finally, the discussion turns to how these lessons apply to efforts to faithfully and effectively replicate
- [The New Landscape of Public Schooling](https://crpe.org/in-the-future-diverse-approaches-to-schooling/) - An increasing number of children will attend schools that deliver instruction, use time, and define the work of teachers and students very differently.
- [Creating the Political Conditions for Major Changes in School Finance Policy](https://crpe.org/creating-the-political-conditions-for-major-changes-in-school-finance-policy/) - In this working paper, Lorraine McDonnell asks whether significant changes in public education finance are politically feasible. Though acknowledging that some public policy changes are more viable than others, she insists that alternative systems, especially those that credibly promise higher performance, are possible. As McDonnell concludes: "The political conditions for major policy change are relatively
- [Inside Charter Schools: A Systematic Look at Our Nation's Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/inside-charter-schools-a-systematic-look-at-our-nations-charter-schools/) - Do students learn more in charter schools than they would have learned in other schools? Although it is an important question, there is no easy answer. Charter schools are different by design, so making broad generalizations about their effectiveness is difficult. The laws and policy under which charters exist are almost as varied as their
- [Brief: Charter School Data: What States Collect, State Data, and Implications for Research](https://crpe.org/brief-charter-school-data-what-states-collect-state-data-and-implications-for-research/) - This brief summarizes which charter school data states collect and how the limitations of those data impact the quality of charter school research. The data in this brief were collected as part of the research for Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006
- [Hopes, Fears, and Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006](https://crpe.org/hopes-fears-reality-a-balanced-look-at-american-charter-schools-in-2006/) - Like the 2005 debut edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality, the 2006 volume explores some of the most controversial issues facing the charter school movement. This year's essays focus on the implications of continued charter school growth for leading players in the charter school debates, including parents who choose schools, teachers unions, school districts, authorizers,
- [No Longer the Only Game in Town: Helping Traditional Public Schools Compete](https://crpe.org/no-longer-the-only-game-in-town-helping-traditional-public-schools-compete/) - This report from the Doing School Choice Right initiative reveals how two markedly different school districts, Milwaukee and Dayton, are confronting the challenges of competition. The competition for students in these cities is real: nearly 25% of students in Milwaukee and almost 30% in Dayton use public dollars to attend schools outside the traditional system.
- [Sticking with It: To What Extent and Why do Schools Sustain or Discontinue Comprehensive School Reform Models?](https://crpe.org/sticking-with-it-to-what-extent-and-why-do-schools-sustain-or-discontinue-csr-models/) - This paper examines the issues surrounding decisions to discontinue the use of Comprehensive School Reform models by participating schools. As part of a large, federally funded study of CSR implementation and its effects on student achievement, we engaged in a longitudinal case analysis and survey study of schools implementing one of four CSR reforms -
- [Legal and Policy Barriers to Redesigning California High Schools](https://crpe.org/legal-and-policy-barriers-to-redesigning-california-high-schools/) - In an effort to identify legal, regulatory, and policy barriers to the creation and successful operation of redesigned high schools in California, CRPE staff interviewed high school principals, teachers, union officials, state and district policymakers, reform advocates, and others involved in high school redesign work in California. They then analyzed state and federal laws, including
- [Seeing Success: The Impact of Implementing Portfolio Model Practices on Student Outcomes](https://crpe.org/seeing-success-the-impact-of-implementing-model-practices-on-student-outcomes/) - This working paper evaluates the effect of implementing one of three prominent Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) models on student achievement and discipline outcomes, using a matched sample of Florida model and non-model schools. Longitudinal fixed-effects models to analyze school-level reading and math scores showed inconsistent effects of CSR participation and the use of practices endorsed
- [Holding Charter Authorizers Accountable: Why It Is Important and How It Might Be Done](https://crpe.org/holding-charter-authorizers-accountable-why-it-is-important-and-how-it-might-be-done/) - Too many charter school authorizers aren't fulfilling their responsibilities in providing adequate oversight for charter schools. This white paper examines the causes and consequences of poor authorizing and proposes how the problem might be fixed. This paper defines a range of approaches and consequences states could pursue to improve authorizer accountability. Because most of these
- [Brief: When Learning Counts: Rethinking Licenses for School Leaders](https://crpe.org/brief-when-learning-counts-rethinking-licenses-for-school-leaders/) - This Research brief summarizes the sixth and final report in the Center's leadership series, which examines principal licensing requirements.
- [Hopes, Fears, and Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2005](https://crpe.org/hopes-fears-reality-a-balanced-look-at-american-charter-schools-in-2005/) - This debut edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality provides new data on many aspects of charter schools in the United States and examines issues and controversies surrounding reform. The report is in two parts. The first provides new data that inform questions such as: Is the charter school movement growing or slowing down? Do charter
- [Brief: Strengthening Title I To Help High-Poverty Schools: How Title I Funds Fit Into District Allocation](https://crpe.org/brief-strengthening-title-i-to-help-high-poverty-schools-how-title-i-funds-fit-into-district-allocation/) - Drawing on the report Strengthening Title I To Help High-Poverty Schools: How Title I Funds Fit Into District Allocation, this brief reveals that the nation's main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered by loopholes that prevent it from fulfilling its mission. The study found that despite Title I language requiring that aid
- [Brief: Lessons on Assessing the Costs of Small High Schools: Evidence from Seattle and Denver](https://crpe.org/brief-lessons-on-assessing-the-costs-of-small-high-schools-evidence-from-seattle-and-denver/) - As small schools gain visibility in their promise for increased student performance, school leaders in cities with shrinking revenues are now asking just how much more they should spend on these schools. This brief examines small high school costs in Denver and Seattle, analyzing each layer of district expenditures in order to get a better
- [Legal Issues and Small High Schools: Strategies to Support Innovation in Washington State](https://crpe.org/legal-issues-and-small-high-schools-strategies-to-support-innovation-in-washington-state/) - This report explores legal issues affecting the establishment and operation of small high schools in Washington State. The authors found that inherited notions of what a school should look like, how it should operate, and how it should serve its students frequently stand in the way of the vision of a new kind of smaller
- [Brief: From Bystander to Ally: Transforming the District Human Resources Department](https://crpe.org/brief-from-bystander-to-ally-transforming-the-district-human-resources-department/) - This research brief for the fourth report in the Center's leadership series looks at the behind-the-scenes work of the school district human resource department and the role it plays in implementation of reform strategies. One of the central conclusions is that transforming the district HR office involves two things: substantial administrative reforms aimed at increasing
- [Brief: Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the School Principalship](https://crpe.org/brief-making-sense-of-leading-schools-a-study-of-the-school-principalship/) - This research brief summarizes the report Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the School Principalship. The report, based on in-depth interviewes with educators, examines what school leaders actually do in their jobs, rather than what it takes to lead schools in the abstract. It then asks what this implies for policy and leadership
- [Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the School Principalship](https://crpe.org/making-sense-of-leading-schools-a-study-of-the-school-principalship/) - Much of the current attention to school leadership looks at all of the things principals "might" do and treats these possibilities as if they are the things all principals "should" do. The result is an overstated picture of the job, one suggesting that if schools are to succeed, principals should take on an increasing array
- [Brief: A Matter of Definition: Is There Truly a Shortage of School Principals?](https://crpe.org/brief-a-matter-of-definition-is-there-truly-a-shortage-of-school-principals/) - This research brief relates to a CRPE report that finds, despite widespread publicity about a shortage of school principals, there are far more candidates certified to be principals than there are principal vacancies to fill. The study reveals that the real problem is not an overall shortage in the supply of principals, but rather that
- [Brief: An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair](https://crpe.org/brief-an-impossible-job-the-view-from-the-urban-superintendents-chair/) - This is the research brief for the second report in the Center's leadership series; an examination of large-district school superintendents. The report's findings and recommendations are based on a written survey of superintendents from 100 of the nation's largest urban and exurban districts, plus extensive interviews with 40 other large-district superintendents.
- [An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair](https://crpe.org/an-impossible-job-the-view-from-the-urban-superintendents-chair/) - Based on a survey and on interviews with superintendents from the nation's largest urban districts, this study explores the working life of urban superintendents. The study concludes that the consensus of urban school superintendents is that many of the conditions of the superintendency set them up for failure. In particular, superintendents believe that: The structure
- [A Matter of Definition: Is There Truly a Shortage of School Principals?](https://crpe.org/a-matter-of-definition-is-there-truly-a-shortage-of-school-principals/) - Although some districts and areas are experiencing difficulties finding good school principals, there are far more candidates interested in assuming school leadership roles than there are principal vacancies to fill. This is true even in regions of high enrollment growth. Based on a written, in-depth survey of human resource directors supplemented by formal survey questions
- [Big City School Boards: Problems and Options](https://crpe.org/big-city-school-boards-problems-and-options/) - Newspapers across the country are filled with stories about failing schools and large numbers of students who cannot pass statewide exams or who abandon school before graduating. Everyone thinks urban school boards should do something about these problems. However, urban school boards spend very little of their time considering ways to turn around failed schools
- [Closing the Achievement Gap in Washington State: Holding Schools Accountable for Equity](https://crpe.org/closing-the-achievement-gap-in-washington-state-holding-schools-accountable-for-equity/) - Prepared for the Washington State Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission in 2002, this report attempts to take a fresh look at the data from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in order to provide practical information for both educators and policymakers.
- [The Future of School Facilities: Getting Ahead of the Curve](https://crpe.org/the-future-of-school-facilities-getting-ahead-of-the-curve/) - Forward-thinking educators usually accept the idea that tomorrow's classrooms will look different than today's. Instead of large schools, 52-minute class periods, and rambling curricula, they foresee classrooms and schools that are personalized and focused; they look for teachers that will emphasize mastery over breadth. Whether these aspirations are realized now or years down the road,
- [The New Schools Handbook: Strategic Advice for Successful School Start-Up in Partnership With School District Officials, Staff, and Community Members](https://crpe.org/the-new-schools-handbook-strategic-advice-for-successful-school-start-up-in-partnership-with-school-district-officials-staff-and-community-members/) - Turning hopes and dreams about a new school into reality is a demanding project. It takes vision, hard work, and above all, planning. This primer is for people who dream of starting a new school, though we also believe it will help school districts that are interested in developing new and more autonomous schools. The
- [A New Look at Inequities in School Funding: A Presentation on the Resource Variations Within Districts](https://crpe.org/a-new-look-at-inequities-in-school-funding-a-presentation-on-the-resource-variations-within-districts/) - This paper presents the first results of a new series of studies on within-district spending patterns. It provides an overview of some early analysis of variations in spending among schools within three districts. What we have found has been an eye-opener, especially for those involved in the leadership of these districts. Major spending inequities exist,
- [Washington State Elementary Schools on the Slow Track Under Standards-Based Reform](https://crpe.org/washington-state-elementary-schools-on-the-slow-track-under-standards-based-reform/) - This study examines the experiences of fifteen elementary schools in Washington State demonstrating relatively slow improvement on the reading and math sections of the WASL. Our study revealed that schools that struggle to improve do not all struggle with the same barriers, nor do they approach school improvement in the same manner.
- [Making Standards Meaningful: High School Reform Efforts in Washington State](https://crpe.org/making-standards-meaningful-high-school-reform-efforts-in-washington-state/) - In 1993, Washington State committed to a new strategy in education reform. The state's Commission on Student Learning set out to identify student learning standards, which clarify what students must know and be able to do if they are to succeed as adults in the 21st Century. Based on these standards, the state designed tests
- [Are Charter Schools Getting More Money into the Classroom? A Micro-Financial Analysis of First Year Charter Schools in Massachusetts](https://crpe.org/are-charter-schools-getting-more-money-into-the-classroom-a-micro-financial-analysis-of-first-year-charter-schools-in-massachusetts/) - This report examines the first-year finances of Massachusetts charter schools. By exploring the financial statements of the Commonwealth's first fifteen charter schools, we gained insights into how the boards of trustees of these schools managed the tension between meeting their academic goals and simply surviving as new organizations. We examined the revenue and expenditure patterns
- [Stimulating the Supply and Building the Capacity of New Schools and School Developers: Recommendations for the Design and Implementation of a New Schools Incubator](https://crpe.org/stimulating-the-supply-and-building-the-capacity-of-new-schools-and-school-developers-recommendations-for-the-design-and-implementation-of-a-new-schools-incubator/) - An increasingly pressing issue impacting the quality of educational services in the United States is the country's growing need for new public schools equipped to meet the unique demands of this generation's students and policy environment. Factors such as enrollment growth, the threat of school reconstitution, the expanding charter school movement, and an increasing preference
- [How States Can Hold Schools Accountable: The Strong Schools Model of Standards-Based Reform](https://crpe.org/how-states-can-hold-schools-accountable-the-strong-schools-model-of-standards-based-reform/) - In the spring of 1999, the Washington State Legislature passed ESSB5418, which created the outline of a statewide accountability system. The state's 1993 Education Reform Act already committed the state to set standards for student learning, create a statewide exam (the WASL) to assess student progress toward these standards, and develop a system to hold
- [Making Standards Stick](https://crpe.org/making-standards-stick/) - In 1993, Washington State committed to a new strategy in education reform. The state's Commission on Student Learning set out to identify student learning standards, which clarify what students must know and be able to do if they are to succeed as adults in the 21st Century. Based on these standards, the state designed tests
- [Making Standards Work: Active Voices, Focused Learning](https://crpe.org/making-standards-work-active-voices-focused-learning/) - This report works at identifying steps Washington state schools can take to improve new state assessment scores and meet higher state standards. Follow-up reports include Making Standards Stick (2000) and Making Standards Meaningful (2001). In 1993, Washington State committed to a new strategy in education reform. The state's Commission on Student Learning set out to
- [Toward a K-12 Education Accountability System in Washington State](https://crpe.org/toward-a-k-12-education-accountability-system-in-washington-state/) - This report sketches a strong and unique accountability system for Washington State, one that is driven by measurements of student performance and incentives to improve, creates clear lines of responsibility, gives every school a chance to perform and improve, employs powerful incentives, and doesn't stop until every child is in a good school. This proposed
- [Autonomy, Accountability, and the Values of Public Education](https://crpe.org/autonomy-accountability-and-the-values-of-public-education/) - This report was written for a very specialized audience—individuals considering the passage or amendment of charter school legislation, including: state legislators; policymakers in state education agencies; and the legislative staffs of such interest groups as teachers unions, parent-teacher associations, business groups involved in public education, and state associations of superintendents and school board members. Charter
- [The Educational Consequences of Choice](https://crpe.org/the-educational-consequences-of-choice/) - This article was originally published in the Phi Delta Kappan (June 1996) Paul Hill argues that there is ample evidence that universal public school choice would strongly benefit all children, including the disadvantaged, by promoting candid and demanding relationships among teachers, parents, and students.
- [Priority Shift: The Fate of Mandatory Busing for School Desegregation in Seattle and the Nation](https://crpe.org/priority-shift-the-fate-of-mandatory-busing-for-school-desegregation-in-seattle-and-the-nation/) - This paper examines the trend in school districts, across the country and in Seattle, of substantially withdrawing from mandatory integration policies. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme court declared in Brown vs. Board of Education that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." From the moment the Brown decision was handed down, communities have grappled with the
- [What Are Charter Schools? An Introduction to the Concept and the Statutes](https://crpe.org/what-are-charter-schools-an-introduction-to-the-concept-and-the-statutes/) - Between 1991 and 1995 twelve states passed statutes permitting a form of public education popularly known as "charter schools." A recent GAO report notes that as of the first of this year 134 charter schools have been established across the country. But considerable uncertainty exists as to what charter schools are. Advocates consider them an
- [Special Education Challenges and Opportunities in the Charter School Sector](https://crpe.org/special-education-challenges-and-opportunities-in-the-charter-school-sector/) - This report explores the various difficulties charter schools face related to educating children with disabilities and examines potential opportunities to address those challenges. This report begins with a background section on special education in general which serves as a platform to examine issues related to charter schools. Then, based on a review of the limited
- [Exploring Success in the Charter Sector: Case Studies of Six Charter Schools Engaged in Promising Practices for Children with Disabilities](https://crpe.org/exploring-success-in-the-charter-sector-case-studies-of-six-charter-schools-engaged-in-promising-practices-for-children-with-disabilities/) - A charter presents the opportunity to create a new school. While charter schools must abide by many of the same regulations that govern all public schools, they are typically granted autonomy to contemplate new approaches to instruction. Ideally, charter developers use this autonomy to develop new robust educational options for all children, including children with
- [Overview - Should Charter Schools Be More Different Than Alike? (HFR '08)](https://crpe.org/overview-should-charter-schools-be-more-different-than-alike-hfr-08/) - Over the last three years, Hopes, Fears, & Reality has provided new evidence and analysis about what is going on in charter schools, how well they are doing, where they need to improve, and what can be learned from the research on these types of public schools. Past volumes have outlined how achievement studies should
- [Ch. 4 - New Options for Serving Special-Needs Students (HFR '08)](https://crpe.org/ch-4-new-options-for-serving-special-needs-students-hfr-08/) - Due to the special vulnerability of their children and the due process rights built into special education statutes, parents of special-needs children are extreme choosers. They seek—and have the power of law behind them—the precise fit for their children's unique, and often highly complex, needs. By increasing the number and type of options available, charter
- [Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2008](https://crpe.org/hopes-fears-reality-a-balanced-look-at-american-charter-schools-in-2008/) - Over the last three years, Hopes, Fears, & Reality has provided new evidence and analysis about what is going on in charter schools, how well they are doing, where they need to improve, and what can be learned from the research on these types of public schools. Past volumes have outlined how achievement studies should
- [BRIEF - Unique Schools Serving Unique Students: Charter Schools and Children with Special Needs](https://crpe.org/brief-unique-schools-serving-unique-students-charter-schools-and-children-with-special-needs/) - This short policy guide to the book, Unique Schools Serving Unique Students: Charter Schools and Children with Special Needs (Robin Lake, editor), summarizes the findings from case studies and parent surveys. The brief identifies policy, research, and investment opportunities needed to confront the challenges charter schools and parents of special needs students face.
- [Special Needs and Choice Districts](https://crpe.org/special-needs-and-choice-districts/) - Districts that are moving to a broader school choice system need to minimize the risks to students with unique needs but also use this opportunity to dramatically improve the options to and outcomes for the public school system's neediest students. This report focuses on the evidence to date on how students with special needs fare
- [Ch. 4 - Making Choice Work for Students With Special Needs (HFR '11)](https://crpe.org/ch-4-making-choice-work-for-students-with-special-needs-hfr-11/) - As charter schools expand to become a large part of a city’s public school offerings, a critical challenge is how to ensure that students with special needs have plentiful and effective school options. In this chapter, Robin Lake and Betheny Gross argue that charter schools have a mixed track record on this front, but the
- [Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011](https://crpe.org/hopes-fears-reality-a-balanced-look-at-american-charter-schools-in-2011/) - Charter schools are public schools. Historically, however, the relationship between school districts and charters has been nonexistent at best, antagonistic at worst. The 6th annual edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality provides a clear roadmap for school districts and charter schools interested in working together to improve education options. The report is timely. More than
- [New York State Special Education Enrollment Analysis](https://crpe.org/new-york-state-special-education-enrollment-analysis/) - Responding to concerns that charter schools do not provide equal access to students with special needs, advocates in districts, states, and courts across the country have sought to improve such access. Lawsuits and complaints allege that some charter schools systematically discriminate against high-needs students. Additionally, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report showing that
- [2012 Year in Review](https://crpe.org/2012-year-in-review/) - 2012 was a productive year at CRPE...
- [CRPE Study Explores Special Education and Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/crpe-study-explores-special-education-and-charter-schools/) - CRPE has received funding from the Walton Family Foundation to study pressing research and policy issues around charter schools and special education.
- [Assessing the Outcomes of Charter School Students with Special Needs: Research Design Brief](https://crpe.org/assessing-the-outcomes-of-charter-school-students-with-special-needs-research-design-brief/) - How well do charter schools serve the students with special needs who choose to attend them? Finding the means to answer this question is complicated. In March 2013, CRPE convened a group of nine experts, from leading economists to special education authorities, to determine the best ways for researchers to assess the learning and socio-emotional
- [Why the Gap? Special Education and New York City Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/why-the-gap-special-education-and-new-york-city-charter-schools/) - Read the Executive Summary This study uses NYC data to analyze the factors driving the gap in special education enrollment between charter and traditional public schools. Among the findings: Students with disabilities are less likely to apply to charter schools in kindergarten than are regular enrollment students. This is the primary driver of the gap
- [Charter Schools: Special Needs "Served Well Here" or "Need Not Apply"?](https://crpe.org/charter-schools-special-needs-served-well-here-or-need-not-apply/) - Robin Lake explores the dynamics behind special education enrollment in charter schools and what the implications are for policy.
- [Shortsighted board action in L.A.](https://crpe.org/shortsighted-board-action-in-l-a/) - Robin Lake questions the reasons behind the L.A. school board's decision not to renew two Aspire Public Schools charters.
- [Understanding the Charter School Special Education Gap: Evidence from Denver, Colorado](https://crpe.org/understanding-the-charter-school-special-education-gap-evidence-from-denver-colorado/) - Read the Executive Summary Read Dr. Winters' related article in Educational Researcher, May 2015. CRPE commissioned Dr. Marcus Winters to analyze the factors driving the special education gap between Denver’s charter and traditional public elementary and middle schools. Using student-level data, Winters shows that Denver’s special education enrollment gap starts at roughly 2 percentage points
- [Are Charter Schools Working? A Review of the Evidence](https://crpe.org/are-charter-schools-working-a-review-of-the-evidence/) - This brief summarizes a new review of the available evidence on charter schools and student achievement. Are charter schools working? That is, are students in charter schools learning as much or more than their counterparts in district-run public schools? While public and political debates rage about the charter sector’s efficacy, it is crucial to systematically
- [A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement](https://crpe.org/a-meta-analysis-of-the-literature-on-the-effect-of-charter-schools-on-student-achievement/) - Read the Authors' Reply to an NEPC Review Are charter schools working? That is, are students in charter schools learning as much or more than their counterparts in district-run public schools? While public and political debates rage about the charter sector’s efficacy, it is crucial to systematically consider the most rigorous studies to understand how
- [Setting the Record Straight on Charter Schools and Achievement: A Reply to Francesca Lopez](https://crpe.org/setting-the-record-straight-on-charter-schools-and-achievement-a-reply-to-francesca-lopez/) - Julian Betts and Y. Emily Tang respond to a National Education Policy Center review of their report on charter schools and achievement.
- [Special Education in Charter Schools: What We've Learned and What We Still Need to Know](https://crpe.org/special-education-in-charter-schools-what-weve-learned-and-what-we-still-need-to-know/) - According to national averages, charter schools serve fewer students with special needs than traditional public schools, leaving charters open to charges that they are exclusionary. Charter leaders counter that when special education enrollment rates are lower, it is often because charter schools are less likely to identify a child as needing special education services and
- [How Parents Experience Public School Choice](https://crpe.org/how-parents-experience-public-school-choice/) - This report examines parents’ experiences with public school choice across eight “high-choice” cities: Baltimore, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. In each city, researchers surveyed 500 public school parents (4,000 total) and collected data on the systems that shape how they navigate school choice, including the availability of information, the process
- [How Cities Can Help Parents Navigate Public School Choice](https://crpe.org/how-cities-can-help-parents-navigate-public-school-choice/) - Robin Lake details key takeaways from CRPE's new survey of how parents in eight "high-choice" cities choose schools for their children.
- [Special Education in New Orleans: Juggling Flexibility, Reinvention, and Accountability in the Nation's Most Decentralized School System](https://crpe.org/special-education-in-new-orleans-juggling-flexibility-reinvention-and-accountability-in-the-nations-most-decentralized-school-system/) - While many charter school leaders across the country grapple with how to best provide and pay for special education, New Orleans recently became the first city in the nation to tackle special education on the fiscal, human capital, and program fronts in the context of a full-choice public education landscape. Over time, it may offer
- [What We Mean When We Talk About School Choice](https://crpe.org/what-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-school-choice/) - As National School Choice Week comes to a close, Christine Campbell reflects on the Portfolio Network meeting in Memphis on school choice and the fact that school choice can mean different things to different people.
- [Time for Charters to Lead on Special Education](https://crpe.org/time-for-charters-to-lead-on-special-education/) - Does the dogged pursuit of equity for all undermine successful efforts underway to help students? It doesn't have to, argues Robin Lake. Not only are charters well positioned to serve special needs students, yet retain their distinctive cultures, they have an obligation to try.
- [Special Education Governance in New Orleans](https://crpe.org/special-education-governance-in-new-orleans/) - New Orleans is the only U.S. city in which charter schools have succeeded in educating higher proportions of students with disabilities than traditional public schools. CRPE practitioner in residence Adam Hawf explains why.
- [Lessons from the Trenches on Making School Choice Work](https://crpe.org/lessons-from-the-trenches-on-making-school-choice-work/) - Ashley Jochim presents evidence on whether offering school choice to families is an effective tool to promote educational equity in this guest blog for Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard.
- [Survey Says: Charter Authorizers Have Work to Do on Special Education](https://crpe.org/survey-says-charter-authorizers-have-work-to-do-on-special-education/) - Robin Lake responds to a recent NACSA survey on charter school special education oversight and suggests effective strategies.
- [Bridging the District-Charter Divide  to Help More Students Succeed](https://crpe.org/bridging-charter-district-divide-educators-collaborate-make-impossible-happen/) - Read the Executive Summary. Animosity between school districts and charter schools has been the norm since the nation’s first charter school opened in 1992, but that is now starting to change. In at least 35 urban school districts with significant numbers of charter schools, efforts are under way to jointly improve instruction, align policies, address
- [Six Unifying Education Policy Ideas for 2017](https://crpe.org/six-unifying-education-policy-ideas-for-2017/) - Robin Lake rings in the new year with some ideas for making progress on education reform.
- [Necessity, Not Nicety: What We’ve Learned About District-Charter Alliances](https://crpe.org/necessity-not-nicety-what-weve-learned-about-district-charter-alliances/) - The payoff of well-chosen cooperation is worth the effort for districts, charters, and families, writes Robin Lake.
- [Disability Rights Advocates Are Fighting the Wrong Fight on School Choice](https://crpe.org/disability-rights-advocates-are-fighting-the-wrong-fight-on-school-choice-2/) - Focus on policies that help families choose the right school for their children’s unique needs, write Robin Lake and Sivan Tuchman.
- [Public School Choice, Any Way You Slice It](https://crpe.org/public-school-choice-any-way-you-slice-it/) - Christine Campbell and Georgia Heyward show how school choice is creating new opportunities for families as well as challenges for cities.
- [Collision Course: Embracing Politics to Succeed in District-Charter Collaboration](https://crpe.org/collision-course-embracing-politics-to-succeed-in-district-charter-collaboration/) - Many who attempt district-charter collaboration point to “politics” as a constraint that affects their work, but little is understood about why some collaborations enjoy broad support while others become mired in conflict. Drawing upon CRPE’s multiyear study of district-charter collaborations in dozens of cities as well as research on other cross-sector initiatives, this report explores
- [How Personalized Learning Models Can Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities: Thrive Public Schools Case Study](https://crpe.org/how-personalized-learning-models-can-meet-the-needs-of-students-with-disabilities-thrive-public-schools-case-study/) - CRPE contracted with the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) to conduct case studies on school models and practices that effectively serve students with special needs. This brief highlights how a San Diego charter school network is using personalized learning to meet the needs of its students with disabilities. About Thrive Public
- [How School Culture and Support Systems Can Improve Disciplinary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Mott Haven Academy Charter School Case Study](https://crpe.org/how-school-culture-and-support-systems-can-improve-disciplinary-outcomes-for-students-with-disabilities-mott-haven-academy-charter-school-case-study/) - CRPE contracted with the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) to conduct case studies on school models and practices that effectively serve students with special needs. This brief highlights how a New York City charter school is using a positive, inclusive environment and restorative discipline practices to improve outcomes for students with
- [Are Washington Charter Public Schools Serving Students with Disabilities?](https://crpe.org/are-washington-charter-public-schools-serving-students-with-disabilities/) - This brief presents data on how special education students in Washington state are being served in charter public schools. Using a local and national context, CRPE researchers explore four common questions about special education in charter schools: Do charter schools in Washington serve students with disabilities? Are charter schools in Washington serving students with all
- [In Washington State, New Choices for Students with Disabilities](https://crpe.org/in-washington-state-new-choices-for-students-with-disabilities/) - In our recent special education study, we found that Washington state’s charter schools are serving students with disabilities at a higher rate than the national charter school average.
- [For Brandon: How One Family's Struggle Can Help Us Imagine an Education System That Does Better by Exceptional Children](https://crpe.org/for-brandon-how-one-familys-struggle-can-help-us-imagine-an-education-system-that-does-better-by-exceptional-children/) - Travis Pillow highlights the need for a more agile, personalized public education system.
- [In latest move, Gates Foundation looks to help — and learn from — charters serving students with disabilities](https://crpe.org/latest-move-gates-foundation-looks-help-and-learn-charters-serving-students-disabilities/) - CRPE is mentioned in this Chalkbeat article as a recipient of a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- [To Serve Every Student Well, Design for the Tails, Not the Mean](https://crpe.org/to-serve-every-student-well-design-for-the-tails-not-the-mean/) - Robin Lake and Travis Pillow begin with the academic and career gaps faced by students who are the most complex learners and explore how a system capable of meeting the needs of all nontraditional students—high-achieving, low-income students, English language learners, homeless students, children in foster care, and “twice exceptional learners” who have extraordinary gifts in
- [To Meet the Needs of Complex Learners, School Systems Must Think More Boldly](https://crpe.org/to-meet-the-needs-of-complex-learners-school-systems-must-think-more-boldly/) - Robin Lake urges cities to leverage community assets, technology, and networks to improve services and supports for students with special needs.
- [It Takes a City: How the Portfolio Strategy Can Bring Schools, Districts, and Communities Together to Transform Special Education](https://crpe.org/it-takes-a-city-how-the-portfolio-strategy-can-bring-schools-districts-and-communities-together-to-transform-special-education/) - America’s schools must improve outcomes in special education. Students with disabilities remain 25 percent less likely than their peers to graduate high school despite the belief among researchers that 80 to 85 percent of students with disabilities should be able to meet the same academic standards as their peers. We convened leaders from cities around
- [Seizing the Opportunity: Educating Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/seizing-the-opportunity-educating-students-with-disabilities-in-charter-schools/) - Significant and persistent gaps in test scores and graduation rates between students with and without disabilities show schools are failing to prepare every child with unique learning needs for college, career, and life after high school. Charter schools, which operate with enhanced flexibility and accountability for results, are well-positioned to find new, creative solutions to
- [Some Charter Schools Use Their Flexibility to Serve Students With Disabilities. Our New Report Shows How More Schools Can Do the Same.](https://crpe.org/some-charter-schools-use-their-flexibility-to-serve-students-with-disabilities-our-new-report-shows-how-more-schools-can-do-the-same/) - Schools need not wait for ideal policy conditions to begin improving education for students with disabilities.
- [Finding a Great Fit: Improving the School Choice Process for Students with Disabilities](https://crpe.org/finding-a-great-fit-improving-the-school-choice-process-for-students-with-disabilities/) - Read more here: Synthesis: Finding a Great Fit Special Education and School Choice in New Orleans Special Education and School Choice in Washington, D.C. Research Methodology and Data Visual: Special Education Landscape of New Orleans and D.C. The past two decades have seen major changes to public education in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans—two cities
- [New CRPE report: Making school choice work for students with disabilities](https://crpe.org/new-crpe-report-making-school-choice-work-students-disabilities/) - Seattle, Wash. - New research from the Center on Reinventing Public Education shows how parents in New Orleans and Washington, D.C., experience school choice for children with disabilities. Researchers from CRPE, the Brookings Institution, and Tulane University conducted focus groups with families and assessed the policy landscape in both cities. They also analyzed school choice application
- [Any school can start building the key ingredients for effective special education](https://crpe.org/any-school-can-start-building-the-key-ingredients-for-effective-special-education/) - Schools that do special education effectively tend to view every child as an individual, whether they have a disability or not.
- [All Together Now: Getting Students with Disabilities What They Need During the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/all-together-now-getting-students-with-disabilities-what-they-need-during-the-pandemic/) - Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic pivot to remote learning made school harder for students with disabilities and their teachers. In a series of interviews with special education administrators, school administrators, special educators, general educators, parents, and teachers, we sought to learn more about each individual’s experience in special education during the pandemic. We asked
- [Unprecedented and Unmasked: An analysis of how district policy documents frame special education during the COVID–19 crisis](https://crpe.org/unprecedented-unmasked-how-district-policy-documents-frame-special-education-covid-19/) - During the summer of 2020, district leaders across the U.S. developed reopening plans; these plans addressed special education and a constellation of other elements of schooling, such as remote learning schedules and health protocols. Taking seriously issues at the nexus of special education and district leadership, we analyzed reopening documents from the 25 largest U.S.
- [Notes from the Field: How students with disabilities experienced the challenges of remote learning](https://crpe.org/notes-from-the-field-how-students-with-disabilities-experienced-the-challenges-of-remote-learning/) - In too many cases, school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic created havoc for students with disabilities and their families. School systems shifting to remote learning often did not prioritize the needs of students with disabilities, leaving them disconnected from classmates and opportunities to learn. Now, as systems figure out how to recover, schools need to
- [Special Education at a Crossroads: Ensuring Equity and Inclusion for Students with Disabilities](https://crpe.org/special-education-at-a-crossroads-ensuring-equity-and-inclusion-for-students-with-disabilities/) - The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the delivery of educational and therapeutic services for students with disabilities across the world, creating new obstacles for students, parents, teachers, and administrators navigating the impact of sudden halts in services and supports. Based on CRPE’s most recent study of special education in charter and traditional public schools, this brief outlines
- [The Special-Education Graduation Conundrum](https://crpe.org/the-special-education-graduation-conundrum/) - Sivan Tuchman and Robin Lake explore differing special-education graduation rates in two states and call on education leaders to do more to prepare students with disabilities for college and life.
- [District Schools Don’t Always Have to Close—They Can Transform](https://crpe.org/district-schools-dont-always-have-to-close-they-can-transform/) - School finance expert Karen Hawley Miles writes that some urban schools are finding new ways to organize resources to reach high standards.
- [In Washington State, COVID-19 created a unique opportunity for charter-district collaboration](https://crpe.org/in-washington-state-covid-19-created-a-unique-opportunity-for-charter-district-collaboration/) - When teachers in rural Eastern Washington shifted to remote learning in March 2020, "there was frustration from teachers,” said Kevin Jacka, director of a consortium of rural superintendents called the Rural Alliance. “They had very little opportunity to better themselves as they prepared for online/blended teaching.” Jacka’s organization, which represents traditional public schools, ended up
- [Denver’s Storied Portfolio District Is Starting to Act Like Just Another City School System](https://crpe.org/denvers-storied-portfolio-district-is-starting-to-act-like-just-another-city-school-system-2/) - Robin Lake worries that Denver Public Schools is wavering in its commitment to strong performance oversight and continuous improvement.
- [Clearing the School Choice Fog for Parents](https://crpe.org/clearing-the-school-choice-fog-for-parents/) - Increasingly complex school choice systems are spurring local organizations to offer hands-on support for low-income families.
- [Proposal: The Future of the Charter School Movement Requires a New Political Strategy](https://crpe.org/proposal-the-future-of-the-charter-school-movement-requires-a-new-political-strategy/) - Robin Lake and Paul Hill propose a new political strategy to meet the need and demand for more high-quality charter schools.
- [Passing Notes: Learning from Efforts to Share Instructional Practices Across District-Charter Lines](https://crpe.org/passing-notes-learning-from-efforts-to-share-instructional-practices-across-district-charter-lines/) - Today, an increasing number of districts and charter schools are collaborating across sector lines to improve teaching and learning. Our research has identified three core ways districts and charters are partnering to share key instructional practices: 1) colocating schools to encourage learning from each other; 2) creating residencies and fellowships to train teachers and leaders
- [What Continuous Improvement Networks Should Learn from District-Charter Compacts](https://crpe.org/what-continuous-improvement-networks-should-learn-from-district-charter-compacts/) - As the Gates Foundation shifts its focus to new Networks for School Improvement, Sean Gill offers some lessons from a prior initiative.
- [New CREDO Report Shows System-Level Supports, Turnaround Expertise Critical to School-Level Improvements](https://crpe.org/new-credo-report-shows-system-level-supports-turnaround-expertise-critical-to-school-level-improvements/) - Robin Lake offers her key takeaways from CREDO's evaluation of school turnaround efforts in New Orleans, Nashville, and Memphis.
- [Three Ways Charter Schools Can Make Sure They Recruit, Hire, and Retain the Teachers They Need](https://crpe.org/three-ways-charter-schools-can-make-sure-they-recruit-hire-and-retain-the-teachers-they-need/) - Christine Campbell and Daniel Weisberg give three steps that charter operators, authorizers, and city-based organizations can take to ensure that charter schools have effective teachers in all classrooms.
- [Integrating Schools in San Antonio: Start With One. An Interview with Mohammed Choudhury](https://crpe.org/integrating-schools-in-san-antonio-start-with-one-an-interview-with-mohammed-choudhury/) - Learn about SAISD's initiative to intentionally diversify the city’s notoriously segregated public schools.
- [Four Ways Philadelphia Can Keep Its Schools Moving in the Right Direction as District Prepares to Retake Local Control](https://crpe.org/4-ways-philadelphia-can-keep-its-schools-moving-right-direction-district-prepares-retake-local/) - The nominating panel charged with selecting candidates for Philadelphia’s new nine-member school board has received its last application.
- [Creating District-Charter Partnerships in the Lone Star State](https://crpe.org/creating-district-charter-partnerships-in-the-lone-star-state/) - Molly Weiner of the Texas Aspires Foundation talks with Sean Gill about new legislation in Texas intended to foster partnership schools.
- [Wanted: District Leaders Who Can Make Tough Choices](https://crpe.org/wanted-district-leaders-who-can-make-tough-choices/) - Big cities looking for school superintendents should pay attention to the progress in Chicago, writes Paul Hill.
- [Reflecting on the Portfolio Strategy and School Improvement in San Antonio](https://crpe.org/reflecting-on-the-portfolio-strategy-and-school-improvement-in-san-antonio/) - Sean Gill shares takeaways from CRPE’s 15th Portfolio Network Meeting.
- [Lessons Learned About District-Charter Partnerships: How Sharing Instructional Practices Can Pave the Way for More Collaboration](https://crpe.org/lessons-learned-about-district-charter-partnerships-how-sharing-instructional-practices-can-pave-the-way-for-more-collaboration/) - This brief describes the landscape of district-charter collaboration efforts and the continuum of costs to implement versus potential benefit to the district and charter sectors and families and students. While the potential impact, especially on families, of a system-wide change such as unified enrollment, is large, the costs of implementation is a considerable barrier for
- [Yes, Charter Schools Inflict Some Costs on Districts. But Districts’ Financial Problems Are Far Deeper Than That](https://crpe.org/yes-charter-schools-inflict-some-costs-on-districts-but-districts-financial-problems-are-far-deeper-than-that/) - Robin Lake describes significant flaws in a paper assessing the impact of charter schools on school districts.
- [We Need to Prepare A New Generation of Education Systems Leaders](https://crpe.org/we-need-to-prepare-a-new-generation-of-education-systems-leaders/) - Parker Baxter at the Center for Education Policy Analysis writes that we need to prepare a new generation of education systems leaders to reimagine how education can be organized and delivered.
- [An Interview with Paymon Rouhanifard: Charting Camden’s Path to Improvement](https://crpe.org/an-interview-with-paymon-rouhanifard-charting-camdens-path-to-improvement/) - The departing Camden superintendent reflects on five years of progress and the challenges that remain.
- [Denver’s longtime superintendent turned the city into a national school reform favorite](https://crpe.org/denvers-longtime-superintendent-turned-city-national-school-reform-favorite/) - Robin Lake is quoted in Chalkbeat about former Denver Public Schools superintendent Tom Boasberg, who encouraged reform through close collaboration between district and charter schools.
- [New York Joins Movement to Abandon Use of Student Tests in Teacher Evaluations](https://crpe.org/new-york-joins-movement-abandon-use-student-tests-teacher-evaluations/) - Robin Lake is quoted in this New York Times article on whether teachers should be rated according to their students' success on standardized exams.
- [Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2009](https://crpe.org/hopes-fears-reality-a-balanced-look-at-american-charter-schools-in-2009/) - This fifth annual edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality explores the lessons high-performing charter schools offer for other public schools. Thanks to President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, charter schools are being promoted as an important tool for improving U.S. public schools. With the “Race to the Top” program encouraging the expansion
- [Ch. 5 - Achieving the Ripple Effect: How Can Charters Prompt District Improvement? (HFR '09)](https://crpe.org/ch-5-achieving-the-ripple-effect-how-can-charters-prompt-district-improvement-hfr-09/) - In this chapter, Robin Lake takes up the questions of whether and how charter schools can prompt school districts to become more innovative and performance-oriented. Do charters create a within-district ripple effect prompting districts to improve all of their public schools? In some cases yes; in others, no. Districts with expanding enrollment may be happy
- [Strategic Communications for Portfolio School District Reform](https://crpe.org/strategic-communications-for-portfolio-school-district-reform/) - Smart, effective communications initiatives are an essential part of portfolio school district reform. Authored by communications consultant Sam Sperry and produced by CRPE’s Portfolio School Districts Project, “Strategic Communications for Portfolio School District Reform” is part of a series of papers designed to assist leaders of these reform efforts. The paper “identifies key aspects of
- [Reforming Districts Through Choice, Autonomy, Equity, and Accountability: An Overview of the Voluntary Public School Choice Directors Meeting](https://crpe.org/reforming-districts-through-choice-autonomy-equity-and-accountability-an-overview-of-the-voluntary-public-school-choice-directors-meeting/) - In February 2011, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) convened a conference to help districts implementing school choice under the U.S. Department of Education’s Voluntary Public School Choice program. The conference, sponsored by the Department of Education, provided grantees access to the most current knowledge from district and charter leaders and school choice researchers
- [Eliminating the Achievement Gap: A White Paper on How Charter Schools Can Help District Leaders](https://crpe.org/eliminating-the-achievement-gap-a-white-paper-on-how-charter-schools-can-help-district-leaders/) - A staggering achievement gap exists between minority and white students in America. The gap is unjust, and it is constraining our country economically, socially, and politically. Intense political pressures, labor contracts, and other forces prevent urban superintendents from closing those gaps. However, partnerships with high-performing charter schools and charter networks can help superintendents overcome those
- [Overview - Consorting With the Enemy: When Charter Schools and District Schools Work Together (HFR '11)](https://crpe.org/overview-consorting-with-the-enemy-when-charter-schools-and-district-schools-work-together-hfr-11/) - Charter schools are public schools. Historically, however, the relationship between school districts and charters has been nonexistent at best, antagonistic at worst. As the charter sector continues to grow steadily, an analysis of the national landscape explores how that relationship needs to start changing—and where it already has. The 6th annual edition of Hopes, Fears,
- [Ch. 5 - For Charter Schools and School Districts, Empty Space Equals Opportunity (HFR '11)](https://crpe.org/ch-5-for-charter-schools-and-school-districts-empty-space-equals-opportunity-hfr-11/) - The allocation of resources tests even the most well-intentioned charter–district collaboration. By reimagining the distribution of funding, facilities, and other district assets without regard to whether a school is a district school or a charter school, Parker Baxter argues, districts can strike a unique and powerful bargain with charter schools: shared resources and shared responsibility.
- [Ch. 2 - Mastering Change: When Charter Schools and District Schools Embrace Strategic Partnership (HFR '11)](https://crpe.org/ch-2-mastering-change-when-charter-schools-and-district-schools-embrace-strategic-partnership-hfr-11/) - This chapter examines the factors that are driving districts to collaborate with charter schools, what those collaborations look like, and what kind of political landmines both sides must deal with. The authors discuss the current trend toward portfolio districts and efforts to develop charter–district compacts and argue that by sharing resources and building trust with
- [Ch. 1 - Assessing the Charter School Landscape (HFR '11)](https://crpe.org/ch-1-assessing-the-charter-school-landscape-hfr-11/) - This chapter offers an overview of emerging trends in the charter school landscape. CRPE analysts provide new data showing that the charter school sector is serving a growing share of minority and hispanic students and that rural charter schools appear to be on the rise. While the movement’s growth remains steady, less of that growth
- [Conclusion - Will District Collaboration Neuter or Propel the Charter School Movement? (HFR '11)](https://crpe.org/conclusion-will-district-collaboration-neuter-or-propel-the-charter-school-movement-hfr-11/) - Robin Lake concludes this volume with a discussion about the charter school side of the collaboration equation: Why are charter schools collaborating with districts? What do charter schools have to gain and lose? What kinds of compromises are being made, and what are some possible long-term implications? Lake argues that working with school districts is
- [What Is the Future of District/Charter Collaboration?](https://crpe.org/what-is-the-future-of-district-charter-collaboration/) - For the release of our sixth annual report, Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2011, we invited several experts to share their opinions.
- [Learn about compact governance in Boston and Spring Branch](https://crpe.org/learn-about-compact-governance-in-boston-and-spring-branch/) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded a multi-year initiative to support the design and implementation of district-charter collaboration compacts. Figuring out how to create effective cross-sector governance structures has been challenging in some cities.
- [What are compact cities planning?](https://crpe.org/what-are-compact-cities-planning/) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded a multi-year initiative to support the design and implementation of district-charter collaboration compacts. In February 2012, 15 compact cities submitted district-charter collaboration concept papers to the Gates Foundation and 8 cities were invited to submit full proposals. Below we summarize common approaches and bold ideas
- [Baltimore and the Portfolio School District Strategy](https://crpe.org/baltimore-and-the-portfolio-school-district-strategy/) - Under the leadership of CEO Andrés Alonso, Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) has come a long way over the last five years in terms of improving student achievement, granting schools more autonomy, and creating an environment friendly to innovators and new school providers. This case study of the implementation of City Schools' portfolio strategy
- [How district and charter compact leaders advocated for Connecticut’s Education Reform Bill](https://crpe.org/how-district-and-charter-compact-leaders-advocated-for-connecticuts-education-reform-bill/) - In January 2012, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy introduced a bold education reform campaign targeting Connecticut’s persistent achievement gap—the worst in the nation. Malloy’s campaign, entitled “2012, The Year for Education Reform,” called for increasing access to high-quality schooling models and “removing red tape and other barriers to success.”
- [District and charter leaders propel collaboration through “The Cleveland Plan”](https://crpe.org/district-and-charter-leaders-propel-collaboration-through-the-cleveland-plan/) - The “Cleveland Plan” legislation, signed into law by Ohio’s governor on July 2, 2012, enhances the district’s power to take swift and stronger corrective action with a failing school, streamlines the removal of a teacher, dramatically reworks teacher assignment and tenure, and allows for performance to partly determine pay as well as which teachers are laid off during a
- [Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2012](https://crpe.org/hopes-fears-reality-a-balanced-look-at-american-charter-schools-in-2012/) - One of the main goals of the charter school movement at its founding was to provide new school options for families that wanted and needed them. Another was to foster innovation, for charter schools themselves and traditional public schools around them. Are charters living up to those promises? Edited by Robin Lake, the 7th edition
- [Overview - WIll the Charter Movement Rest on Its Laurels or Innovate and Expand? (HFR '12)](https://crpe.org/overview-will-the-charter-movement-rest-on-its-laurels-or-innovate-and-expand-hfr-12/) - One of the main goals of the charter school movement at its founding was to provide new school options for families that wanted and needed them. Another was to foster innovation, for charter schools themselves and traditional public schools around them. Are charters living up to those promises? The 7th edition of Hopes, Fears, &
- [New Frontiers: An Overview of Charter Schools in 2012](https://crpe.org/new-frontiers-an-overview-of-charter-schools-in-2012/) - Robin Lake previews this year's edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality, which focuses on growth and innovation in the charter sector amidst the demand for better schools, Common Core State Standards, and constrained fiscal realities.
- [Ch. 2 - Incubate for America? (HFR '12)](https://crpe.org/ch-2-incubate-for-america-hfr-12/) - In this chapter, Ethan Gray of the Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust argues that cities and communities need to more proactively build a local supply of schools rather than hope for national nonprofits to arrive on a white horse. Gray describes how many cities are incubating high-performing charters with an eye toward schools of the
- [New CRPE Study Examines Effects of Unified Enrollment Systems](https://crpe.org/new-crpe-study-examines-effects-of-unified-enrollment-systems/) - CRPE has received funding from the Walton Family Foundation for a two-year study on the effect of unified enrollment systems on families and schools.
- [District-Charter Collaboration Compact: Interim Report](https://crpe.org/district-charter-collaboration-compact-interim-report/) - The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been monitoring, supporting, and analyzing the cross-sector collaborative work undertaken in 16 District-Charter Compact cities. CRPE tracks progress on agreements and reports on local political, legal, and financial barriers to collaboration, and also facilitates networking and problem-solving among
- [How Will We Oversee the School Systems of the Future?](https://crpe.org/how-will-we-oversee-the-school-systems-of-the-future/) - First in a CRPE Blog Series on Education Governance as a Civic Enterprise
- [Spreading the Gospel—and the Freedoms](https://crpe.org/spreading-the-gospel-and-the-freedoms/) - This blog post by Paul Hill is the second in a CRPE Series on Education Governance as a Civic Enterprise
- [Getting Beyond the Book Wars](https://crpe.org/getting-beyond-the-book-wars/) - This blog post by Robin Lake is the third in a CRPE Series on Education Governance as a Civic Enterprise
- [How Governance Reforms Can Outlast the Reformers](https://crpe.org/how-governance-reforms-can-outlast-the-reformers/) - This blog post by Paul Hill is the fourth in a CRPE Series on Education Governance as a Civic Enterprise
- [Little Red Caboose or Impending Derailment? Charter Schools and Common Core](https://crpe.org/little-red-caboose-or-impending-derailment-charter-schools-and-common-core/) - Robin Lake considers what NY State's recent Common Core test results may mean for charter schools as they move toward fully implementing the standards.
- [Innovate or Die](https://crpe.org/innovate-or-die/) - Robin Lake discusses the factors that limit or enable innovation within districts, and the need for quick and meaningful results.
- [Elected Boards: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them](https://crpe.org/elected-boards-cant-live-with-them-cant-live-without-them/) - Paul Hill discusses the challenge facing governance reformers to invent a form of elected governance that is insulated from domination by employees, privileged parents, contractors, or any other group.
- [Conflicts of Interest in Governance](https://crpe.org/conflicts-of-interest-in-governance/) - Paul Hill writes that, to eliminate conflicts of interest and focus on supporting effective schools, public governance entities must not operate schools directly.
- [Good Options and Choices for All Families: How Some Portfolio Districts Are Collaborating with Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/good-options-and-choices-for-all-families-how-some-portfolio-districts-are-collaborating-with-charter-schools/) - What does district-charter collaboration look like in Boston? In Denver? In New Orleans? This brief describes several successful collaborative initiatives in these and other Compact cities. It also highlights the advantages that portfolio district superintendents bring to collaboration, given their openness to explore any options that can improve education for the children in their cities.
- [Reinventing Public Education Must Be About Problem Solving, Not Ideology](https://crpe.org/reinventing-public-education-must-be-about-problem-solving-not-ideology/) - Robin Lake writes that reinventing public education is about managing problems and trying to find the best solutions, rather than about applying a pure "model" that will work everywhere.
- [Communicating Change in Education: Ideas from a PR Expert](https://crpe.org/communicating-change-in-education-ideas-from-a-pr-expert/) - District leaders and elected officials can build meaningful engagement and support for education reforms through a carefully considered and executed approach to communications. Based on an interview with a media relations expert, this brief outlines four strategies for building effective communication around district change efforts: hire a professional firm, develop an achievable plan, pay attention
- [Asking the Hard Questions about District-Charter Collaboration](https://crpe.org/asking-the-hard-questions-about-district-charter-collaboration/) - Sarah Yatsko discusses the district-charter collaboration efforts that are - and are not - worth the time.
- [Columbus Children Falling Through the Cracks](https://crpe.org/columbus-children-falling-through-the-cracks/) - Paul Hill comments on the recent charter school debacle in Columbus, Ohio, and the need for a new, community-wide K-12 governance system.
- [Coordinating Enrollment Across School Sectors: An Overview of Common Enrollment Systems](https://crpe.org/coordinating-enrollment-across-school-sectors-an-overview-of-common-enrollment-systems/) - What is a common enrollment system? Which cities are operating them, and are they successful? This brief explores how common enrollment systems can streamline the school choice process for both families and school districts, and provide a more equitable matching process between students and schools. The experiences and outcomes of two portfolio school districts that
- [Wait, Who Chooses My Kid’s School?](https://crpe.org/wait-who-chooses-my-kids-school/) - Betheny Gross discusses the benefits and challenges of universal enrollment systems in cities with a high degree of school choice.
- [Working Together to Manage Enrollment: Key Governance and Operations Decisions](https://crpe.org/working-together-to-manage-enrollment-key-governance-and-operations-decisions/) - Cities pursuing common enrollment systems face challenging questions about who has the responsibility for implementation, and how the system can adapt and change over time for long-term success. These questions are made all the more challenging when schools in different sectors are competing for students and when cross-sector trust is low. This brief looks at
- [Stakeholder Engagement for Common Enrollment Systems](https://crpe.org/stakeholder-engagement-for-common-enrollment-systems/) - How can school system leaders effectively engage stakeholders when designing and implementing their common enrollment systems? How do they address stakeholder concerns while avoiding conflict? This issue brief looks at the experiences of leaders in two pioneering cities—New Orleans and Denver—and the stakeholder pol­itics they encountered as they set up their new enrollment systems This
- [School Facilities Shouldn’t Be Political Spoils](https://crpe.org/school-facilities-shouldnt-be-political-spoils/) - Control over school facilities is a powerful but easily misused governance tool, writes Paul Hill, and he's got a remedy.
- [In-Depth Portfolio Assessment: Shelby County Schools, Memphis, TN](https://crpe.org/in-depth-portfolio-assessment-shelby-county-schools-memphis-tn/) - Read the Report Summary The 2013 merger of Memphis City Schools (with 103,000 students) and Shelby County Schools (with 47,000 students) was the largest school district consolidation in American history. In its first year of operation, the new Shelby County Schools (SCS) commissioned CRPE researchers to perform a critical review of the district's readiness to
- [District-Charter Texas Two-Step](https://crpe.org/district-charter-texas-two-step/) - Robin Lake explains the importance of strategic district-charter partnerships, like those happening in Spring Branch, Texas.
- [How the Portfolio Strategy Evolved from Idea to Action](https://crpe.org/how-the-portfolio-strategy-evolved-from-idea-to-action/) - Christine Campbell writes about the history of the Portfolio strategy and how it continues to influence education reform throughout the country.
- [Making School Choice Work Requires Leadership](https://crpe.org/making-school-choice-work-requires-leadership/) - While school choice has created new possibilities, it can also create serious access challenges for disadvantaged families, writes Robin Lake.
- [Cleveland, OH: District-Charter Improvement on a Countdown Clock](https://crpe.org/cleveland-oh-district-charter-improvement-on-a-countdown-clock/) - Cleveland is the newest District-Charter Collaboration Compact city. While the collaboration between CMSD and 14 charter partners focuses on similar challenges as other compact cities—low-performing schools, special education services, and facilities use—the city of Cleveland has given the Compact limited time to make meaningful progress. Dire performance statistics coupled
- [Education 2015: The City’s the Thing](https://crpe.org/education-2015-the-citys-the-thing/) - Robin Lake highlights 2014 CRPE accomplishments, and looks forward to 2015 goals.
- [Renewed District-Charter Collaboration in Minneapolis](https://crpe.org/renewed-district-charter-collaboration-in-minneapolis/) - This past September, MPS announced the advent of a second Compact: a one-on-one partnership between the district and Hiawatha Academies. Though this second agreement lacks the robust list of signatories and ambitious tone of the first compact, it demonstrates a simple and targeted strategy of exchanges. MPS offers Hiawatha inclusion in their enrollment process and access to
- [An Evaluation of Denver's SchoolChoice Process, 2012–2014: Is the School Enrollment System Working for Families?](https://crpe.org/an-evaluation-of-denvers-schoolchoice-process-2012-2014-is-the-school-enrollment-system-working-for-families/) - Read the Brief Since its 2012 implementation, Denver Public School’s SchoolChoice process has been stable and successful, but lingering gaps remain in terms of participation and families’ reasonable access to higher-performing schools. Approximately 80 percent of students are matched with one of their choices, and most students are matched with their top choice school. But
- [Honoring Our Contract: D.C.’s Effort to Ensure Equity in Public Education](https://crpe.org/honoring-our-contract-d-c-s-effort-to-ensure-equity-in-public-education/) - Guest blogger Naomi Rubin DeVeaux discusses how D.C.'s traditional and charter public schools are held accountable for ensuring an equitable education for all students.
- [Charter High Schools and the “Backfill” Debate](https://crpe.org/charter-high-schools-and-the-backfill-debate/) - It's time for the charter sector to address the challenge of how charter high schools can meet the needs of all children in a locality, write Paul HIll and Tricia Maas.
- [Common Enrollment, Parents, and School Choice:  Early Evidence from Denver and New Orleans](https://crpe.org/common-enrollment-parents-and-school-choice-early-evidence-from-denver-and-new-orleans/) - Read the Brief A number of cities across the country are trying to make school choice work better for families by adopting new systems and policies that cover both district and charter schools. The common enrollment system is a promising new development that allows families to fill out a single application with a single deadline
- [The Charter-District Relationship: Is Generating Goodwill Enough?](https://crpe.org/the-charter-district-relationship-is-generating-goodwill-enough/) - Sean Gill and Sarah Yatsko remind us about the important role district-charter compacts play in creating long-lasting, meaningful collaborations.
- [Shining a Light on Common Enrollment](https://crpe.org/shining-a-light-on-common-enrollment/) - Common enrollment more fairly and effectively distributes the available supply of schools, writes Betheny Gross. It also highlights the need for more high-quality schools to go around.
- [New Orleans: Building a Strong Teacher Pipeline for Tomorrow's Schools](https://crpe.org/new-orleans-building-a-strong-teacher-pipeline-for-tomorrows-schools/) - How can we ensure excellent teachers for all New Orleans students? Maggie Runyan-Shefa and Michael Stone of New Schools for New Orleans share their ideas.
- [A Renewed Sense of Hope in New Orleans: Jamar McKneely Talks with Adam Hawf](https://crpe.org/a-renewed-sense-of-hope-in-new-orleans-jamar-mckneely-talks-with-adam-hawf/) - The CEO of InspireNOLA Charter Schools discusses his organization's focus on preparing New Orleans students to graduate college and impact their communities.
- [Changing the Narrative in New Orleans: Sarah Newell Usdin Talks with Adam Hawf](https://crpe.org/changing-the-narrative-in-new-orleans-sarah-newell-usdin-talks-with-adam-hawf/) - The Orleans Parish School Board representative and founder/past CEO of New Schools for New Orleans talks about the need for broader, deeper public engagement in the city's schools.
- [Do Charters Cause Portfolio or Does Portfolio Cause Charters? Chickens and Eggs Revisited](https://crpe.org/do-charters-cause-portfolio-or-does-portfolio-cause-charters-chickens-and-eggs-revisited/) - Christine Campbell looks at the facts and disagrees with Neerav Kingsland's opinion that the portfolio strategy is simply an inevitable response to high charter market share.
- [A Culture of High Expectations in New Orleans](https://crpe.org/a-culture-of-high-expectations-in-new-orleans/) - The Director of Intervention at Sci Academy in New Orleans writes about the importance of high expectations for students with significant disabilities.
- [What’s the Next [R]evolution for New Orleans Schools?](https://crpe.org/whats-the-next-revolution-for-new-orleans-schools/) - Neerav Kingsland speculates on what the next groundbreaking regulatory innovation might be for New Orleans public schools.
- [New Orleans: From Recovery to Renaissance](https://crpe.org/new-orleans-from-recovery-to-renaissance/) - Adam Hawf wraps up our guest blog series about what's next for New Orleans schools.
- [The Best of Both Worlds: Can District-Charter Co-Location Be a Win-Win?](https://crpe.org/the-best-of-both-worlds-can-district-charter-co-location-be-a-win-win/) - District schools and charter schools are often at odds. When the two school types share a school building—arrangements known as “co-locations”—the tensions can boil over. But what happens when district and charter leaders approach co-location as a tool to promote school improvement, rather than simply a real estate deal? Based on fieldwork in four improvement-focused
- [The Best of Both Worlds: School District-Charter Sector Boundary Spanners](https://crpe.org/the-best-of-both-worlds-school-district-charter-sector-boundary-spanners/) - A growing number of school districts are moving away from the idea that charter schools are the enemy. Instead, districts are breaking down barriers and openly discussing how to share resources, responsibilities, and knowledge of what works. This report explores a lesser-known form of knowledge transfer: the practice of superintendents looking beyond the usual candidate
- [Backfill in Charter High Schools: Practices to Learn From and Questions to be Answered](https://crpe.org/backfill-in-charter-high-schools-practices-to-learn-from-and-questions-to-be-answered/) - Backfill, or whether charter high schools fill open seats after initial enrollment, has become a contentious issue for those in and around the charter sector. Some have criticized urban charter schools that admit few or no transfer students for doing so to protect their high average test scores, while others have defended the restricted acceptance
- [Opening Doors: OneApp Improves Enrollment Process but Shows Need for More Good Schools](https://crpe.org/opening-doors-oneapp-improves-enrollment-process-but-shows-need-for-more-good-schools/) - Betheny Gross explains how the New Orleans common enrollment system is evolving and improving.
- [An Alternative View on Charter Schools and Backfill](https://crpe.org/an-alternative-view-on-charter-schools-and-backfill/) - Robin Lake disagrees with Paul Hill's views on backfill, arguing that recreating the old system is not inevitable if we are alert and follow the evidence.
- [The Obligations of High-Output Charter High Schools](https://crpe.org/the-obligations-of-high-output-charter-high-schools/) - Paul Hill argues that by asking the most effective charter high schools to backfill, they could begin to look like traditional comprehensive high schools.
- [Hiring District Leaders From the Charter Sector: A Conversation with Superintendents Tom Boasberg and Duncan Klussmann](https://crpe.org/hiring-district-leaders-from-the-charter-sector-a-conversation-with-superintendents-tom-boasberg-and-duncan-klussmann/) - Sarah Yatsko recently talked with two superintendents about an under-the-radar trend in district hiring practices: filling high-level central office positions with leaders from the charter sector.
- [School Systems Need a Disaster Response Plan](https://crpe.org/school-systems-need-a-disaster-response-plan/) - New Orleans used the portfolio strategy to rebuild its school system after Hurricane Katrina. Jordan Posamentier explains why the strategy can better position districts to be resilient in the face of disasters.
- [Realizing the True Power of State-Run School Districts](https://crpe.org/realizing-the-true-power-of-state-run-school-districts/) - The long game can’t just be about circumventing a broken system, writes Robin Lake. The real payoff is getting localities to adopt serious reform strategies.
- [Lessons for L.A. on Improving District-Charter Relations](https://crpe.org/lessons-for-l-a-on-improving-district-charter-relations/) - Sarah Yatsko urges LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King to follow through on her call for traditional public schools and charters to work together.
- [Roots of Engagement in Baton Rouge: How Community Is Shaping the Growth of New School Options](https://crpe.org/roots-of-engagement-in-baton-rouge-how-community-is-shaping-the-growth-of-new-school-options/) - Read the Related Blog Typical community engagement efforts around school reform initiatives might include holding meetings with residents, community groups, and families to solicit buy-in for plans and changes already well underway. The deeper work of building relationships over time with the intended beneficiaries of reforms has been largely bypassed in favor of urgency, often
- [Roots of Engagement in Baton Rouge](https://crpe.org/roots-of-engagement-in-baton-rouge/) - Christine Campbell introduces our new paper on one city's efforts to involve the community in creating new high-quality school options.
- [Improving Authorizing to Advance District-Charter Collaboration](https://crpe.org/improving-authorizing-to-advance-district-charter-collaboration/) - Guest blogger Alex Medler writes that focusing more on how authorizers do their work rather than who gets to do the authorizing can be a win-win for both districts and charters.
- [Waive the Waivers](https://crpe.org/waive-the-waivers/) - What are the "sleeper provisions" of ESSA that might encourage the further expansion of parental choice, at least if advocates seize the opportunity? Jordan Posamentier responds to Fordham's 2016 Wonk-a-Thon question.
- [Beyond Quotas: Time for Real Remedies on Harsh Discipline that Excludes Students](https://crpe.org/beyond-quotas-time-for-real-remedies-on-harsh-discipline-that-excludes-students/) - While the overuse of harsh discipline practices is an issue for both charter and traditional public schools, Sarah Yatsko writes that charters could take the lead on innovating fair and effective student discipline.
- [What States Can Do to Promote District-Charter Collaboration](https://crpe.org/what-states-can-do-to-promote-district-charter-collaboration/) - Read the Related Blog With the federal government increasingly ceding authority to states in a revamped Every Student Succeeds Act, many states are looking for new ways to positively influence local work and take on greater leadership. States can—and should—play a more active role in fostering collaboration efforts if they are serious about ensuring quality
- [Grappling With Discipline in Autonomous Schools: New Approaches From D.C. and New Orleans](https://crpe.org/grappling-with-discipline-in-autonomous-schools-new-approaches-from-d-c-and-new-orleans/) - Read the Related Blog This report profiles leading efforts by two cities to bring consistency and fairness to discipline practices in both district and charter schools—with promising early results: Washington, D.C. Leaders focused on boosting transparency and leveraging public scrutiny of high discipline rates in all public schools by producing School Equity Reports documenting school-level
- [How DC and New Orleans Are Addressing Excessive Discipline While Respecting School Autonomy](https://crpe.org/how-dc-and-new-orleans-are-addressing-excessive-discipline-while-respecting-school-autonomy/) - Robin Lake previews our forthcoming report on the efforts of two cities to apply creative and thoughtful discipline policies across charter and traditional public schools.
- [Rising to John King's Challenge](https://crpe.org/rising-to-john-kings-challenge/) - Education Secretary John King called on charter schools to take the lead on rethinking school discipline. Here's how D.C. and New Orleans are doing that.
- [The State of Florida Takes a Leadership Role in District-Charter Collaboration: An Interview with Adam Emerson](https://crpe.org/the-state-of-florida-takes-a-leadership-role-in-district-charter-collaboration-an-interview-with-adam-emerson/) - CRPE's Sean Gill talks with the Florida Department of Education’s charter schools director about his thoughts on how the state's efforts to promote collaboration work is progressing.
- [Tradeoffs, not absolutes, on suspension and expulsion](https://crpe.org/tradeoffs-not-absolutes-on-suspension-and-expulsion/) - Paul Hill adds his opinion to Fordham's forum on discipline practices in America's charter schools.
- [Herding Cats: Managing Diverse Charter School Interests in Collaboration Efforts](https://crpe.org/herding-cats-managing-diverse-charter-school-interests-in-collaboration-efforts/) - More than 23 cities have signed District-Charter Collaboration Compacts— formal agreements between school districts and charter schools that aim to share resources and responsibility and build trust and collegiality to ensure equal access to high-quality schools for all students. Yet, within the charter sector itself there are highly varied perspectives on and motivations for collaboration.
- [Why Collaboration Can Be Harder Than Herding Cats](https://crpe.org/why-collaboration-can-be-harder-than-herding-cats/) - Alex Medler weighs in on our latest report on the challenges of district-charter collaboration.
- [An Outdated District Lens: Why State of Our Cities’ Focus Is Too Narrow](https://crpe.org/an-outdated-district-lens-why-state-of-our-cities-focus-is-too-narrow/) - Betheny Gross argues that a new data tool misses the mark in how it defines public school systems.
- [Apples to Apples: Common School Performance Frameworks as a Tool for Choice and Accountability](https://crpe.org/apples-to-apples-common-school-performance-frameworks-as-a-tool-for-choice-and-accountability/) - Many districts are expanding and diversifying the school options available to parents—a trend that shows no signs of reversing. While all public schools are required to test and publically report results, it remains nearly impossible for families and education and civic leaders to make school-to-school comparisons, especially across district-run and charter public schools. To address
- [Sticking Points: How School Districts Experience Implementing the Portfolio Strategy](https://crpe.org/sticking-points-how-school-districts-experience-implementing-the-portfolio-strategy/) - Since 2013, CRPE has published annual “dashboards” of districts’ progress on portfolio strategy implementation. We recently analyzed the data on trends across all portfolio districts, breaking it down by the strategy’s seven key components. This report shows quite starkly where cities are moving ahead rapidly and where they are getting bogged down for technical or
- [Coming to a City Near You: Common School Performance Measures](https://crpe.org/coming-to-a-city-near-you-common-school-performance-measures/) - Robin Lake summarizes the key lessons learned in our new report on the growing use of Common School Performance Frameworks.
- [Will the New Administration Love School Choice to Death?](https://crpe.org/will-the-new-administration-love-school-choice-to-death/) - The last thing public charter schools need is to have the next president feed the "end of public education" narrative, cautions Robin Lake.
- [Incomplete Reform in Baltimore: An Interview with CRPE research director Betheny Gross](https://crpe.org/incomplete-reform-in-baltimore-an-interview-with-crpe-research-director-betheny-gross/) - Tune in to this discussion about the history of Baltimore's reforms, its successes and failures, and lessons for other districts.
- [Unifying Enrollment in Camden: How Families Experienced the New Enrollment System](https://crpe.org/unifying-enrollment-in-camden-how-families-experienced-the-new-enrollment-system/) - District and charter partners in Camden, NJ, have implemented a new enrollment process designed to give families equal access to schools across the city through a neutral, unified system, while also guaranteeing a spot at their neighborhood school. “Camden Enrollment” replaces a patchwork system of 17 different application forms with a wide range of deadlines.
- [Will DeVos Learn From Detroit’s School Choice Mistakes?](https://crpe.org/will-devos-learn-from-detroits-school-choice-mistakes/) - Detroit's problem hasn’t been school choice itself, writes Robin Lake, it’s the way choice has been executed.
- [Taking Betsy DeVos Up on What She Has Said](https://crpe.org/taking-betsy-devos-up-on-what-she-has-said/) - Paul Hill looks for potential areas of agreement with the new education secretary.
- [Is Charter School Growth Flat-Lining?](https://crpe.org/is-charter-school-growth-flat-lining/) - Robin Lake considers the reasons, and possible solutions, for the recent decline in charter growth.
- [With Liberty Comes Responsibility: Why the Portfolio Strategy Matters Now More Than Ever](https://crpe.org/with-liberty-comes-responsibility-why-the-portfolio-strategy-matters-now-more-than-ever/) - As the school choice debate becomes more polarized, Robin Lake urges education leaders to double down on working across sector lines.
- [How State Education Philosophy Informs Local District-Charter Cooperation Efforts](https://crpe.org/how-state-education-philosophy-informs-local-district-charter-cooperation-efforts/) - States diverge considerably in their philosophy about the relationship between school districts and charter schools, and the difference seems to matter to local collaboration efforts.
- [What’s Next for Newark?](https://crpe.org/whats-next-for-newark/) - With the return to local control, NPS leaders will need to work with the city’s surging charter sector to ensure opportunity and equity citywide.
- [Dear States: Don’t forget about us. Love, the 95% of your schools not slated for turnaround.](https://crpe.org/dear-states-dont-forget-about-us-love-the-95-of-your-schools-not-slated-for-turnaround/) - Jordan Posamentier discusses CRPE’s new analysis on how states are retooling their education accountability systems under ESSA.
- [A Guide to Unifying Enrollment: The What, Why, and How for Those Considering It](https://crpe.org/a-guide-to-unifying-enrollment-the-what-why-and-how-for-those-considering-it/) - As urban education landscapes grow more complex, families need help making sense of their public school options, both district and charter. To assist with this process, some cities have launched unified enrollment systems, providing a common timeline for procedures, common application materials, centralized mechanisms to match students to schools, and comprehensive information systems that explain
- [District and Charter Leaders Talk Collaboration…In a Fishbowl](https://crpe.org/district-and-charter-leaders-talk-collaborationin-a-fishbowl/) - It’s common knowledge that school districts and charter schools rarely collaborate. At best, they are like oil and water and at worst, like cats and dogs.
- [Increasing the Demand for High-Quality Schools in Cleveland](https://crpe.org/increasing-the-demand-for-high-quality-schools-in-cleveland-2/) - Mike DeArmond and José Hernández profile Cleveland’s school transformation plan, launched five years ago, and find promising trends in its initiatives to improve school choice.
- [Good Government Is Not Good Enough When Managing Choice in the Real World](https://crpe.org/good-government-is-not-good-enough-when-managing-choice-in-the-real-world/) - Mike DeArmond discusses how the theory of school choice works for families in the real world, drawing on a lively session from CRPE's February Portfolio meeting.
- [Can Public Transportation Improve Students’ Access to Denver’s Best Schools of Choice?](https://crpe.org/can-public-transportation-improve-students-access-to-denvers-best-schools-of-choice/) - Read the related blog. Transportation is a vexing concern for cities like Denver that offer families school choice. A choice system can’t truly be equitable if the best schools aren’t accessible for large numbers of students. To examine whether providing all Denver Public Schools (DPS) students with passes for Denver’s Regional Transit District (RTD) service
- [“It’s Not My Problem!” Why Charter Schools and Districts Need to Work Together on the Politics of School Closure](https://crpe.org/its-not-my-problem-why-charter-schools-and-districts-need-to-work-together-on-the-politics-of-school-closure-2/) - Robin Lake and Alice Opalka discuss the importance of cross-sector cooperation when it comes to replacing low-performing schools.
- [‘It’s Not My Problem!’ Why Charter Schools and Districts Need to Work Together on the Politics of School Closure](https://crpe.org/its-not-my-problem-why-charter-schools-and-districts-need-work-together-politics-school-closure/) - Robin Lake and Alice Opalka write on the importance of collaboration between school districts and charter schools in this piece for Education Next.
- [Better Together: Ensuring Quality District Schools in Times of Charter Growth and Declining Enrollment](https://crpe.org/better-together-ensuring-quality-district-schools-in-times-of-charter-growth-and-declining-enrollment/) - Read what experts from across the district and charter spectrum are saying about this report. Our guest blog series captures more in-depth perspectives. In a report drawn from a convening of school district superintendents, charter leaders, school finance experts, and other education experts in Houston earlier this year, CRPE recommends that urban districts and charter
- [The charter movement’s “tipping point” strategy isn’t working. What now?](https://crpe.org/the-charter-movements-tipping-point-strategy-isnt-working-what-now-2/) - Robin Lake opines on Mike Petrilli’s argument for just “letting school districts be school districts.”
- [Experts Respond to Better Together: How Can Districts and Charters Tackle Declining Enrollment?](https://crpe.org/experts-respond-to-better-together-how-can-districts-and-charters-tackle-declining-enrollment/) - In a new blog series, we invite several experts to weigh in on the challenges and opportunities for addressing this complex and urgent issue.
- [Reviews of "Better Together: Ensuring Quality District Schools in Times of Charter Growth and Declining Enrollment"](https://crpe.org/reviews-of-better-together-ensuring-quality-district-schools-in-times-of-charter-growth-and-declining-enrollment/) - Our report, Better Together: Ensuring Quality District Schools in Times of Charter Growth and Declining Enrollment, is intended to spur constructive dialogue and action on a complex issue that has long divided education leaders.
- [The Forces Behind Declining Enrollment and a New Way Forward](https://crpe.org/the-forces-behind-declining-enrollment-and-a-new-way-forward/) - Chester E. Finn, Jr., weighs in on whether districts and charters will be able to work together on the financial challenges of declining enrollment.
- [Making School Choice Work for Families: DC School Reform Now’s High Quality Schools Campaign](https://crpe.org/making-school-choice-work-for-families-dc-school-reform-nows-high-quality-schools-campaign/) - While Washington, D.C., boasts one of the most extensive systems of public school choice in the nation, some families struggle to take advantage of the opportunities school choice offers. The innovative High Quality Schools Campaign (HQSC), developed by DC School Reform Now (DCSRN), pairs families with parent advocates, who leverage direct outreach, persistent follow-up, and
- [Partnership Schools: New Governance Models for Creating Quality School Options in Districts](https://crpe.org/partnership-schools-new-governance-models-for-creating-quality-school-options-in-districts/) - In at least 10 U.S. cities, a new partnership schools model is emerging. This “third way” governance strategy can break through contentious district-charter divides and could help improve struggling schools or increase the number of high-quality neighborhood options. How are partnership schools unique? Like charter schools, partnership schools enjoy more freedom of action than traditional
- [Don’t Limit High-Quality Public School Options For Students](https://crpe.org/dont-limit-high-quality-public-school-options-for-students/) - Susan Aud Pendergrass urges districts and charters to collaborate on solutions to address declining enrollment without harming students and families.
- [Four Reasons School Districts Can Be Financially Impaired by Charter School Growth](https://crpe.org/four-reasons-school-districts-can-be-financially-impaired-by-charter-school-growth/) - Carrie Stewart of Afton Partners unpacks the fiscal complications of district enrollment decline.
- [District Schools? Charters? In Indianapolis, Partnership Schools Offer A Third Way](https://crpe.org/district-schools-charters-in-indianapolis-partnership-schools-offer-a-third-way/) - Sean Gill writes about a promising new model for school improvement.
- [Reframing the District-Charter Narrative](https://crpe.org/reframing-the-district-charter-narrative/) - While sector conflicts garner the most attention nationally, writes Alex Medler, lots of constructive work is taking place locally.
- [Brokering the Grand Bargain](https://crpe.org/brokering-the-grand-bargain/) - Ethan Gray of Education Cities explains why third-party leaders can help broker meaningful district-charter partnerships.
- [Communities Need Districts and Charters to Collaborate More and Compete Less](https://crpe.org/communities-need-districts-and-charters-to-collaborate-more-and-compete-less/) - Charter School Principal Sharif El-Mekki says education leaders must work together to ensure every child has access to high-quality education
- [A Flexible “Third Way” Option: Partnership Schools on the Rise](https://crpe.org/a-flexible-third-way-option-partnership-schools-on-the-rise/) - Christine Campbell explains how partnership schools differ from charters, and why these new models could benefit districts, charters, and families.
- [For Portfolio Supporters, Skeptics, and Would-Be Adopters: Some Thoughts From CRPE](https://crpe.org/for-portfolio-supporters-skeptics-and-would-be-adopters-some-thoughts-from-crpe/) - Dozens of school districts across the country have adopted the “portfolio strategy,” an idea originated by CRPE founder Paul Hill in the 1990s. These districts are giving schools power and agency over their futures and focusing the role of the central office on supporting schools, fairly measuring outcomes, and developing ways to ensure that equity
- [Stepping Up: How Are American Cities Delivering on the Promise of Public School Choice?](https://crpe.org/stepping-up-how-are-american-cities-delivering-on-the-promise-of-public-school-choice/) - Read the Executive Summary or the full Analysis. Explore individual City Reports. Public school choice is increasingly the “new normal” in cities across the country, creating new opportunities for families to choose from a wider variety of instructional models across a range of school types—from traditional district-run to magnet to charter. But how well are
- [For public school choice, focus on reality—not rhetoric](https://crpe.org/for-public-school-choice-focus-on-reality-not-rhetoric/) - Citing evidence from CRPE’s new analysis, Robin Lake writes that the debate over school choice is out of touch with the experiences of families on the ground.
- [Opening the Schoolhouse Door: Helping Charter Schools Access Space in District-Owned Facilities](https://crpe.org/opening-the-schoolhouse-door-helping-charter-schools-access-space-in-district-owned-facilities/) - Charter schools are an important part of a city’s improvement strategies, yet the growth of high-quality charters is often constrained. When promising charter schools don’t have access to buildings and district-owned buildings sit idle or are underenrolled, the array of public school options for families becomes limited. To explore the effect of district-charter cooperation on
- [The Slowdown in Bay Area Charter School Growth: Causes and Solutions](https://crpe.org/the-slowdown-in-bay-area-charter-school-growth-causes-and-solutions/) - Read the executive summary.Read the article in Education Next.Read the full report. Why Is Charter Growth Slowing? Lessons From the Bay Area Since 2013, charter school growth has slowed significantly across the country, and the trend is similar in the San Francisco Bay Area. In fact, the 2016-2017 school year marked the first time in
- [Community College Transfer and Articulation Policies: Looking Beneath the Surface](https://crpe.org/community-college-transfer-and-articulation-policies-looking-beneath-the-surface/) - As the demand for higher education has grown, so has the role of community colleges in providing post-secondary education to students. The development of curriculum articulation and school transfer policies is one policy movement that demonstrates the extent to which state policymakers view community colleges as creating greater and broader access for students. Recent research
- [Can Transfer and Articulation Policies Propel Community College Students to a Bachelor's Degree—and Is This the Only Goal?](https://crpe.org/can-transfer-and-articulation-policies-propel-community-college-students-to-a-bachelors-degree-and-is-this-the-only-goal/) - This policy review summarizes research completed as part of the Community Colleges and Higher Education initiative. The brief considers more broadly the role of the transfer and articulation policies in higher education policy and administration. The authors argue that, although research (including their own) has consistently failed to find a direct connection between state transfer
- [Separation of Degrees: State-By-State Analysis of Teacher Compensation for Master's Degrees](https://crpe.org/separation-of-degrees-state-by-state-analysis-of-teacher-compensation-for-masters-degrees/) - School district finances are organized around the assumption that revenues will increase more or less steadily, and at a rate higher than inflation. Recent shifts in the underlying economic conditions of the country, however, suggest that it would be foolhardy to continue operating under this assumption. Many school districts will face stagnant or declining revenues
- [How Public Universities Close Budget Gaps Matters For States](https://crpe.org/how-public-universities-close-budget-gaps-matters-for-states/) - Cuts to support for higher education have prompted some universities to attempt to offset reductions in state funds by raising tuition, shifting admission spots to more out-of-state students, and increasing enrollment. For a given budget gap, these strategies should be weighed both for their revenue-generating capacity and for their impact on the university’s mission to
- [Are Residents Losing Their Edge in Public University Admissions? The Case at the University of Washington](https://crpe.org/are-residents-losing-their-edge-in-public-university-admissions-the-case-at-the-university-of-washington/) - There is a longstanding implicit bargain that comes with state-supported higher education: subsidized prices for in-state students, and resident preference in the admissions process. News reports now suggest that public universities across the country are shifting more spots to nonresidents (who pay higher tuitions) in order to plug budget gaps, prompting critics to worry that
- [Families Deserve a Seat at the AI Table](https://crpe.org/families-deserve-a-seat-at-the-ai-table/) - As AI rapidly reshapes the classroom, families are hopeful but uncertain. While the majority of families surveyed by the National Parents Union (NPU) in 2023 agreed that the potential benefits of AI in K-12 education either outweigh or are equal to the possible downsides, only a fraction feel confident in their understanding of the technology.
- [From Tool to Transformation: Rethinking AI for Teacher Education](https://crpe.org/from-tool-to-transformation-rethinking-ai-for-teacher-education/) - Each time teacher educators introduce a new tool into teacher preparation—whether it’s video coaching, micro-credentials, or simulation—we’re redefining what it means to become a teacher.These tools don’t just change how we train educators. They signal what we value in the profession, what we believe good teaching looks like, and how future teachers should be supported,
- [Retooling Educator Preparation for the Future of Learning](https://crpe.org/retooling-educator-preparation-for-the-future-of-learning/) - The United States faces a serious workforce challenge—not just in raw numbers, but in how we prepare and support talent across sectors. As economist Tony Carnevale has emphasized, our economic future depends on a nimble, adaptive workforce. But the systems designed to develop that workforce—including our education system—remain rooted in outdated models. This is especially
- [Amid school closures, Oakland REACH parents created a path into higher-performing schools. Here’s how they did it.](https://crpe.org/amid-school-closures-oakland-reach-parents-created-a-path-into-higher-performing-schools-heres-how-they-did-it/) - People in Action: Leaders changing minds—and communities The Center on Reinventing Public Education’s research often uncovers people with ideas or solutions that are worthy of a bigger stage. Our People in Action series offers space for leaders to explain—in their own words— how they’re addressing the critical needs of students in the hope of building
- [Prepared remarks delivered to the House Education and Labor Committee](https://crpe.org/prepared-remarks-delivered-to-the-house-education-and-labor-committee/) - On May 7, Robin Lake testified before the House Education and Labor Committee.
- [Leading Personalized Learning](https://crpe.org/leading-personalized-learning/) - A new analysis drawn from CRPE’s two-year study on personalized learning explores the behaviors that principals and district leaders use to help teachers create and implement new ways of teaching. School Leaders and the Problems of Change and Innovation CRPE researchers observed how school leaders in the study used “opening” behaviors, which encouraged experimentation, and
- [Mind the Gap: Will All Students Benefit From 21st Century Learning?](https://crpe.org/mind-the-gap-will-all-students-benefit-from-21st-century-learning/) - Striving for Equity in Education To prepare students for an economy driven by technological innovation and a complex social landscape, educators, school districts, and philanthropists have looked to a set of instructional approaches that allow students to express more agency over their learning and enable them to solve real-world problems. These 21st century learning approaches,
- [Notes from our database: The latest on 2021-22’s rocky return to school](https://crpe.org/notes-from-our-database-the-latest-on-2021-22s-rocky-return-to-school/) - This week, more districts are tightening health precautions and clarifying quarantine procedures.
- [More masks, more vaccines, more online learning, but what about quarantines? The latest on school district fall reopening](https://crpe.org/more-masks-more-vaccines-more-online-learning-but-what-about-quarantines-the-latest-on-school-district-fall-reopening/) - Details are still emerging about how districts plan to manage the interruptions as students, or some entire classes or grades, miss days or even weeks of school because of exposure to COVID-19.
- [Bolder leadership needed to keep students safe and learning next year](https://crpe.org/bolder-leadership-needed-to-keep-students-safe-and-learning-next-year/) - Schools cannot afford to squander another year because of tepid leadership and political squabbling; they owe students a chance to gain back the learning opportunities they were denied last year.
- [Most Students in Urban Districts Will Have Summer Learning Options, But Schools’ Plans May Miss the Mark](https://crpe.org/most-students-in-urban-districts-will-have-summer-learning-options-but-schools-plans-may-miss-the-mark/) - Our latest review found that 97 of 100 reviewed districts have now announced some form of summer school programming.
- [How 11 states are using emergency federal funds to make improvements in college and career access](https://crpe.org/how-11-states-are-using-emergency-federal-funds-to-make-improvements-in-college-and-career-access/) - States have a historic opportunity to invest in initiatives that will lead to systemic change and address long-standing inequities.
- [In thousands of districts, 4-day school weeks are robbing students of learning time for what amounts to hygiene theater](https://crpe.org/in-thousands-of-districts-4-day-school-weeks-are-robbing-students-of-learning-time-for-what-amounts-to-hygiene-theater-2/) - Eliminating a full day of in-person instruction was always a high-cost strategy from an education standpoint, and now we have confirmation that it's unnecessary.
- [Districts quiet on how they plan to help students recover from a year of continued disruption](https://crpe.org/districts-quiet-on-how-they-plan-to-help-students-recover-from-a-year-of-continued-disruption/) - We remain largely in the dark about what exactly students can expect to learn and what academic support they will receive for the rest of this challenging school year.
- [Community health, vaccination policies & local preference: How 100 districts are reopening after COVID-19 shutdowns](https://crpe.org/community-health-vaccination-policies-local-preference-how-100-districts-are-reopening-after-covid-19-shutdowns/) - More than two-thirds of the 100 districts we reviewed are offering instruction fully or partially in person in February—nearly double the rate from just two months earlier.
- [Vanishing in plain sight: Districts face barriers identifying and serving students experiencing homelessness](https://crpe.org/vanishing-in-plain-sight-districts-face-barriers-identifying-and-serving-students-experiencing-homelessness/) - We found that unhoused students were largely unmentioned in districts’ fall reopening plans, with only 10 percent of the district plans in our database addressing homeless supports.
- [Reopening checkup: Filling the leadership vacuum will help schools focus on engaging students, addressing learning loss](https://crpe.org/reopening-checkup-filling-the-leadership-vacuum-will-help-schools-focus-on-engaging-students-addressing-learning-loss/) - The latest update of our analysis of 100 of the nation's highest-profile school systems suggests districts have been adapting as they go, but there is much work ahead.
- [How 18 top charter school networks are refining remote learning for the fall](https://crpe.org/how-18-top-charter-school-networks-are-refining-remote-learning-for-the-fall-2/) - Our latest review of reopening plans for 18 leading charter school organizations shows they are strengthening curriculum offerings and modifying schedules to better serve students.
- [Politics, not science, driving many school opening plans](https://crpe.org/politics-not-science-driving-many-school-opening-plans/) - Whether or not schools open should be determined by scientific guidelines, not politics. But is it?
- [Students experiencing homelessness are largely invisible in school reopening plans](https://crpe.org/students-experiencing-homelessness-are-largely-invisible-in-school-reopening-plans/) - The pandemic has heightened the need for services, as well as the complexity in serving students experiencing homelessness.
- [Leading states show how to set clear expectations for remote learning—more should follow their example](https://crpe.org/leading-states-show-how-to-set-clear-expectations-for-remote-learning-more-should-follow-their-example/) - Most states are not being clear about how schools should grade students’ work, monitor attendance, or assess graduation requirements.
- [States must take decisive action to avert the coming education crisis](https://crpe.org/states-must-take-decisive-action-to-avert-the-coming-education-crisis/) - According to a new analysis of state reopening plans by CRPE and Public Impact, states have largely ceded their role in defining how school systems must address the COVID-19 pandemic.
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on Accelerating Student Learning](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-5-experts-weigh-in-on-accelerating-student-learning/) - We asked 5 experts: If we wanted schools not to just remediate but accelerate student learning, what would it look like?
- [First District Reopening Plans Illuminate Tradeoffs and Confusion In Politically Charged Environment](https://crpe.org/first-district-reopening-plans-illuminate-tradeoffs-and-confusion-in-politically-charged-environment/) - Our review of some of the first U.S. districts to release more detailed information on fall 2020-21 planning shows districts are taking divergent paths.
- [More districts are going remote; will they avoid spring's missteps?](https://crpe.org/more-districts-are-going-remote-will-they-avoid-springs-missteps/) - With public health concerns mounting, a growing number of school districts in our nationwide review have shifted their fall plans and are now on track to begin the year fully remote.
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on Politics and Education Reform](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-5-experts-weigh-in-on-politics-and-education-reform/) - We asked 5 experts: Will the pandemic create new political constituencies for education reform?
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 5 Experts Weigh In on What New Roles Teachers Should Play](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-5-experts-weigh-in-on-what-new-roles-teachers-should-play/) - We asked 5 experts: What new roles will teachers have to play in the future, and how should union contracts shift moving forward?
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 8 Experts Weigh In on Families, Schools & Students’ Diverse Needs](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-8-experts-weigh-in-on-families-schools-students-diverse-needs/) - We asked 8 experts: Should families demand that schools take different approaches to supporting students' diverse needs?
- [The Wait for Fall Reopening Plans, and the First Details to Emerge](https://crpe.org/the-wait-for-fall-reopening-plans-and-the-first-details-to-emerge/) - Four months into COVID-19, and just weeks out from the new school year, very few districts in our database report concrete expectations for the 2020-21 school year.
- [Dear States: Don’t Leave Remote Learning to Chance](https://crpe.org/dear-states-dont-leave-remote-learning-to-chance/) - States play critical roles in driving school and district responses to school closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined whether and how states are fulfilling that role.
- [Beyond “No Excuses”: Lessons from a Charter School Network’s Transformation](https://crpe.org/beyond-no-excuses-lessons-from-a-charter-school-networks-transformation/) - Students could not learn that their voice has power when for much of the day the school required their silence.
- [Learning Outside of School: Lessons from ReSchool Colorado’s First Year](https://crpe.org/learning-outside-of-school-lessons-from-reschool-colorados-first-year/) - ReSchool Colorado’s initiatives reveal the possibilities that could emerge if barriers between schools and communities were lowered—and if new structures to support students and their families were built in their place.
- [Can Teachers Bridge the Divide Between Unions and Charter Schools? Strikes in Chicago and L.A. Are Test Cases](https://crpe.org/can-teachers-bridge-divide-between-unions-and-charter-schools-strikes-chicago-and-la-are-test/) - Teachers and administrators in unionized charter schools have an opportunity to show that unionization can benefit teachers and kids.
- [Learning Inside and Outside of School: What Can the Four-Day Week Teach Us?](https://crpe.org/learning-inside-and-outside-of-school-what-can-the-four-day-week-teach-us/) - Rural districts using the four-day school week schedule are experimenting with new, holistic and community-embedded learning opportunities on the fifth, unscheduled school day.
- [Resilience, Hope, and the Power of the Collective: What Puerto Rico can Teach the States about Education Reform](https://crpe.org/resilience-hope-and-the-power-of-the-collective-what-puerto-rico-can-teach-the-states-about-education-reform/) - Puerto Rico’s efforts to improve educational opportunities are rich, varied and locally driven.
- [How a proposal for flexible funding can help families close the enrichment gap](https://crpe.org/how-a-proposal-for-flexible-funding-can-help-families-close-the-enrichment-gap/) - Offering lower-income families an allowance to customize out-of-school learning experiences could help close the enrichment gap.
- [The Future of School Choice Isn't About Schools — It's About Learning Opportunities](https://crpe.org/future-school-choice-isnt-about-schools-all-its-about-empowering-students-wider-array-0/) - The school choice movement should evolve to provide new student pathways and better serve every student's individual needs.
- [The Year of Thinking Forward](https://crpe.org/the-year-of-thinking-forward/) - Serving every student requires a shift in mindset from a portfolio of schools to a portfolio of learning opportunities.
- [How to Ensure New Post-Secondary Pathways Don't Become "Tracks"](https://crpe.org/how-to-ensure-new-post-secondary-pathways-dont-become-tracks/) - Give students flexibility, supports to explore different academic and career pathways without closing the door on other opportunities.
- [Ratchet Effect: The Continuous Evolution of the Portfolio Strategy](https://crpe.org/ratchet-effect-the-continuous-evolution-of-the-portfolio-strategy/) - Despite periodic stalemates, a local portfolio strategy will very likely endure, spread, and continue to evolve.
- [Don’t Call Me an Education Reformer — I Don’t Know What That Means Anymore](https://crpe.org/dont-call-me-an-education-reformer-i-dont-know-what-that-means-anymore/) - I want to engage with real ideas and real people, writes Robin Lake, not labels and groupthink.
- [We Need a More Productive Debate About School Accountability, Not Tired Arguments Over Testing](https://crpe.org/we-need-a-more-productive-debate-about-school-accountability-not-tired-arguments-over-testing/) - It’s more essential than ever to measure student progress, writes Robin Lake, but our measures and methods must continue to evolve.
- [The Enrichment Gap: The Educational Inequity That Nobody Talks About](https://crpe.org/the-enrichment-gap-the-educational-inequity-that-nobody-talks-about/) - Sivan Tuchman and Travis Pillow share findings from a new analysis of student access to out-of-school learning opportunities in Denver.
- [Thinking Forward: How Can Public Education Prepare Every Student for the Challenges of the Future?](https://crpe.org/thinking-forward-how-can-public-education-prepare-every-student-for-the-challenges-of-the-future/) - Robin Lake introduces a set of essays intended to spur discussion about how public education can adapt to a rapidly changing world.
- [A New School Takes Root in New Orleans—And Races Against Time](https://crpe.org/a-new-school-takes-root-in-new-orleans-and-races-against-time/) - Travis Pillow profiles an innovative school leader whose startup seeks to provide students with multiple pathways to financial freedom.
- [Working Smarter, Not Harder: Promising Local Strategies for Improving Charter School Teacher Supply](https://crpe.org/working-smarter-not-harder-promising-local-strategies-for-improving-charter-school-teacher-supply/) - CRPE’s Georgia Heyward and TNTP’s Crystal Harmon share ways education leaders can channel their annual anxiety about teacher hiring into solutions.
- [States Don’t Need to Wait on a Congressional Investigation to Improve Online Charter School Oversight](https://crpe.org/states-dont-need-to-wait-on-a-congressional-investigation-to-improve-online-charter-school-oversight/) - Regulations of online schools are ripe for experimentation at the state and local levels, writes Robin Lake.
- [Today’s Education Systems Won’t Support Tomorrow’s Learners](https://crpe.org/todays-education-systems-wont-support-tomorrows-learners/) - Robin Lake takes a sobering look at what it will take to create a truly personalized learning system.
- [Three Ways Superintendents Can Increase Their Influence](https://crpe.org/three-ways-superintendents-can-increase-their-influence/) - Paul Hill explains why superintendents’ political skills are fundamental for success in their job, and offers a new paper to help prepare aspiring leaders.
- [A Matter of Perspective: Charter Schools From the Inside Out](https://crpe.org/a-matter-of-perspective-charter-schools-from-the-inside-out/) - Sarah Yatsko talks with two "boundary spanners" about how work in the district sector differs from work in the charter sector, the common misperceptions each side holds about the other, and the untapped opportunities for collaboration.
- [Tapping the Political Power of State Chiefs](https://crpe.org/tapping-the-political-power-of-state-chiefs/) - Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim discuss ideas from their new paper, The Power of Persuasion: A Model of Effective Political Leadership by State Chiefs.
- [“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”: Why State Chiefs Should Do Both](https://crpe.org/speak-softly-and-carry-a-big-stick-why-state-chiefs-should-do-both/) - Ashley Jochim and Paul Hill discuss how school chiefs can look for new opportunities under ESSA to effectively use both “hard” and “soft” powers.
- [The “Noble Lie” of Evidence-Based Turnaround Strategies](https://crpe.org/the-noble-lie-of-evidence-based-turnaround-strategies/) - Successful turnaround strategies require a problem-solving approach that leverages evidence but isn’t blind to its limitations, cautions Ashley Jochim.
- [Can Civil Rights Institutions Keep Up as Public Education Evolves?](https://crpe.org/can-civil-rights-institutions-keep-up-as-public-education-evolves/) - Robin Lake argues that the NAACP was misguided in their recent resolution to oppose charter schools.
- [Evidence Matters: Proving Whether School Reforms Make a Difference for Kids](https://crpe.org/evidence-matters-proving-whether-school-reforms-make-a-difference-for-kids/) - Christine Campbell and Betheny Gross outline the kinds of evidence school districts need to provide in order for communities to decide whether education reforms are working.
- [Linking State and Local School Improvement](https://crpe.org/linking-state-and-local-school-improvement/) - Robin Lake introduces a new initiative focused on how states can spur education innovation at the local level.
- [Wells Fargo and the Atlanta Schools Testing Scandal](https://crpe.org/wells-fargo-and-the-atlanta-schools-testing-scandal/) - Paul Hill argues that school performance accountability must be carefully managed, rather than abandoned, to avoid fraudulent practices.
- [Low-Hanging Fruit: Small Ways Schools Can Make Big Differences as the School Year Begins](https://crpe.org/low-hanging-fruit-small-ways-schools-can-make-big-differences-as-the-school-year-begins/) - Robin Lake and her colleagues offer ideas on how schools can make the "back to school" experience easier on students and families.
- [Beware the Iconography Trap of Personalized Learning: Rigor Matters](https://crpe.org/beware-the-iconography-trap-of-personalized-learning-rigor-matters/) - Betheny Gross cautions that, to be successful, personalized learning must include high-quality, challenging content. This is the first in our series of "Notes From The Field."
- [Technology’s Unmet Progressive Promise](https://crpe.org/technologys-unmet-progressive-promise/) - Michael DeArmond observes that few teachers appear to be taking advantage of technology's potential to support progressive teaching. This is the second in our series of "Notes From The Field."
- [Personalized Learning Can’t Ignore School Leaders](https://crpe.org/personalized-learning-cant-ignore-school-leaders/) - Michael DeArmond and Betheny Gross bring attention to the important, but often overlooked, role of principals in personalized learning. This is the third in our series of "Notes From The Field."
- [Why Schools Shouldn’t Go It Alone on Personalized Learning](https://crpe.org/why-schools-shouldnt-go-it-alone-on-personalized-learning/) - Betheny Gross and Colleen McCann say thought partners can provide needed insights and coaching for schools implementing personalized learning. This is the fourth in our series of "Notes From The Field."
- [Taking a Lesson from The Boys in the Boat and Aiming for “Swing”](https://crpe.org/taking-a-lesson-from-the-boys-in-the-boat-and-aiming-for-swing/) - Robin Lake reflects on what "swing" looks like in high-performing schools that serve disadvantaged students.
- [New Research Confirms…Everything We Already Believe](https://crpe.org/new-research-confirmseverything-we-already-believe/) - Robin Lake writes that findings and headlines are now available to support just about any position on any educational topic.
- [Principals Are Not at the Top of States’ Talent Agenda—But They Should Be](https://crpe.org/principals-are-not-at-the-top-of-states-talent-agenda-but-they-should-be/) - Christine Campbell introduces the school leadership policy toolkit, a collaboration between CRPE and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, that helps states and human-capital advocates build an effective strategy for developing and retaining strong school leaders.
- [Tough Sledding Ahead as NOLA Schools Return to Local Control](https://crpe.org/tough-sledding-ahead-as-nola-schools-return-to-local-control/) - Robin Lake and Ashley Jochim discuss the risks and benefits of a proposal to transition New Orleans schools back to local control.
- [Following the Money in Personalized Learning](https://crpe.org/following-the-money-in-personalized-learning/) - Robin Lake on findings from our study of how personalized learning schools allocate their resources.
- [Black Education Leaders on Why Reformers Need an Attitude Adjustment](https://crpe.org/black-education-leaders-on-why-reformers-need-an-attitude-adjustment/) - A candid discussion between three prominent education reform leaders on what they see as problems within the movement, and what needs to change to sustain it.
- [A Grand Bargain on Title I: Fulfilling the Promise](https://crpe.org/a-grand-bargain-on-title-i-fulfilling-the-promise/) - The ESEA rewrite should require districts to level the financial playing field before doling out Title I dollars, write Marguerite Roza and Robin Lake.
- [Fix the Problems, but Don’t Retreat on Accountability](https://crpe.org/fix-the-problems-but-dont-retreat-on-accountability/) - Sandy Kress, former senior advisor on education to President George W. Bush, continues our blog series on fixing school accountability systems.
- [In New Orleans, the Work Has Just Begun](https://crpe.org/in-new-orleans-the-work-has-just-begun/) - Paul Hill recalls New Orleans' public education system since Hurricane Katrina, and discusses potential future pitfalls and opportunities.
- [Truth in Advertising in the Portfolio Strategy](https://crpe.org/truth-in-advertising-in-the-portfolio-strategy/) - Robin Lake cautions those who want to support portfolio efforts need to be skeptical of people who adopt the word without being serious about implementing the reform.
- [Surging enrollment in virtual schools during the pandemic spurs new questions for policymakers](https://crpe.org/surging-enrollment-in-virtual-schools-during-the-pandemic-spurs-new-questions-for-policymakers/) - For some students, virtual learning has been and will continue to be a sought-after option.
- [Has the number of homeschoolers doubled? Or are the lines blurring?](https://crpe.org/has-the-number-of-homeschoolers-doubled-or-are-the-lines-blurring/) - It’s time to embrace an understanding of homeschooling that acknowledges the proliferation of new approaches that blur current definitional boundaries and break down barriers between school, home, and community.
- [How 100 large urban districts are wrapping family & community input into plans for spending federal emergency school relief funds](https://crpe.org/how-100-large-urban-districts-are-wrapping-family-community-input-into-plans-for-spending-federal-emergency-school-relief-funds/) - Districts have wide latitude in how they will use the funds, with one clear mandate: that they engage in “meaningful consultation” with their communities and factor this input into spending choices.
- [First look at ESSER priorities: Districts are placing their bets on what they know](https://crpe.org/first-look-at-esser-priorities-districts-are-placing-their-bets-on-what-they-know/) - Our review finds few plans, at least so far, to invest stimulus funding in ways that will address long-term systemic challenges.
- [Many kindergartners aren't showing up as schools reopen in person. How some large urban districts are trying to re-engage families](https://crpe.org/many-kindergartners-arent-showing-up-as-schools-reopen-in-person-how-some-large-urban-districts-are-trying-to-re-engage-families/) - We recommend these strategies for districts to consider to curb declining enrollment in the next school year and beyond.
- [What's behind the racial divide on school reopening?](https://crpe.org/whats-behind-the-racial-divide-on-school-reopening/) - Recent survey data show growing support for in-person learning among Democrats, likely reflecting President Biden’s endorsement. More worrying, however, is that opinion remains deeply split along racial lines.
- [District update: Stronger health precautions, far more virtual options](https://crpe.org/district-update-stronger-health-precautions-far-more-virtual-options/) - So far, our review of 100 large and urban school districts finds all of them plan to resume classes in person.
- [State leaders must choose accountability over complacency in reopening plans](https://crpe.org/state-leaders-must-choose-accountability-over-complacency-in-reopening-plans/) - States must not repeat the mistakes of 2020, when many sidestepped their role in supporting districts’ reopening plans.
- [From crisis response to sustainable solution: What’s next for school district- and community-driven learning pods?](https://crpe.org/from-crisis-response-to-sustainable-solution-whats-next-for-school-district-and-community-driven-learning-pods/) - We turned to our existing database of 372 school district- and community-driven learning pods to answer this question: How sustainable is the learning pod movement?
- [Statewide assessment plans are unclear and neglect remote learners](https://crpe.org/statewide-assessment-plans-are-unclear-and-neglect-remote-learners/) - Weeks away from the end of the school year, it’s still unclear whether assessment data will play a role in shaping academic and social-emotional intervention strategies for 2021–22.
- [The summer puzzle: Summer plans to date are lacking in key areas](https://crpe.org/the-summer-puzzle-summer-plans-to-date-are-lacking-in-key-areas/) - Similar to last year, most summer school plans are vague, and a significant majority lack explicit learning supports and feature incomplete or confusing messaging.
- [As urban districts prepare to reopen, most are not doing enough to communicate how they will keep students and teachers safe](https://crpe.org/as-urban-districts-prepare-to-reopen-most-are-not-doing-enough-to-communicate-how-they-will-keep-students-and-teachers-safe/) - With access to vaccination, teachers and principals can focus more on academic recovery and serve as highly trusted messengers to families.
- [What does ‘attendance’ mean for remote learners in a pandemic? How 106 districts are dealing with absenteeism, student engagement & grades](https://crpe.org/what-does-attendance-mean-for-remote-learners-in-a-pandemic-how-106-districts-are-dealing-with-absenteeism-student-engagement-grades/) - The districts we’re tracking show that much can be done to improve how attendance is recorded and what actions can be taken to maintain high expectations without penalizing students for challenging circumstances.
- [It takes a village: The pandemic learning pod movement, one year in](https://crpe.org/it-takes-a-village-the-pandemic-learning-pod-movement-one-year-in/) - Community-based organizations and adults beyond the teacher are playing an increased role supporting students and their families through the pandemic, but there is room for more learning pods to take advantage of their flexible nature to provide more well-rounded support.
- [One size fits no one: Meeting the varied demands and needs of students](https://crpe.org/one-size-fits-no-one-meeting-the-varied-demands-and-needs-of-students/) - Could providing students more opportunity to shape their learning experience help them manage remote learning and increase engagement?
- [Understanding the learning pods landscape](https://crpe.org/understanding-the-learning-pods-landscape/) - We are launching a national database that will catalogue and make sense of learning pod initiatives across the country, with an eye toward equity.
- [Mapping the landscape of learning in New England](https://crpe.org/mapping-the-landscape-of-learning-in-new-england/) - Our research aims to show how school systems are adapting and innovating in the face of the pandemic, with a particular focus on efforts to sustain learning for high school aged students.
- [We reviewed the school reopening plans for 106 districts around the country. Here's how they square with reality](https://crpe.org/we-reviewed-the-school-reopening-plans-for-106-districts-around-the-country-heres-how-they-square-with-reality/) - After tracking and detailing school systems’ reopening plans for months, our research now turns to how districts are translating their plans into action.
- [Special education must no longer be an afterthought](https://crpe.org/special-education-must-no-longer-be-an-afterthought/) - Districts had all summer to address the concerns that special education families raised this spring. Yet, in many school systems, special education was largely an afterthought in districts’ planning for fall reopening.
- [More districts should seize the opportunity to improve professional learning for teachers](https://crpe.org/more-districts-should-seize-the-opportunity-to-improve-professional-learning-for-teachers/) - Are districts setting teachers up with professional learning opportunities that will allow them to navigate the pandemic successfully?
- [As many school districts reopen virtually, the opportunity gap widens for students living in poverty](https://crpe.org/as-many-school-districts-reopen-virtually-the-opportunity-gap-widens-for-students-living-in-poverty/) - Students in the highest-poverty school systems can’t afford to wait for instruction to go back to “normal.”
- [How 18 top charter school networks are refining remote learning for the fall](https://crpe.org/how-18-top-charter-school-networks-are-refining-remote-learning-for-the-fall/) - Last spring, some of the nation’s most prominent charter networks quickly rolled out remote learning after school closures, including mechanisms that monitored students’ academic progress and gave them access to live lessons. This fast response may have put these charter schools in a strong position to serve students and families remotely this fall. Our latest
- [Racial equity in education: A high priority for parents](https://crpe.org/racial-equity-in-education-a-high-priority-for-parents/) - Unfortunately, parents’ frustrations surrounding racial discrimination have failed to translate to district reopening policies.
- [Rural school districts can be creative in solving the internet connectivity gap—but they need support](https://crpe.org/rural-school-districts-can-be-creative-in-solving-the-internet-connectivity-gap-but-they-need-support/) - We describe the key findings from our work with rural districts during the pandemic.
- [We reviewed 86 districts' reopening plans for the 2020-21 school year. Here's some of what we found](https://crpe.org/we-reviewed-86-districts-reopening-plans-for-the-2020-21-school-year-heres-some-of-what-we-found/) - For many students returning to class in the coming weeks, it will be back to school online.
- [More districts opt for virtual learning; Senate HEALS Act out of touch with public health reality](https://crpe.org/more-districts-opt-for-virtual-learning-senate-heals-act-out-of-touch-with-public-health-reality/) - While many districts hope to delay the start of an eventual return to in-person instruction, at least the first few weeks of the 2020-21 school year promise to be a return to remote learning.
- [Mask-wearing in public schools must not be a partisan issue](https://crpe.org/mask-wearing-in-public-schools-must-not-be-a-partisan-issue/) - Only 20 states, or just under half the 45 states with data, will require mask-wearing in their public schools for at least some teachers and students.
- [Will States Step Up to Address Gaps in Access to Remote Learning This Fall?](https://crpe.org/will-states-step-up-to-address-gaps-in-access-to-remote-learning-this-fall/) - Addressing these gaps will not be easy, but data from this spring give some cause for optimism.
- [Students Count: Highlights from COVID-19 Student Surveys](https://crpe.org/students-count-highlights-from-covid-19-student-surveys/) - We reviewed all available national- and state-level surveys and looked for common themes and important data points.
- [Remote Classes Are in Session for More School Districts, But Attendance Plans Are Still Absent](https://crpe.org/remote-classes-are-in-session-for-more-school-districts-but-attendance-plans-are-still-absent/) - Assuming districts’ attention will soon turn to commencement celebrations, summer learning, and fall contingency planning, it is not clear how much more progress will be made on remote learning this school year.
- [School Systems Make a Slow Transition From the Classroom to the Cloud](https://crpe.org/school-systems-make-a-slow-transition-from-the-classroom-to-the-cloud/) - Developments this week helped drive more school districts in our nationwide review to add depth and breadth to their published distance learning plans.
- [The Digital Divide Among Students During COVID-19: Who Has Access? Who Doesn’t?](https://crpe.org/the-digital-divide-among-students-during-covid-19-who-has-access-who-doesnt/) - We set out to make sense of data from different sources that shed light on the digital divide, the reasons for it, and the inadequacy of past efforts to close it.
- [Too Many Schools Leave Learning to Chance During the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/too-many-schools-leave-learning-to-chance-during-the-pandemic/) - A new brief summarizes our findings from a review of COVID-19 response plans of 477 school districts across the country.
- [Districts Are Missing an Opportunity to Innovate as Most Take Traditional Approaches to Summer School](https://crpe.org/districts-are-missing-an-opportunity-to-innovate-as-most-take-traditional-approaches-to-summer-school/) - Summer offers an opportunity for districts to begin addressing learning gaps that emerged this spring, as well as other needs—like social interaction and special education services—that were unmet while school buildings were closed.
- [Still No Consistent Plan for Remote Learning for Hundreds of Thousands of Students at Some of America's Biggest School Districts](https://crpe.org/still-no-consistent-plan-for-remote-learning-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-students-at-some-of-americas-biggest-school-districts/) - Nearly two months into our nationwide tracking effort, most of the 82 school districts we reviewed provide some form of instruction.
- [Avoiding Long-Term Harm from “Do No Harm” Grading Policies](https://crpe.org/avoiding-long-term-harm-from-do-no-harm-grading-policies/) - Months of uneven expectations for student learning could create more inequitable outcomes in the long run.
- [Federal Special Education Guidance is Clear; Now States Must Step Up](https://crpe.org/federal-special-education-guidance-is-clear-now-states-must-step-up/) - Our first-of-its-kind analysis shows the amount of help states provide to schools varies widely in different parts of the country.
- [Districts and CMOs Are Making Progress on Instruction and Monitoring, But Lag in Grading and Attendance](https://crpe.org/districts-and-cmos-are-making-progress-on-instruction-and-monitoring-but-lag-in-grading-and-attendance/) - Nearly a month has passed since the majority of districts across the country closed.
- [The Latest From a Nationwide Survey: Districts Continue to Struggle Toward Online Learning](https://crpe.org/the-latest-from-a-nationwide-survey-districts-continue-to-struggle-toward-online-learning/) - This week has been a crucial period of preparation in states from Washington to Florida, where distance learning is expected to begin in earnest by the end of March.
- [Homeschooling Can Be a Living Room Laboratory for the Future of Education](https://crpe.org/homeschooling-can-be-a-living-room-laboratory-for-the-future-of-education/) - As a new CRPE research brief shows, homeschoolers are becoming more diverse, and so are their motivations.
- [Underserved Families Can't Always Manage School Choice Alone](https://crpe.org/underserved-families-cant-always-manage-school-choice-alone/) - Our latest report looks at a navigator organization that helps level the playing field so all families can find quality schools that meet their needs.
- [We Must Understand the Real Impact of Charter Schools on California’s School Districts](https://crpe.org/we-must-understand-the-real-impact-of-charter-schools-on-californias-school-districts/) - Three new briefs from CRPE shed light on the debate.
- [Six Things We Learned about Charter Schools and Unionization](https://crpe.org/six-things-we-learned-about-charter-schools-and-unionization/) - Our research disrupts the usual us vs. them narrative, shedding light on where, why, and how often charter school teachers are forming unions.
- [San Antonio ISD’s Innovations Offer National Lessons](https://crpe.org/san-antonio-isds-innovations-offer-national-lessons/) - Superintendent Pedro Martinez and his team exemplify the problem-solving mentality of the portfolio strategy, writes Robin Lake.
- [What You Were Reading in 2017](https://crpe.org/what-you-were-reading-in-2017/) - From a groundbreaking report on school districts’ financial struggles to a just-in-time brief on a new “third way” educational model, here are our top five publications of the year (plus our most popular blog posts).
- [Entrepreneurs Can Breathe New Life into the Charter School Movement](https://crpe.org/entrepreneurs-can-breathe-new-life-into-the-charter-school-movement/) - Travis Pillow argues that the charter school movement, to overcome barriers to growth, must become part of the solution to big problems in public education.
- [Unified Enrollment in Chicago: A New Tool Highlights Old Truths](https://crpe.org/unified-enrollment-in-chicago-a-new-tool-highlights-old-truths/) - Even with a simplified process for choosing high schools, accessing high-quality options remains a challenge for some families.
- [What John McCain's Example Teaches Us about Character in Schools](https://crpe.org/what-john-mccains-example-teaches-us-about-character-in-schools/) - Robin Lake writes that our public education system must do more to instill the values of civic engagement.
- [Strategies for Nimble Cities:  Lessons from Stepping Up, Our 18-City Project](https://crpe.org/strategies-for-nimble-cities-lessons-from-stepping-up-our-18-city-project/) - Georgia Heyward identifies several trends in cities offering public school choice and shares strategies for addressing the most persistent challenges.
- [Personalized Learning’s Weakest Link?](https://crpe.org/personalized-learnings-weakest-link/) - In the push for next gen learning, NGLC director Andy Calkins says the biggest challenge is effective change management.
- [Removing the Boundaries Between High School, College, and Career](https://crpe.org/removing-the-boundaries-between-high-school-college-and-career/) - Twenty-five years ago, CRPE was founded on the idea of the school as the locus of change.
- [How Can Public School Students Get the Personalization that Private Schools Offer?](https://crpe.org/how-can-public-school-students-get-the-personalization-that-private-schools-offer/) - It will take system-level changes for students to fully exploit learning opportunities, writes Paul Hill.
- [Charter Schools, Segregation, and Anxiety About Social Cohesion](https://crpe.org/charter-schools-segregation-and-anxiety-about-social-cohesion-2/) - Paul Hill reviews a new book and is reminded of how tribally divided the policy research field has become.
- [Connecting the Dots: What Do These Examples Imply for System Change?](https://crpe.org/connecting-the-dots-what-do-these-examples-imply-for-system-change/) - Robin Lake considers what it would take for cities to create and oversee a diverse portfolio of learning options.
- [Solving for Complex Learners: NYC Autism Charter School](https://crpe.org/solving-for-complex-learners-nyc-autism-charter-school/) - Robin Lake visits a resource-intensive specialized school that is helping students make the most of their lives.
- [Curating a Portfolio of Student Pathways: Workspace Education](https://crpe.org/curating-a-portfolio-of-student-pathways-workspace-education/) - Robin Lake explores an alternative learning environment that is curating a wide portfolio of options for students.
- [How Can We Get Serious About Successful Pathways for Every Student?](https://crpe.org/how-can-we-get-serious-about-successful-pathways-for-every-student/) - Robin Lake ponders the system changes necessary to support more personalized learning models.
- [Robin Lake to LAUSD: Stop searching for the next superhero — hand your schools the cape](https://crpe.org/robin-lake-to-lausd-stop-searching-for-the-next-superhero-hand-your-schools-the-cape/) - Robin Lake opines on L.A.’s district superintendent search.
- [New NACSA Study, A First Step to Address the Critical Need for Evidence in Authorizing](https://crpe.org/new-nacsa-study-a-first-step-to-address-the-critical-need-for-evidence-in-authorizing/) - Robin Lake finds "trove of fine-grained guidance" for authorizers on performance management, cites areas needing further research.
- [Reforming the School Choice Rhetoric](https://crpe.org/reforming-the-school-choice-rhetoric/) - Sivan Tuchman urges the school choice community to use language that fosters common ground.
- [It’s Time to Study Alternative Schools](https://crpe.org/its-time-to-study-alternative-schools/) - The rapid growth of alternative education campuses should drive researchers to study this new area, writes Alex Medler.
- [Want a Truly Effective School Choice System? Have High-Quality Options in Every Neighborhood](https://crpe.org/truly-effective-school-choice-system-have-high-quality-options-every-neighborhood/) - Betheny Gross offers a reality check on the limits of choice and the burden on children of hours spent in transit.
- [In a Changing Rural America, What Can Charter Schools Offer?](https://crpe.org/in-a-changing-rural-america-what-can-charter-schools-offer/) - Terry Ryan and Paul Hill offer real-world examples of how chartering can be successful in rural communities in this blog originally posted in Brookings Chalkboard.
- [Starting With the “Why” in Personalized Learning](https://crpe.org/starting-with-the-why-in-personalized-learning/) - Betheny Gross says that for personalized learning programs to be successful, schools must first understand why they are implementing it. This is the fifth installment in our series of "Notes From the Field" on personalized learning.
- [Are We Personalizing Learning for the Students Who Need It Most?](https://crpe.org/are-we-personalizing-learning-for-the-students-who-need-it-most/) - Robin Lake cautions that one-size-fits-all personalized learning programs are likely to let some students fall through the cracks. This is the sixth installment in our series of "Notes From the Field" on personalized learning.
- [Time to Help Teachers Generate and Use Their Own Evidence on Digital Tools](https://crpe.org/time-to-help-teachers-generate-and-use-their-own-evidence-on-digital-tools/) - Betheny Gross and Michael DeArmond urge educators to seek out systematic evidence on digital tool effectiveness. This is the seventh installment in our series of "Notes From the Field."
- [Teachers Don’t Need to Go It Alone on Personalized Learning](https://crpe.org/teachers-dont-need-to-go-it-alone-on-personalized-learning/) - Betheny Gross shares how some localities are creating system-level initiatives and networks to help educators remake their classrooms. This is the eighth installment in our series of "Notes From the Field."
- [Personalized Learning Will Live or Die on Ability to Manage Change](https://crpe.org/personalized-learning-will-live-or-die-on-ability-to-manage-change/) - Robin Lake weighs in on the importance of change management when implementing personalized learning. This is the ninth installment in our series of "Notes From the Field."
- [Charters Must Avoid Recreating the Failed School District Financial Model](https://crpe.org/charters-must-avoid-recreating-the-failed-school-district-financial-model/) - Paul Hill and Robin Lake caution that charter schools must avoid accumulating big fixed costs in order be financially sustainable.
- [A Better Future for Rural Communities Starts at the Schoolhouse](https://crpe.org/a-better-future-for-rural-communities-starts-at-the-schoolhouse/) - Paul Hill urges rural schools to better prepare students for the constantly evolving mainstream economy.
- [A troubling contagion: The rural 4-day school week](https://crpe.org/a-troubling-contagion-the-rural-4-day-school-week/) - Hill and Heyward caution that the shorter school week isn't saving rural schools money, and it's risky for students.
- [Can High Standards and Accountability Co-Exist? Lessons From the Common Core Assessment Consortia](https://crpe.org/can-high-standards-and-accountability-co-exist-lessons-from-the-common-core-assessment-consortia/) - Ashley Jochim and Patrick McGuinn examine why many states are abandoning Common Core-aligned assessments even while they embrace the new standards.
- [There Is More Than One Way to Grow Great Schools](https://crpe.org/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-grow-great-schools/) - Joe Siedlecki outlines 15 ideas that city education leaders can use to improve school options for families.
- [Innovation in New England](https://crpe.org/think-forward-new-england/) - While COVID-19 caused unimaginable disruptions to public education, we saw remarkable examples of innovation and commitment to supporting high school student success. In our New England landscape of learning research, we learned that the boundaries of what it means to “reinvent” high school stretched, and in some systems, the momentum for change accelerated. Students and
- [Appendix: About This Project](https://crpe.org/crisis-breeds-innovation-appendix/) - CRISIS BREEDS INNOVATION: Pandemic Pods and the Future of Education Appendix About This Project In the fall of 2020, the Center on Reinventing Public Education launched a national learning agenda on the small pandemic learning communities known as pods. We set out to explore the pandemic pod landscape, both as a response to school closures
- [Voice and choice: New England students highlight which pandemic-era changes should stay—and which should go](https://crpe.org/voice-and-choice-new-england-students-highlight-which-pandemic-era-changes-should-stay/) - Research on the pandemic’s negative impact on student learning, peer-to-peer relationships, and teenagers’ mental health makes it easy to assume high schoolers are eager to “return to normal.” Yet recent conversations with high school students throughout New England reveal very different hopes for this period of recovery. Our researchers and those from Columbia University’s Center for
- [Many districts are doing less this summer to make up for lost learning](https://crpe.org/many-districts-are-doing-less-this-summer-to-make-up-for-lost-learning/) - Despite national attention on bolstering summer school options for students who lost learning time during the pandemic, most large districts have not expanded or improved their 2022 summer programming, according to a review by the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Even after an additional year to plan and more federal recovery dollars available, districts’ 2022 summer programs
- [Oh, the places you’ll go—or not: Graduating seniors may be unprepared for the future](https://crpe.org/graduating-seniors-may-be-unprepared-for-the-future/) - High schools must accelerate academic support and opportunities for several more waves of pandemic-era graduates. Oh, the places you’ll go—or not: Graduating seniors may be unprepared for the future
- [Remote learning options are shutting down as school reopens in fall 2022](https://crpe.org/remote-learning-options-are-shutting-down-as-school-reopens-in-fall-2022/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. Even as Covid-19 infections continue to fluctuate, roughly one-third of the country’s largest school districts are ending their remote learning programs this fall, according to a new review by the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Another third are continuing longstanding programs that had been in place before schools
- [School mask, vaccine mandates are mostly gone. But what if the virus comes back?](https://crpe.org/school-mask-vaccine-mandates-are-mostly-gone-but-what-if-the-virus-comes-back/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. Dusseault: As 100 large districts gear up for a "normal" year, it’s not clear what will happen should another deadly COVID variant arise For the past two years, start-of-school rituals and routines have been waylaid by virus surges, public health concerns, quarantines and overall uncertainty. Will
- [Trends in education innovation from 161 school leaders](https://crpe.org/trends-in-education-innovation-from-161-school-leaders/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. Pockets of innovation scattered across K-12 classrooms won’t be sufficient to address the challenges the nation’s schools face. Meeting the moment will require moving beyond patchwork solutions toward durable, coherent innovations that become deeply embedded in schools. Fortunately, educators around the country are showing what it looks
- [With better policies – and a little help – career-relevant education can move from the exception to the rule in schools](https://crpe.org/with-better-policies-and-a-little-help-career-relevant-education-can-move-from-the-exception-to-the-rule-in-schools/) - If there ever was a time for our schools to embrace career-relevant learning, it is now. With the future of the U.S. economy increasingly unclear, the idea of college as the ticket to financial stability dimming, and the pandemic shining a light on persistent social inequity, it is unsurprising that parents and students want high school
- [‘It really is a community.’ Parents say Summit charter schools pivoted well in the pandemic](https://crpe.org/it-really-is-a-community-parents-say-summit-charter-schools-pivoted-well-in-the-pandemic/) - As schools begin to move past the crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and take stock of the responses that did and didn’t work, Summit Public Schools in Washington state may have more bright spots than other school operators. During a broader study of Washington state charter-school parents, we found a strong pattern at the
- [So, How Did I Do? A Response to My 2024 Predictions on Education](https://crpe.org/so-how-did-i-do-a-response-to-my-2024-predictions-on-education/) - Last February, I went out on a limb and made ten predictions about what we’d see this year in terms of policy and practice. At the time, I said: “Unlike cable news pundits, who rarely hold themselves accountable for their (often faulty) predictions, we will grade ourselves and report back at the end of the
- [2025: The Year for Hard Truths and Bold Solutions](https://crpe.org/2025-the-year-for-hard-truths-and-bold-solutions/) - To CRPE followers, colleagues, and friends: Happy 2025! Longtime readers will know that CRPE prides ourselves on “thinking forward.” We do make straight-out predictions from time to time, but mostly, we look around the corner at looming trends, debates, and developments and consider what it would take to get the best outcomes possible for students.
- [4 Days of School](https://crpe.org/4-days-school/) - Paul Hill discusses the four-day school week on BYU Radio’s Top of Mind With Julie Rose.
- [Curricula on the cutting-room floor: What are we learning about high school priorities, scope, and goals?](https://crpe.org/curricula-on-the-cutting-room-floor-what-are-we-learning-about-high-school-priorities-scope-and-goals/) - There are open questions about the consequences of narrowing curriculum, which students saw their curriculum most curtailed, and what we should learn about the nature of curriculum itself from the year’s experience.
- [These 232 innovative schools are challenging old assumptions about education](https://crpe.org/232-innovative-schools-challenging-assumptions/) - This fall, recovery is the name of the game in K-12. Although COVID-19 persists, schools have reopened and are focusing on getting students back on track. But plenty of the challenges schools are tackling have in fact long predated COVID. Indeed, schools are not just facing the need to recover from the pandemic—they must recover
- [Gentrification Presents Both Challenges and Opportunities for Cities and Schools](https://crpe.org/gentrification-presents-both-challenges-and-opportunities-for-cities-and-schools/) - The rapid movement of young college graduates into previously low-income neighborhoods opens up a new opportunity for effective integrated K–12 education.
- [Don’t Manage Talent by Remote Control](https://crpe.org/dont-manage-talent-by-remote-control/) - Michael DeArmond cautions that state-mandated teacher evaluation systems can weaken principals’ ability to manage teacher talent and urges flexibility for schools that have purposeful HR systems.
- [Pop Quiz: Suburbs](https://crpe.org/pop-quiz-suburbs/) - Jordan Posamentier writes that, in light of changing student populations, the suburban school district is overdue for transformation.
- [6 problems that have made COVID recovery look like a game of ‘Whack-a-Mole’](https://crpe.org/6-problems-that-have-made-covid-recovery-look-like-a-game-of-whack-a-mole/) - District Administration covers CRPE's qualitative report on American School District Panel survey results.
- [Will national wedge issues cripple local education leadership?](https://crpe.org/will-national-wedge-issues-cripple-local-education-leadership/) - Except for pandemic safety issues, which schools must manage, K–12 education is the wrong forum for culture war factions to fight through their differences.
- [Five lessons on how community-driven learning hubs could change school districts long-term](https://crpe.org/five-lessons-on-how-community-driven-learning-hubs-could-change-school-districts-long-term/) - We sat in on nearly three dozen conversations with teams of district leaders and community-based nonprofits that are collaborating to run learning hubs.
- [Building Effective Relationships with a Teacher-Family-Student Triangle](https://crpe.org/building-effective-relationships-with-a-teacher-family-student-triangle/) - For schools to have effective working relationships with parents as co-teachers, they must manage the teacher-family-student triangle more closely than in the past.
- [Innovation in Progress: Proceed with Caution](https://crpe.org/innovation-in-progress-proceed-with-caution/) - As a new study adds to a growing consensus about the keys to successful blended-learning implementation, Tricia Maas offers up a running list of lessons learned.
- [To Survive, Charters Cannot Ignore the Bottom Line](https://crpe.org/to-survive-charters-cannot-ignore-the-bottom-line/) - Marguerite Roza urges the charter sector to get innovative about designing a more sustainable cost structure.
- [Charters Branch Out: Do Moves Into Affluent Areas Signal an Important Trend?](https://crpe.org/charters-branch-out-do-moves-into-affluent-areas-signal-an-important-trend/) - Jeffrey Henig explores the issues around the growth of charter schools in suburban and affluent neighborhoods.
- [Charter School Quality: Policy Matters, But So Does Implementation](https://crpe.org/charter-school-quality-policy-matters-but-so-does-implementation/) - Robin Lake discusses why some charter sectors outpace their local district schools while others are falling behind, part of Fordham Institute's “Charter School Policy Wonk-a-Thon."
- [The Long Road to Accountability](https://crpe.org/the-long-road-to-accountability/) - Guest blogger Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, continues our series on next-gen accountability systems.
- [Taming the Many-Headed School Choice Monster](https://crpe.org/taming-the-many-headed-school-choice-monster/) - Robin Lake looks at what happens in high-choice cities like Detroit when no one is responsible to ensure that there is a good school for every child.
- [COMMENTARY - The Sleeping Giant Awakes: To Focus on School Performance, State Departments Must Adapt](https://crpe.org/commentary-the-sleeping-giant-awakes-to-focus-on-school-performance-state-departments-must-adapt/) - In this commentary, Betheny Gross and Patrick Murphy look at the investments and adaptations state education agencies will need to make to transform their organizations from compliance monitors to active performance managers while facing limited resources, limited time, and rapidly escalating demands.
- [What Does It Take to Educate Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities in General Education Settings? Lessons from Washington’s Public Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/what-does-it-take-to-educate-students-with-mild-to-moderate-disabilities-in-general-education-settings-lessons-from-washingtons-public-charter-schools/) - Including students with disabilities in general education settings has potential benefits on academic outcomes, but it can be difficult to implement well. It has been particularly elusive for Washington State, where fewer than six in ten students with disabilities spend their day in general education settings—the eighth-lowest rate in the country. To identify promising strategies
- [Navigating Out-of-School Learning and the Power of Relationships: Lessons from Year 2 at RESCHOOL Colorado](https://crpe.org/navigating-out-of-school-learning-and-the-power-of-relationships-lessons-from-year-2-at-reschool-colorado/) - In a growing number of cities, new support structures are emerging to help parents overcome barriers to summer enrichment and learning for their children. These supports provide parents with coaches, often called navigators or advocates, who consult with parents on out-of-school learning and other educational issues for their children. In 2017 RESCHOOL Colorado introduced an
- [What’s at Stake in the Ongoing Fight About School Spending Comparability?](https://crpe.org/whats-at-stake-in-the-ongoing-fight-about-school-spending-comparability/) - Paul Hill hopes that ESSA's transparency provisions might mark the turning point in a decades-long struggle over whether districts have a right to skimp on funding their most troubled schools.
- [Cui Bono: Conflicts of Interest Are in the Eyes of the Beholder](https://crpe.org/cui-bono-conflicts-of-interest-are-in-the-eyes-of-the-beholder/) - Steve Hodas describes how NYCDOE's procurement policies undermine educator initiative and its own best interest to get high-quality people and products.
- [inBloom and the Failure of Innovation 1.0](https://crpe.org/inbloom-and-the-failure-of-innovation-1-0/) - Steven Hodas illuminates the reasons behind inBloom's failure, and what innovation really means.
- [The Procurement Tightrope Shouldn’t Tie Districts in Knots](https://crpe.org/the-procurement-tightrope-shouldnt-tie-districts-in-knots/) - Robin Lake and Steven Hodas team up to highlight the challenges innovative school chiefs face when trying to reform outdated procurement practices.
- [Inclusiveness, Simplicity, Flexibility Are Key to Next-Generation Accountability](https://crpe.org/inclusiveness-simplicity-flexibility-are-key-to-next-generation-accountability/) - Guest bloggers Scott Pearson and Naomi Rubin DeVeaux discuss the D.C. Public Charter School Board's use of accountability frameworks to drive student improvement and help families make informed choices.
- [Measuring the Health of the Charter Movement Is Important to Get Right](https://crpe.org/measuring-the-health-of-the-charter-movement-is-important-to-get-right/) - Robin Lake reviews a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
- [BRIEF - Principal Concerns: Iowa May Face Statewide Demand](https://crpe.org/brief-principal-concerns-iowa-may-face-statewide-demand/) - Nearly half of Iowa’s principals will be eligible for retirement in the next five years. These principals are in schools spread evenly geographically and by student poverty level. Collectively, principals eligible for retirement oversee more than 168,000 students, nearly half of all students in the state. In this brief, researchers Michael DeArmond and Monica Ouijdani
- [Principal Concerns in Indiana: Focus on Developing Current Principals](https://crpe.org/principal-concerns-in-indiana-focus-on-developing-current-principals/) - There is a large body of research and policy attention on teacher characteristics, but surprisingly little on principals. This can make it hard for districts and states to make strategic decisions about their principal workforces. This brief uses publicly available state administrative data on principals and schools, as well as data from the U.S. Department
- [BRIEF - Principal Concerns in Wisconsin: Focus on Future Leaders for Rural Schools](https://crpe.org/brief-principal-concerns-in-wisconsin-focus-on-future-leaders-for-rural-schools/) - To address important questions about their principal workforce, states need to build detailed longitudinal data systems like those they use to track teachers and students. But in some places those systems are along way off. In the meantime, administrative data can provide a basic picture to help prompt questions and discussions about school leadership needs.
- [State Chiefs Need To Cage-Bust, Too](https://crpe.org/state-chiefs-need-to-cage-bust-too/) - State education agency leaders too often wring their hands about not having any control over districts instead of finding ways to take advantage of the current leverage they have, writes Robin Lake.
- [To Take the Helm, State Ed Agencies Need a Navigator](https://crpe.org/to-take-the-helm-state-ed-agencies-need-a-navigator/) - Ashley Jochim takes a critical look at a new proposal to shrink state education agencies.
- [Buried Treasure: An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair](https://crpe.org/buried-treasure-an-impossible-job-the-view-from-the-urban-superintendents-chair/) - Christine Campbell considers how the job of today's urban superintendent has changed—and how it hasn't—since this report was published a decade ago.
- [Keeping Personalized Learning Schools on Track](https://crpe.org/keeping-personalized-learning-schools-on-track/) - Larry Miller and Betheny Gross discuss the role of charter school authorizers in the effort to increase personalized learning programs in schools
- [Chartering Schools: We Have to Get It Right](https://crpe.org/chartering-schools-we-have-to-get-it-right/) - For chartering to work, authorizers can't be compromised by financial or political dependency on the schools they oversee, writes Paul Hill.
- [Buried Treasure: It Takes a City](https://crpe.org/buried-treasure-it-takes-a-city/) - Ashley Jochim explores the book's still timely political lessons on implementing and sustaining urban school reforms.
- [Agents of Change: The Portfolio Strategy CEO](https://crpe.org/agents-of-change-the-portfolio-strategy-ceo/) - Paul Hill on what it takes be an effective portfolio strategy CEO.
- [Is There a Third Way for ESEA?](https://crpe.org/is-there-a-third-way-for-esea/) - Linda Darling-Hammond and Paul Hill find common ground on educational accountability, and urge congress to do the same. This blog was originally published in the Huffington Post.
- [What’s Next for Accountability?](https://crpe.org/whats-next-for-accountability/) - Robin Lake wraps up our blog series on accountability with a look at where we go from here.
- [A New Start on Accountability](https://crpe.org/a-new-start-on-accountability/) - Paul Hill, Robin Lake, and Michael Petrilli kick off a blog series intended to prompt a productive dialogue around fixing school accountability systems.
- [Schools Can’t Innovate Until Districts Do](https://crpe.org/schools-cant-innovate-until-districts-do/) - Robin Lake introduces a series of new CRPE papers focusing on districtwide redesign to support innovative schools.
- [The Best of Both Worlds: Boundary Spanners & Co-location](https://crpe.org/the-best-of-both-worlds-boundary-spanners-co-location/) - CRPE has produced two new reports on district-charter collaboration. District-Charter Sector Boundary Spanners A growing number of districts are moving away from the idea that charter schools are the enemy.
- [Can Districts Learn to Innovate? Lessons from NYC](https://crpe.org/can-districts-learn-to-innovate-lessons-from-nyc/) - Robin Lake revisits the innovative efforts of NYCDOE's iZone, introducing a new paper by Steven Hodas.
- [Buried Treasure: A New Look at Inequities in School Funding](https://crpe.org/buried-treasure-a-new-look-at-inequities-in-school-funding/) - Larry Miller revisits the groundbreaking study that revealed how the budgeting system used by most districts was broken - and how to fix it.
- [Suspending Belief](https://crpe.org/suspending-belief/) - Sarah Yatsko calls for schools to understand and address the root causes of disruptive student behavior when crafting discipline practices.
- [“Batter Up!” Advice as States Step Up to the Plate on ESEA Implementation](https://crpe.org/batter-up-advice-as-states-step-up-to-the-plate-on-esea-implementation/) - As Congress reauthorizes ESEA, states will play a paramount role in education. Drawing on lessons from the new volume of The SEA of the Future, Ashley Jochim and Betheny Gross offer suggestions on how SEAs could strategically develop evidence-based education policy.
- [When YES Means No](https://crpe.org/when-yes-means-no/) - YES Prep has pulled out of Memphis. It will take a while to uncover all the lessons from this story, writes Robin Lake in this blog, but one thing is obvious: we need more charter providers who are willing to take on the turnaround challenge. And those providers need support.
- [Time to Take Stock on Charter Authorizing](https://crpe.org/time-to-take-stock-on-charter-authorizing/) - Robin Lake looks at the progress charter authorizers have made on accountability, and says there's still much work to be done.
- [Ten Years After: What's Next for New Orleans?](https://crpe.org/ten-years-after-whats-next-for-new-orleans/) - Robin Lake kicks off a series of blogs from education leaders in New Orleans, who share their ideas on what will it take to bring the city's schools to a much higher level of success.
- [New Orleans: Special Education Solutions](https://crpe.org/new-orleans-special-education-solutions/) - While many charter school leaders across the country grapple with how to best provide and pay for special education, New Orleans recently became the first city in the nation to tackle special education on the fiscal, human capital, and program fronts
- [Portfolio Governance Reforms: Why We Shouldn’t Wait](https://crpe.org/portfolio-governance-reforms-why-we-shouldnt-wait/) - Robin Lake discusses why the portfolio strategy is worth pursuing now, while we work to build a robust evidence base around what works and what doesn't.
- [Rethinking High Schools: Past Efforts Should Inform New Models](https://crpe.org/rethinking-high-schools-past-efforts-should-inform-new-models/) - Paul Hill and Tricia Maas call for support of a new initiative to develop innovative high school models and discuss how it could be successful.
- [Returning the Favor: David Osborne Goes Deep in "Reinventing America's Schools"](https://crpe.org/returning-the-favor-david-osborne-goes-deep-in-reinventing-americas-schools/) - Paul Hill shares his thoughts on David Osborne's new book, Reinventing America's Schools.
- [Time Flies When You’re Reinventing](https://crpe.org/time-flies-when-youre-reinventing/) - In this final post of our “Buried Treasure” blog series, Robin Lake revisits the book that has shaped CRPE's work for 20 years: Reinventing Public Education.
- [Separating Fiscal Fact from Fiction: Journalists Needed](https://crpe.org/separating-fiscal-fact-from-fiction-journalists-needed/) - Journalists must take the lead in separating fact from fiction in the debate on charter schools' fiscal impacts on districts.
- [Charter Schools: Good or Bad for Students in Districts](https://crpe.org/charter-schools-good-or-bad-for-students-in-districts/) - Paul Hill argues that the question of effects of charter growth on district schools and students is important enough to warrant thorough and objective study and that we should not settle for incomplete or cherry-picked evidence.
- [Thinking Forward in 2020](https://crpe.org/thinking-forward-in-2020/) - CRPE’s work in the new year includes exciting new research that flows from the Thinking Forward 25th anniversary project.
- [Access to Out-of-School Resources in Denver](https://crpe.org/access-to-out-of-school-resources-in-denver/) - This project, conducted in collaboration with the University of Washington’s Data Science for Social Good program, analyzes data from ReSchool Colorado’s work on summer opportunities through their “Blueprint4SummerCO” platform. The online platform is designed to give families a simple way to gain information about summer programs for their children. Programs can be searched by category
- [Incubate for America?](https://crpe.org/incubate-for-america/) - Ethan Gray writes about a new breed of organizations—charter school incubators—emerging in cities across the US, bringing some private-sector strategies to the charter school start-up scene.
- [Nashville Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/nashville-forecast-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-charter-schools/) - Robin Lake discusses what the portfolio strategy could mean for students in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.
- [John Deasy and the Impossible Job](https://crpe.org/john-deasy-and-the-impossible-job/) - Robin Lake writes about L.A. Supt. John Deasy's possible resignation and the need to fix the systems and structures that get in the way of school improvement for urban students.
- [Washington's Charter Schools May Not Be "Common" But They ARE Public](https://crpe.org/washingtons-charter-schools-may-not-be-common-but-they-are-public/) - Contrary to early media reports that the Washington State charter school law was found unconstitutional, the judge actually upheld the entire charter law, with some minor exceptions, Robin Lake writes.
- [What the NAEP TUDA Results Don’t Tell Us](https://crpe.org/what-the-naep-tuda-results-dont-tell-us/) - Robin Lake writes that the NAEP TUDA results—and the reaction they cause—are a reminder of the need for meaningful educational outcome data in cities.
- [The Big Message from NAEP TUDA](https://crpe.org/the-big-message-from-naep-tuda/) - Paul Hill's takeaway from the NAEP TUDA scores: the problem of educating low-income and minority children in big cities is still waiting to be solved.
- [A Tale of Two (Charter) Cities](https://crpe.org/a-tale-of-two-charter-cities/) - Robin Lake cautions against celebrating school choice as an end in itself, as Detroit and other cities show that unregulated school choice is a nightmare for parents and very difficult to fix.
- [New York City Compact Threatened: New Mayor’s Proposed Policies Could Set Back Efforts to Improve District-Charter Collaboration and Equity](https://crpe.org/new-york-city-compact-threatened-new-mayors-proposed-policies-could-set-back-efforts-to-improve-district-charter-collaboration-and-equity/) - NYC’s mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has proposed a moratorium on co-location of district and charter schools and is considering charging rent to at least some charter schools that use city facilities.
- [Race to the Top-District: Portfolio School Districts Have the Advantage](https://crpe.org/race-to-the-top-district-portfolio-school-districts-have-the-advantage/) - The US Department of Education has released details of its latest funding competition, Race to the Top-District.
- [Buried Treasure: High Schools With Character](https://crpe.org/buried-treasure-high-schools-with-character/) - Michael DeArmond explains how this 1990 report moved him from thinking about the classroom to thinking about the bigger picture, and led him to CRPE, where the report's underlying issues still drive much of our work.
- [Buried Treasure: Inside Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/buried-treasure-inside-charter-schools/) - Sarah Yatsko recalls CRPE's 2011 comprehensive charter school study, and what's changed—and hasn't changed—since its release.
- [What Africa Can Teach Us About Educating Low-Income Kids at Scale](https://crpe.org/what-africa-can-teach-us-about-educating-low-income-kids-at-scale/) - In developing countries, desperation is the mother of invention, driving the creation of better, affordable school options at scale. What lessons can the U.S. learn from this approach?
- [Front-Runners and Dark Horses: How Districts Are Faring on Portfolio Strategy Implementation](https://crpe.org/front-runners-and-dark-horses-how-districts-are-faring-on-portfolio-strategy-implementation/) - Christine Campbell and Jordan Posamentier provide insights on the newest annual assessment of school systems implementing the portfolio strategy.
- [Joel Klein’s New York State of Mind](https://crpe.org/joel-kleins-new-york-state-of-mind/) - Paul Hill reviews Joel Klein's new book, Lessons of Hope: How to Fix Our Schools.
- [Advancing and Sustaining College Ready Compacts: Outcomes from the January Superintendents’ Meeting](https://crpe.org/advancing-and-sustaining-college-ready-compacts-outcomes-from-the-january-superintendents-meeting/) - Late last month, district superintendents and charter leaders from 29 U.S. cities were invited to Houston to consider how to reach across the charter-district divide.
- [City Spotlight: Collaboration and Resource Sharing in Spring Branch, Texas](https://crpe.org/city-spotlight-collaboration-and-resource-sharing-in-spring-branch-texas/) - In Spring Branch, Texas, co-location of charter and district school programs is an intentional strategy designed to support sharing best practices across sectors; it evolved from a history of school choice within the Spring Branch Independent School
- [City Spotlight: Denver](https://crpe.org/city-spotlight-denver/) - Beginning this month, one city or metropolitan area will be profiled in each Compact Newsletter. This special spotlight will highlight ongoing district or charter reforms in a specific city. First up is Denver!
- [Spokane, WA: Washington’s First District Authorizer Approaches Charters with a Collaborative Mindset](https://crpe.org/spokane-wa-washingtons-first-district-authorizer-approaches-charters-with-a-collaborative-mindset/) - Washington State voters approved a charter school initiative in 2012—its fourth appearance on the ballot—making Washington the 42nd state to allow charter schools.
- [College and Career Connections in Rural Schools](https://crpe.org/college-and-career-connections-in-rural-schools/) - Paul Hill continues his blog series on rural education, originally published on eduwonk.com.
- [School Discipline Isn’t Working. Let’s Not Attack It or Defend It, Let’s Fix It](https://crpe.org/school-discipline-isnt-working-lets-not-attack-it-or-defend-it-lets-fix-it/) - Sarah Yatsko takes issue with recent talking points about school discipline, and offers evidence to inform a better conversation.
- [The High School Challenge to Districts and Charters](https://crpe.org/the-high-school-challenge-to-districts-and-charters/) - Paul Hill and Tricia Maas discuss challenges and solutions for creating innovative new high schools.
- [Measuring Up: Educational Improvement and Opportunity in 50 Cities](https://crpe.org/measuring-up-educational-improvement-and-opportunity-in-50-cities/) - PLEASE NOTE: Since this report was published, CRPE researchers have conducted a deeper look at policy, implementation, and outcomes in 18 cities. The new report was released in November 2017 and updated in June 2018. Explore citywide education progress reports, compare cities, and read our cross-city analysis here.This report provides a new resource for understanding
- [Measuring Up: How American Cities Are Shortchanging Black Students and What We Can Do About It](https://crpe.org/measuring-up-how-american-cities-are-shortchanging-black-students-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/) - While no city is a model of equal opportunity, writes Christine Campbell, we should see who is doing better and find out how they got there.
- [The Tough Realities of School Turnaround in Tennessee](https://crpe.org/the-tough-realities-of-school-turnaround-in-tennessee/) - Christine Campbell discusses the challenges with school turnaround in Tennessee in light of a new study.
- [We Need a Common Yardstick for Cities](https://crpe.org/we-need-a-common-yardstick-for-cities/) - Better cross-city data is needed to assess school system health so that we don’t end up comparing apples to oranges.
- [Are Innovative K-12 Systems Solutions Hiding In Plain Sight?](https://crpe.org/are-innovative-k-12-systems-solutions-hiding-in-plain-sight/) - Jordan Posamentier explores how innovative ideas from other realms could be used to solve K-12 school system challenges.
- [District-Charter Collaboration Takes Root in Florida](https://crpe.org/district-charter-collaboration-takes-root-in-florida/) - As collaboration between districts and charter schools ebbs and flows in the now 21 cities that signed Compacts with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, new relationships are forming in Florida.
- [Closing the Discipline Gap](https://crpe.org/closing-the-discipline-gap/) - Betheny Gross profiles Los Angeles Unified School District's suspension reform efforts and its recent drop in overall suspension rates.
- [How Washington State Can Keep the Door Open to Charter Schooling](https://crpe.org/how-washington-state-can-keep-the-door-open-to-charter-schooling/) - Robin Lake encourages Washington state to support charter schooling in this guest blog for Fordham's Flypaper.
- [2018 at CRPE: Looking Around the Corner](https://crpe.org/2018-at-crpe-looking-around-the-corner/) - Robin Lake outlines a year of urgency and action on forward-facing solutions.
- [What Does It Mean to ‘Engage’ the Public?](https://crpe.org/what-does-it-mean-to-engage-the-public/) - Christine Campbell recaps Howard Fuller's message to the Portfolio School District Network about public engagement
- [Rethinking the State Role in Education](https://crpe.org/rethinking-the-state-role-in-education/) - Paul Hill shares some new ideas on how states can do more to promote effective schools.
- [How Fordham's Rankings Measure Up](https://crpe.org/how-fordhams-rankings-measure-up/) - Lake and DeArmond examine Fordham's new study on school choice in light of findings from our recent Measuring Up report, and conclude that choice friendliness is no guarantee of good things happening for kids.
- [Are City Schools Becoming Monolithic? Analyzing the Diversity of Options in Denver, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C.](https://crpe.org/are-city-schools-becoming-monolithic-analyzing-the-diversity-of-options-in-denver-new-orleans-and-washington-d-c/) - Read the related blog. As school choice grows in America’s cities, more district leaders are adopting a portfolio approach, giving schools greater autonomy and families more choices while still ensuring accountability. However, some community advocates are concerned that the new school options are not diverse enough to meet students’ needs. For instance, are the pressures
- [Avoiding the Comprehensive Schools Trap for Charter High Schools](https://crpe.org/avoiding-the-comprehensive-schools-trap-for-charter-high-schools/) - Paul Hill and Tricia Maas explain the need for localities to focus on developing highly targeted charter high schools.
- [It’s Time to Rebuild the Sensible Center on Education Reform](https://crpe.org/its-time-to-rebuild-the-sensible-center-on-education-reform/) - Paul Hill responds to a commentary by Diane Ravitch and Carol Burris on school choice, charter schools, and the portfolio strategy.
- [The History—and Future—of School Integration Defy Buzzwords](https://crpe.org/the-history-and-future-of-school-integration-defy-buzzwords/) - Paul Hill discusses the history of school integration and offers lessons learned about ways our school systems can better educate an increasingly diverse population.
- [A Simple Recipe Needs Complex Conditions to Work](https://crpe.org/a-simple-recipe-needs-complex-conditions-to-work/) - Let districts be districts, when they work. But when they don’t, Robin Lake argues, try something else.
- [4 Things States Should Do to Help Students With Disabilities Graduate Ready for the World of Work](https://crpe.org/4-things-states-should-do-to-help-students-with-disabilities-graduate-ready-for-the-world-of-work/) - With unemployment at a historic low, now is the time to focus on those who have been historically underemployed.
- [State Takeovers Remain a Powerful Tool for Improving Schools. States Should Not Walk Away From Them](https://crpe.org/state-takeovers-remain-powerful-tool-improving-schools-states-should-not-walk-away-them/) - The authority to intervene in local districts remains an essential tool if states want to continue playing a meaningful role in improving local schools.
- [What if High School Were Different?](https://crpe.org/what-if-high-school-were-different/) - To realize the goals of "new CTE," we must not only rethink our notions of vocational training; we must also reimagine how we go about secondary schooling.
- [Propelling Career and Technical Education in a Portfolio System](https://crpe.org/propelling-career-and-technical-education-in-a-portfolio-system/) - How do efforts to reinvent career and technical education fit into a broader portfolio strategy to improve the quality and diversity of school options for students?
- [Don't Neglect Districts in the Effort to Advance Portfolio from the Outside](https://crpe.org/dont-neglect-districts-in-the-effort-to-advance-portfolio-from-the-outside/) - To achieve sustained success in influencing portfolio strategy implementation in the longer term, outsiders and insiders need each other.
- [We Need a More Productive Conversation About Charter Schools and Segregation](https://crpe.org/we-need-a-more-productive-conversation-about-charter-schools-and-segregation/) - Putting aside questions of blame for current and past segregation, it's fair to ask: Can charter schools play a more positive role in the future?
- [Charter Schools Advance Innovation—But Often Not in the Ways You'd Expect](https://crpe.org/charter-schools-advance-innovation-but-often-not-in-the-ways-youd-expect/) - Future schools will need charter-like freedoms to fully take advantage of new ways to personalize learning to meet students’ interests and needs and provide meaningful experiences.
- [We Need to Ask the Right Questions about Corruption and Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/we-need-to-ask-the-right-questions-about-corruption-and-charter-schools/) - Attackers and defenders of charter schools are free to pick cases and attach labels, but we shouldn’t lump actual corruption or theft in with debatably unwise uses of funds.
- [In Judging the Consequences of Charter Growth, Weigh Benefits to District Students Against Financial Strains](https://crpe.org/in-judging-the-consequences-of-charter-growth-weigh-benefits-to-district-students-against-financial-strains/) - Settling for cherry-picked or incomplete evidence isn't necessary.
- [How Charter Schools Help Cultivate Good Citizenship](https://crpe.org/how-charter-schools-help-cultivate-good-citizenship/) - Attending charter schools appears to reduce antisocial behavior, like crime and discipline infractions, and increase positive social behavior, like voting.
- [Retooling the District Operating System for Dynamism](https://crpe.org/retooling-the-district-operating-system-for-dynamism/) - Steven Hodas looks at the inner workings of a school district through the lens of the "district operating system."
- [Good Governance Starts and Ends with Strong Schools](https://crpe.org/good-governance-starts-and-ends-with-strong-schools/) - Robin Lake explains how CRPE's work on education governance systems is grounded in a focus on supporting effective schools.
- [The Main Barriers to Scaling Successful Charter Schools Are Political, not Substantive](https://crpe.org/the-main-barriers-to-scaling-successful-charter-schools-are-political-not-substantive/) - For all the political obstacles to building the charter sector, doubling down on charters now may be our best bet for helping all students in the new decade.
- [Fix Online Charter School Policy: It’s Past Time](https://crpe.org/fix-online-charter-school-policy-its-past-time/) - Robin Lake discusses our new study of online charter schools, done in partnership with Mathematica and CREDO.
- [Lessons from Florida's Fast Action on Remote Learning](https://crpe.org/lessons-from-floridas-fast-action-on-remote-learning/) - Florida’s fast, fairly consistent rollout of remote learning highlights some unsung policy and leadership achievements that deserve more attention.
- [What if Education Policy Were More Like Astronomy? The Value of 'Soft Power'](https://crpe.org/what-if-education-policy-were-more-astronomy-value-soft-power/) - In Education Week, guest blogger Ashley Jochim describes how the effective use of soft power can be used to motivate people to work for education reform.
- [How Politics Can Enhance the Work of School Reform](https://crpe.org/how-politics-can-enhance-the-work-of-school-reform/) - In Education Week, guest blogger Ashley Jochim explains how politics can encourage individual buy-in and help policyholders solve public problems over the long term.
- [More Than One Path Out of the Bottom](https://crpe.org/more-than-one-path-out-of-the-bottom/) - Memphis, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C., have used different pathways to address their lowest-performing schools.
- [Can City Schools Address the Achievement and Opportunity Gap?](https://crpe.org/can-city-schools-address-the-achievement-and-opportunity-gap/) - Michael DeArmond, Robin Lake, and Ashley Jochim explain how our recent report, Measuring Up, looks at the health of all schools in a system, in this blog originally published in Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard
- [I Ain’t Talking to You If You Ain’t Talking About Structural Reform](https://crpe.org/i-aint-talking-to-you-if-you-aint-talking-about-structural-reform/) - Robin Lake responds to a recent blog post by Washington State’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, Nathan Gibbs-Bowling.
- [Dubious Research Used to Attack Charter Schools Program](https://crpe.org/dubious-research-used-to-attack-charter-schools-program/) - The report's claim of a billion dollars wasted stirs emotion and lacks evidence.
- [What We’re Learning from an Early Look at District COVID-19 Response Plans](https://crpe.org/what-were-learning-from-an-early-look-at-district-covid-19-response-plans/) - We will track how districts shift instruction, student support, and organizational operations in the weeks and months to come.
- [The Portfolio Strategy CEO: The Job and How to Prepare for It](https://crpe.org/the-portfolio-strategy-ceo-the-job-and-how-to-prepare-for-it/) - Transforming a metropolitan school system is a vast undertaking, much more complex than the typical school superintendent’s job. A school CEO at the helm in a portfolio city is expected to lead a system of schools while simultaneously overhauling that system, effectively building the plane while flying it. As the portfolio strategy spreads, it will
- [Measures of Last Resort: Assessing Strategies for State-Initiated Turnarounds](https://crpe.org/measures-of-last-resort-assessing-strategies-for-state-initiated-turnarounds/) - Read the Executive Summary With enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act, responsibility for improving student outcomes is back under states’ purview, empowering them to craft their own evidence-based turnaround strategies. Recent state-initiated turnarounds have taken many forms and all turnarounds aim to catalyze improvement in student outcomes. But the evidence base around these strategies
- [Ensuring All Students in Indiana Receive Their Fair Share of Funding](https://crpe.org/ensuring-all-students-in-indiana-receive-their-fair-share-of-funding-2/) - School-funding changes over the last decade have created funding inequities for Indiana’s students from low-income communities, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students in public charter schools—inequities which will likely be exacerbated by COVID-19. Students of color are disproportionately impacted by these funding gaps. This report examines what caused these inequities, including 2008 property
- [How States Can Better Prepare Students for Life After High School](https://crpe.org/how-states-can-better-prepare-students-for-life-after-high-school/) - Read the Executive Summary. COVID-19 caused students across the country to postpone or change their plans for college while simultaneously dampening job prospects. Hardest hit are families in poverty and students of color, both educationally and economically. Career pathways that include college and career preparation in high school can benefit students, but for that to
- [Student Supports, Professional Development, Operations and Finance at Proyecto Vimenti](https://crpe.org/student-supports-professional-development-operations-and-finance-at-proyecto-vimenti/) - Report 1: Student Supports Report 2: Professional Development Report 3: Operations and Finance Proyecto Vimenti, Puerto Rico’s first public charter school, was founded to change the trajectory of students and families in one of the island’s most economically depressed and isolated communities. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico (BGCPR) has been serving young
- [New CRPE Study of Washington State Principals](https://crpe.org/new-crpe-study-of-washington-state-principals/) - CRPE has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study principals in Washington State and how they are hired and supported by the state’s school districts.
- [Shouldn’t Principals Speak for Their Schools?  A New Approach](https://crpe.org/shouldnt-principals-speak-for-their-schools-a-new-approach/) - In districts truly committed to the portfolio strategy, principals should be the point people on engagement and communication, writes Christine Campbell.
- [California Charter Schools: Costs, Benefits, and Impact on School Districts](https://crpe.org/california-charter-schools-costs-benefits-and-impact-on-school-districts/) - Charter Schools and District Enrollment Loss Do Charter Schools Cause Fiscal Distress in School Districts? Do the Costs of California Charter Schools Outweigh the Benefits? Districts must no longer pay to educate students who transfer to publicly funded charter schools but they must still pay costs that can’t be adjusted immediately as school enrollment changes.
- [We See the Challenges of School Choice and Special Education Through Parents' Eyes](https://crpe.org/we-see-the-challenges-of-school-choice-and-special-education-through-parents-eyes/) - Finding the right-fit school is hard for all families, but it is particularly challenging for families with children with disabilities, like my own.
- [Ceding Power to Create More Transformative Innovation](https://crpe.org/ceding-power-to-create-more-transformative-innovation/) - The Rural Alliance, a member of our Big Think Network, sees a major gap in the educational offerings of its member districts: early learning opportunities.
- [Is it Safe to Reopen Schools?](https://crpe.org/is-it-safe-to-reopen-schools/) - Watch a recording of the press panel with John Bailey. One year after nationwide public school closures, a growing body of medical research and the firsthand experiences of school systems worldwide can provide a sound basis for determining a reopening strategy. This report examines the collective findings of more than 120 studies and considers their
- [A Roadmap to Kick-Start Recovery in 2021: Six Principles for Summer Learning and Beyond](https://crpe.org/a-roadmap-to-kick-start-recovery-in-2021-six-principles-for-summer-learning-and-beyond/) - This paper, produced by COVID Collaborative and the Center on Reinventing Public Education with the support of the Allstate Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation, presents school districts with six principles of summer learning that can guide pandemic recovery and planning for the summer, fall, and beyond.
- [How Is School Enrollment in Washington State Shifting during COVID-19?](https://crpe.org/how-is-school-enrollment-in-washington-state-shifting-during-covid-19/) - Read the one-pager. As in other states, disruptions in schooling amid the pandemic have impacted public school enrollment in Washington State. This brief examines shifts in public school enrollment in Washington since the pandemic began last spring, using data reported by OSPI in October 2020, and statewide headcount data from the Office of Superintendent of
- [Policy Barriers to School Improvement: What's Real and What's Imagined?](https://crpe.org/policy-barriers-school-improvement-whats-real-and-whats-imagined/) - Some of the most promising reforms are happening where school leaders are thinking differently about how to get the strongest student outcomes from the limited resources available. But even principals who use their autonomy to aggressively reallocate resources say that persistent district, state, and federal barriers prohibit them from doing more. What are these barriers?
- [The U.S. Charter School Movement: Lessons for South Africa](https://crpe.org/the-u-s-charter-school-movement-lessons-for-south-africa/) - More than 20 years into public charter school implementation, the U.S. experience offers many lessons to help inform South Africa and other countries about how to achieve the best possible results with charter school policies. Along with significant areas of success, there have been significant missteps and midcourse corrections that others could avoid with thoughtful
- [The COVID crisis cracked our education system. A new reform coalition must come together to fix it in the interest of children](https://crpe.org/the-covid-crisis-cracked-our-education-system-a-new-reform-coalition-must-come-together-to-fix-it-in-the-interest-of-children/) - This piece originally appeared in The 74. Anyone who cares about kids must rejoice over their being back in school with their peers. But that should not blind us to the harsh truths we have learned about our public education system, how badly it responded to the pandemic and how, as always, it served those with
- [Innovating Toward Sustainability: How Computer Labs Can Enable New Staffing Structures, and New Savings](https://crpe.org/innovating-toward-sustainability-how-computer-labs-can-enable-new-staffing-structures-and-new-savings/) - Even as new educational technologies have emerged, staffing innovations have seemed all but impossible in American schools. Charter and district schools alike long ago surrendered to the notion that education requires at least as many core teachers as is determined from dividing enrollment by class size. But a few new school designs suggest that we
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 6 Experts Weigh In on the Looming Fiscal Crisis and What Services Districts Should (and Shouldn’t) Cut](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-6-experts-weigh-in-on-the-looming-fiscal-crisis-and-what-services-districts-should-and-shouldnt-cut/) - This is the first in a series of invited responses to some of the big, unanswered questions facing America’s schools as they prepare to reopen in the fall.
- [What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 8 Experts Weigh In on What Parts of Remote Learning — and In-Person Teaching — We Should Keep](https://crpe.org/what-will-it-take-to-reopen-schools-amid-the-pandemic-8-experts-weigh-in-on-what-parts-of-remote-learning-and-in-person-teaching-we-should-keep/) - We asked 8 experts: What changes have you seen under remote learning that you would like to keep permanent?
- [Student learning is an afterthought in many state reopening plans; that’s a huge mistake](https://crpe.org/student-learning-is-an-afterthought-in-many-state-reopening-plans-thats-a-huge-mistake/) - CRPE and Public Impact are wrapping up our review of state reopening plans. If first impressions portend what’s to come, there are big reasons to be concerned.
- [Promising Practices Emerge from Expert Peer Review of District Reopening Plans](https://crpe.org/promising-practices-emerge-from-expert-peer-review-of-district-reopening-plans/) - As school districts across the country braced themselves for the immensely complicated task of preparing reopening and recovery plans amid a global pandemic, CRPE and the Collaborative for Student Success convened experts in emergency planning, health and safety, parent and family advocacy, special education, and school district and state leadership to review school districts’ plans
- [Deficiencies in Spring and Summer Point to Where Districts Must Put Their Attention This Fall](https://crpe.org/deficiencies-in-spring-and-summer-point-to-where-districts-must-put-their-attention-this-fall/) - Gaps in spring and summer planning can point districts to the critical issues they must attend to in the coming school year.
- [School's Out for the Summer: Parents Worry about Social-Emotional Impacts of Closures](https://crpe.org/schools-out-for-the-summer-parents-worry-about-social-emotional-impacts-of-closures/) - Parents we interviewed wondered what they could do this summer to compensate for the lack of social interaction.
- [Four Steps States Can Take to Level the Remote Learning Playing Field](https://crpe.org/four-steps-states-can-take-to-level-the-remote-learning-playing-field/) - There is little doubt that what happens in the next few months will shape the gaps between the haves and have-nots.
- [Building public education back better: Could learning hubs and micro-schools be the foundation?](https://crpe.org/building-public-education-back-better-could-learning-hubs-and-micro-schools-be-the-foundation/) - Learning hubs could evolve from a pragmatic solution in a pandemic to a sandbox for educational innovation.
- [What schools can learn from learning pods about supporting effective teacher-student relationships](https://crpe.org/what-schools-can-learn-from-learning-pods-about-supporting-effective-teacher-student-relationships/) - Parents and teachers said the combination of small group sizes and flexibility to shape the learning experience enabled educators to form strong relationships with their students and ensure students felt seen, known, and heard.
- [States: It's not too late to guide districts on teaching and learning](https://crpe.org/states-its-not-too-late-to-guide-districts-on-teaching-and-learning/) - States are dumping the instructional planning burden during an unprecedented modern pandemic onto teachers’ laps (or laptops).
- [Hindsight is 2024: A premortem on districts' return to school](https://crpe.org/hindsight-is-2024-a-premortem-on-districts-return-to-school/) - We believe there are at least four reasons the $123 billion American Rescue Plan (ARP) stimulus funding could go wildly awry.
- [Technology to the rescue: How technology helped connect teachers and parents of students with disabilities through remote learning](https://crpe.org/technology-to-the-rescue-how-technology-helped-connect-teachers-and-parents-of-students-with-disabilities-through-remote-learning/) - Schools in our study have found that several technologies—some unexpectedly—have helped them customize outreach and engagement with families.
- [Addressing learning loss for students with disabilities: Could Universal Design for Learning be one answer?](https://crpe.org/addressing-learning-loss-for-students-with-disabilities-could-universal-design-for-learning-be-one-answer/) - Practitioners and leaders who support students with disabilities have an opportunity to meet the moment as schools recover from the pandemic.
- [Virtual IEPs should stay](https://crpe.org/virtual-ieps-should-stay/) - Educators report that the switch from in-person to virtual IEP meetings prompted them to reflect on the intent of the IEP meeting, what information is most essential to convey, and how to run a meeting with the needs of students and families front of mind.
- [Now’s the time for states to invest in making online learning better](https://crpe.org/nows-the-time-for-states-to-invest-in-making-online-learning-better/) - Online connections enable new relationship-building opportunities, like remote peer mentorship and virtual meetings that are more accessible to working parents.
- [Summer Haze: School Districts Slow to Communicate What Will Happen After the School Year Ends](https://crpe.org/summer-haze-school-districts-slow-to-communicate-what-will-happen-after-the-school-year-ends/) - Few districts have provided details on what, if any, summer learning opportunities their students will have.
- [Do Federal Regulators Need to Get Out of the Way?](https://crpe.org/do-federal-regulators-need-to-get-out-of-the-way/) - Jochim and Gross argue that, while the Feds should take a hard look at the rules and regulations they put on SEAs' use of funds, the efforts of entrepreneurial states suggest that SEAs should seize the flexibility they already have.
- [Using Assessments Wisely This Year](https://crpe.org/using-assessments-wisely-this-year/) - Just as a GPS can help guide us to our destination, the right assessment for the right purpose can help guide smarter teaching and learning.
- [An Early Plan from a Must-Watch District: Reopening in Miami-Dade](https://crpe.org/an-early-plan-from-a-must-watch-district-reopening-in-miami-dade/) - We’ve been waiting eagerly to see Miami-Dade County Public Schools' plan for the fall. Here’s a breakdown of the highlights.
- [Schools Can Help Parents by Setting Clear Expectations](https://crpe.org/schools-can-help-parents-by-setting-clear-expectations/) - The teacher-parents we interviewed had important insights into the need to provide more clarity and support to families.
- [Reinventing on the fly: How learning pods may hint at a new structure for public education](https://crpe.org/reinventing-on-the-fly-how-learning-pods-may-hint-at-a-new-structure-for-public-education/) - With some creativity and investment, pods or hubs could serve not just as ad-hoc child care, but as the backbone for a new structure in public education.
- [What we learned from deep dives into six school systems’ COVID-19 response](https://crpe.org/what-we-learned-from-deep-dives-into-six-school-systems-covid-19-response/) - We looked closely at six districts and charter management organizations (CMOs), hoping to understand why they took particular approaches to remote learning and how their experiences last spring affected their plans for the fall.
- [Local Governance for an Innovating System](https://crpe.org/local-governance-for-an-innovating-system/) - What forms of community oversight are feasible for a nimble system that features collaboration among K–12, higher education, and business? What minimum measurements of student progress, program outcomes, and equity are necessary? Is it possible to prevent measurement from becoming de facto regulation? Will information and alert advocacy be enough to protect students, or will
- [Educational Equality in the Future: Risks and Opportunity](https://crpe.org/educational-equality-in-the-future-risks-and-opportunity/) - This essay examines the implications of a more customized, agile system for the students who have historically lacked full access to learning opportunities. Auditing access to the growing number of out-of-school learning experiences, providing financial support for nonschool educational services, investing in guidance and support to help families navigate a growing number of options, tracking
- [Beyond the Bell: Leveraging Community Assets for an Expanded Learning System](https://crpe.org/beyond-the-bell-leveraging-community-assets-for-an-expanded-learning-system/) - In this essay, Betheny Gross argues that while the current emphasis on wraparound services has helped meet some of the many needs today’s students face, a more organic, crowdsourced approach to engaging the community could ultimately result in more agile and responsive opportunities for students—but only if key questions about measuring impact, creating coherent learning
- [Rethinking the Traditional High School-College-Career Continuum](https://crpe.org/rethinking-the-traditional-high-school-college-career-continuum/) - This essay challenges our present-day two-tiered system, which despite efforts to create pathways to college and careers still sorts students along predictable racial and class lines, shutting many out of opportunities for economic and social mobility. Looking to more flexible models pioneered in Switzerland, Cleveland, San Antonio, and elsewhere, authors Robin Lake, Georgia Heyward, and
- [Learning in the Age of Agility: How U.S. Education Can Prepare Students to Solve the Problems of the Future](https://crpe.org/learning-in-the-age-of-agility-how-u-s-education-can-prepare-students-to-solve-the-problems-of-the-future/) - America’s public education system is not preparing students for today’s realities of civic and global competitiveness, much less tomorrow’s. More than ever, America needs creative, talented teachers, school leaders, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who can solve complex problems. Every school and classroom has students with the potential to become these leaders, but we are losing
- [It's time for a new K–12 reform agenda](https://crpe.org/its-time-for-a-new-k-12-reform-agenda/) - For the second year in a row, many school districts are not ready to switch kids to remote learning if in-person school is interrupted. While most large districts offer full-time remote learning, parents had to choose at the beginning of the year and cannot easily switch in or out. Now, many districts are forced to send hundreds or even thousands of COVID-exposed kids
- [The Uncertain Future of Teaching](https://crpe.org/the-uncertain-future-of-teaching/) - For students to be successful, educators need to do more than prepare them academically. But Michael DeArmond argues that nurturing the “soft skills” that can prepare youth for lifelong learning places daunting demands on teacher development and will require new models that expand who works with students and differentiate teaching roles to a far greater
- [Funding a Nimble System](https://crpe.org/funding-a-nimble-system/) - In this essay, Travis Pillow and Paul Hill explore what it would take to ensure that personalized and weighted funding follows students across multiple learning experiences, and could meet the needs of all students. Information through online portals and navigators who help families select the best options for their children are critical, the authors argue,
- [Thinking forward in 2021: We must safely reopen schools, but the goal cannot be a return to normal](https://crpe.org/thinking-forward-in-2021-we-must-safely-reopen-schools-but-the-goal-cannot-be-a-return-to-normal/) - We begin this year laser focused on ensuring our school systems catch kids up, reopen as soon as possible, and begin rebuilding in ways that address the underlying inequities that we documented last year.
- [A missing link to help students emotionally and academically](https://crpe.org/a-missing-link-to-help-students-emotionally-and-academically/) - A majority of students report emotional and physical stress as they try to learn remotely during the pandemic. How can teachers, who are also stressed, help them?
- [We can’t afford to love learning acceleration to death](https://crpe.org/we-cant-afford-to-love-learning-acceleration-to-death/) - As children return to school after as much as a year away, schools and districts have a new strategy for helping them make up for lost time.
- [Pandemic pods show the value of designing for individual needs. Will we learn from them?](https://crpe.org/pandemic-pods-show-the-value-of-designing-for-individual-needs-will-we-learn-from-them/) - If districts don't heed demand and make changes in-house, it is possible that they will only accelerate drops in public school enrollment.
- [Don’t risk innovation and family trust with a rush to in-person learning](https://crpe.org/dont-risk-innovation-and-family-trust-with-a-rush-to-in-person-learning/) - The downsides of the rush to jam everyone back into classrooms are evident.
- [Rumors of Death Premature: Portfolio Management Still Alive and Kicking in New Orleans](https://crpe.org/rumors-of-death-premature-portfolio-management-still-alive-and-kicking-in-new-orleans/) - Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim respond to Jay Greene's Education Next commentary on the portfolio strategy in New Orleans.
- [Now, More Than Ever, Public Education Funding Must Adapt to Meet Students’ Diverse Needs](https://crpe.org/now-more-than-ever-public-education-funding-must-adapt-to-meet-students-diverse-needs/) - Even after the 2020-21 school year, districts will need to spend money to make sure all children have internet access and usable computers or tablets at home.
- [Getting from Here to There in Governance Reform](https://crpe.org/getting-from-here-to-there-in-governance-reform/) - Transforming the school district requires a transition strategy that protects kids who remain in district-run schools, writes Paul Hill.
- [Charter Regulation: How Much Is Too Much?](https://crpe.org/charter-regulation-how-much-is-too-much/) - Complaining about too much regulation won't help the charter movement or kids, writes Robin Lake.
- [When Times Get Tough, States Must Double Down on Investments That Pay Off](https://crpe.org/when-times-get-tough-states-must-double-down-on-investments-that-pay-off/) - Ashley Jochim urges Louisiana and other states facing budget shortfalls to partner with their SEAs to reassess K-12 education investments.
- [Notes From the Field: Personalized Learning](https://crpe.org/notes-from-the-field-personalized-learning/) - Personalized Learning Will Live or Die on Ability to Manage ChangeBetheny Gross introduces a series of dispatches sharing early observations from CRPE's study of personalized learning.
- [Tossing Aside the “Reform” Label Must Not Mean “Anything Goes”](https://crpe.org/tossing-aside-the-reform-label-must-not-mean-anything-goes/) - Former Newark superintendent Chris Cerf urges us to continue pushing for positive change.
- [A More Skeptical Take on Charter Growth](https://crpe.org/a-more-skeptical-take-on-charter-growth/) - The charter movement must face up to self-inflicted wounds and missteps that hamper growth and exacerbate political resistance.
- [The Future of Charter Schooling May Mean a Return to Its Roots](https://crpe.org/the-future-of-charter-schooling-may-mean-a-return-to-its-roots/) - The future of chartering may look more like the origins of the charter movement than its recent past.
- [An Innovation Network: A More Diverse and Inclusive Way to Innovate](https://crpe.org/an-innovation-network-a-more-diverse-and-inclusive-way-to-innovate/) - Our network participants are already showing the potential benefits of the shift toward local problem solving.
- [Every Minute Counts: Inside Success Academy’s Virtual Schools](https://crpe.org/every-minute-counts-inside-success-academys-virtual-schools/) - Success’s meticulously planned classes and sustained expectations for students’ work will come as a relief to many parents.
- [The Power of "How Are You?": Teacher Check-ins in Remote Learning](https://crpe.org/the-power-of-how-are-you-teacher-check-ins-in-remote-learning/) - Check-ins could help schools establish lines of communication, instill a sense of normalcy, and understand students’ needs.
- [During COVID-19, Underperforming School Districts Have No Excuse for Standstill on Student Learning](https://crpe.org/during-covid-19-underperforming-school-districts-have-no-excuse-for-standstill-on-student-learning/) - Lagging districts are hurting only themselves and their students.
- [How ready are schools for Omicron? December snapshot of 100 districts](https://crpe.org/how-ready-are-schools-for-omicron-december-snapshot-of-100-districts/) - School systems are pulling across the finish line of a trying semester marked by staff shortages, threats to campus safety, and political battles over health measures. They head into a winter break with little clarity on their newest wrinkle: how the omicron variant will affect their operations, and what they will do to keep all
- [Evidence Isn't Enough: Good Policy Needs Good Politics](https://crpe.org/evidence-isnt-enough-good-policy-needs-good-politics-2/) - In Education Week, guest blogger Ashley Jochim argues that education reformers need to act strategically to build strong coalitions and increase political support.
- [Reversing institutionalized racism in public education](https://crpe.org/reversing-institutionalized-racism-in-public-education/) - As the Black Lives Matter movement is teaching us, practices can be racist and undermine equity even if well-intentioned people follow them.
- [Schools Must Figure Out How to Support Parents as Co-Educators](https://crpe.org/schools-must-figure-out-how-to-support-parents-as-co-educators/) - Parents have always helped with take-home lessons for kids at home due to illness. But the expectation that parents will engage daily for a long time is new.
- [Like the dinosaurs, public education as we know it is facing a meteor moment. We must adapt to a new model beyond what we know as ‘school’](https://crpe.org/like-the-dinosaurs-public-education-as-we-know-it-is-facing-a-meteor-moment-we-must-adapt-to-a-new-model-beyond-what-we-know-as-school/) - This is our Paleogene moment.
- [Can public education return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic?](https://crpe.org/can-public-education-return-to-normal-after-the-covid-19-pandemic/) - We think a return to the pre-coronavirus status quo will prove impossible.
- [It’s time for a new grand bargain that ends school funding based on seat time](https://crpe.org/its-time-for-a-new-grand-bargain-that-ends-school-funding-based-on-seat-time/) - The COVID-19 pandemic exposed fatal flaws in the way states fund education—based on the time students sit in school, rather than on the quality of instruction.
- [Too Many Schools Leave Learning to Chance During the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/too-many-schools-leave-learning-to-chance-during-the-pandemic-2/) - This brief summarizes our findings from a review of COVID-19 response plans of 477 school districts across the country. Key findings include: 1 in 3 school districts have been communicating an expectation that teachers will provide instruction while schools remain closed. Urban and suburban districts have been significantly more likely than rural and small-town districts
- [The kids are (really) not alright: A synthesis of COVID-19 student surveys](https://crpe.org/the-kids-are-really-not-alright-a-synthesis-of-covid-19-student-surveys/) - Student surveys found that the educational experience in the first months of the pandemic was a mess. As schools quickly implemented remote learning last spring, many students experienced little meaningful online instruction and were unhappy with online classes. This brief from the Evidence Project synthesizes new student surveys that have come out during the 2020–21
- [Don’t force square-peg students back into wrong-shaped holes](https://crpe.org/dont-force-square-peg-students-back-into-wrong-shaped-holes/) - What gets lost in the reopening debate is the growing evidence that a significant portion of students and their families are actually happier and learn better outside of traditional schooling.
- [Help wanted: School systems must act now to support graduating seniors](https://crpe.org/help-wanted-school-systems-must-act-now-to-support-graduating-seniors/) - A year into the pandemic, what are New England students’ prospects for successfully navigating life after high school?
- [We must ensure communities can keep the innovations that kids need](https://crpe.org/we-must-ensure-communities-can-keep-the-innovations-that-kids-need/) - It would be a mistake to pave over the hundreds of community-based innovations in teaching, learning, childcare, and health and wellness that have sprung up around the country.
- [A pandemic innovation: The power of national mentors to build teacher capacity everywhere](https://crpe.org/a-pandemic-innovation-the-power-of-national-mentors-to-build-teacher-capacity-everywhere/) - Early findings, including participant experiences, from a new teacher mentor program.
- [Learning hubs: A shovel-ready strategy for spending federal dollars](https://crpe.org/learning-hubs-a-shovel-ready-strategy-for-spending-federal-dollars/) - How state and local leaders use this unprecedented infusion of federal funding will be a critical question in the coming weeks and months.
- [Financing Personalized Learning: What Can We Learn From First-Generation Adopters?](https://crpe.org/financing-personalized-learning-what-can-we-learn-from-first-generation-adopters/) - Read the Related Blog This paper takes the first systematic look at costs associated with implementing personalized learning schools, how leaders of these schools choose to allocate their funds, and what it might take to make personalized learning financially sustainable on public dollars. Researchers at CRPE, in partnership with Afton Partners, studied 16 charter elementary
- [The Power of Persuasion: A Model for Effective Political Leadership by State Chiefs](https://crpe.org/the-power-of-persuasion-a-model-for-effective-political-leadership-by-state-chiefs/) - Read the related blog. State chiefs have new responsibilities under the Every Student Succeeds Act, but their formal powers are still limited. Despite these constraints, CRPE analysis finds that chiefs can make a difference by wielding their powers strategically, to build coalitions and persuade others. While turnover in the field is high, with 70% of
- [Collaboration and the Calendar Invite: Building Trust through the Dreaded Meeting](https://crpe.org/collaboration-and-the-calendar-invite-building-trust-through-the-dreaded-meeting/) - Animosity between school districts and charter schools has been the norm since the nation’s first public charter school opened in 1992.
- [How To Improve Annual School District Report Cards](https://crpe.org/how-to-improve-annual-school-district-report-cards/) - In this video blog, Christine Campbell looks at typical annual school district report cards and explains how districts could make information more meaningful for families and provide better evidence to inform community decision-making.
- [Data From 100 Large Urban Districts Show Half Facing Shortages in Key Positions. Fixing That Will Mean Rethinking Teaching & Working in Schools](https://crpe.org/data-from-100-large-urban-districts-show-half-facing-shortages-in-key-positions-fixing-that-will-mean-rethinking-teaching-working-in-schools/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. In 2020-21, Albuquerque Public Schools saw an 85 percent increase in school staff retirements from the year prior. This August, it opened the school year with 300 unfilled teaching positions, and by October, its superintendent described districtwide shortages “in schools and offices, kitchens and maintenance shops. We need more custodians, bus drivers,
- [Examining Charters: How Public Charter Schools Can Work in Washington State,](https://crpe.org/examining-charters-how-public-charter-schools-can-work-in-washington-state/) - This report addresses Washington's educational challenges, how charter schools work, what makes them different from traditional public schools, and what it takes to start and support a quality charter school. The Partnership for Learning commissioned the Center on Reinventing Public Education to compile this report to help people better understand public charter schools and the
- [Tulsa: Emergent District-Charter Collaboration](https://crpe.org/tulsa-emergent-district-charter-collaboration/) - Tulsa, which operates in a state not widely receptive to charter schools, has set a bold course of collaboration between the district and charter sectors.
- [Leaders should learn from families of color who shaped education during the pandemic](https://crpe.org/leaders-should-learn-from-black-and-latinx-parents-who-shaped-education-during-the-pandemic/) - COVID-19 has been deeply traumatic and disruptive for students and families. But the pandemic also created opportunities for families and community organizations to design their own solutions to educational challenges that existed long before it. As school systems move into the 2021–22 school year, they should learn from experiments led by Black and Latinx families
- [Teacher Attitudes About Compensation Reform: Implications for Reform Implementation](https://crpe.org/teacher-attitudes-about-compensation-reform-implications-for-reform-implementation/) - In response to concerns about the quality of the teacher workforce and the distribution of teacher quality among schools, some advocates, policymakers, and analysts have proposed alternative pay structures for teachers, including merit pay and incentives for hard-to-hire subject areas, hard-to-staff schools, and special knowledge and skills. Past attempts to gauge teacher attitudes about compensation
- [Let’s Not Poke Our Own Eyes Out](https://crpe.org/lets-not-poke-our-own-eyes-out/) - Make it less intrusive and more meaningful, but don't get rid of annual testing, writes Betheny Gross.
- [The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools](https://crpe.org/the-policy-framework-for-online-charter-schools/) - The National Study of Online Charter Schools offers a rigorous analysis of the operations of online charter schools, their policy environments, and their impacts on student achievement. The research suggests that students of online charter schools had significantly weaker academic performance in math and reading, compared with their counterparts in conventional schools. Conducted by CRPE,
- [Back to the Future for Charter School Research](https://crpe.org/back-to-the-future-for-charter-school-research/) - Paul Hill urges reporters and analysts to make apples-to-apples comparisons when analyzing research on school outcomes.
- [How 100 large and urban districts are (and aren't) engaging stakeholders](https://crpe.org/how-100-large-and-urban-districts-are-and-arent-engaging-stakeholders/) - This piece originally appeared in The 74. More than one out of three large districts may not be following a federal law requiring school systems to collect local feedback on how to spend their pandemic relief money, according to a new review by the Center on Reinventing Public Education. The law, passed last summer, requires districts to
- [Gut-check Moment for School Superintendents — Toxic Politics, Demands for New Services, Struggles to Deliver Basics Make ‘Impossible Job’ Harder than Ever](https://crpe.org/gut-check-moment-for-school-superintendents-toxic-politics-demands-for-new-services-struggles-to-deliver-basics-make-impossible-job-harder-than-ever/) - This piece was originally published by The 74. Amid all the concern about staffing shortages in America’s schools, the continued strain is showing up in another key place: at the top. Eight of the country’s 10 largest urban school districts have seen superintendent turnover since the coronavirus started disrupting public education in February 2020. Of the two that
- [School closures and parent engagement: Lessons from Aurora, Colorado](https://crpe.org/school-closures-and-parent-engagement-lessons-from-aurora-colorado/) - In 2013, Aurora, Colorado, was experiencing major demographic changes. A housing boom in this city east of Denver was bringing new families to parts of the city that were previously sparsely populated. However, enrollment was declining in the city’s lower-income areas, where many families of color lived. A new superintendent took office in 2013 and
- [Designing the Next Generation of State Education Accountability Systems: Results of a Working Meeting](https://crpe.org/designing-the-next-generation-of-state-education-accountability-systems-results-of-a-working-meeting/) - Read "An Open Letter On School Accountability" In June 2014, the Center on Reinventing Public Education and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute brought together a group of esteemed scholars and policy experts to consider what’s needed in the next generation of accountability systems. Many participants played key roles in the creation of existing systems, and
- [What We’re Missing on Community Engagement](https://crpe.org/what-were-missing-on-community-engagement/) - Listen to a speech on community engagement given at the Portfolio Network meeting last January by Raymond A. Jetson, pastor at Star Hill Church in Baton Rouge and president and CEO of MetroMorphosis.
- [Smart Regulation for Strong Schools](https://crpe.org/smart-regulation-for-strong-schools/) - Robin Lake shares lessons from the financial world that are relevant for how we oversee and regulate schools.
- [Real-Dollar Spending Analyses: One of the best things we ever did](https://crpe.org/real-dollar-spending-analyses-one-of-the-best-things-we-ever-did/) - Paul Hill writes about the start of CRPE's groundbreaking school finance work, while Russlynn Ali's essay explains how she put that research into practice.
- [No One Has a Monopoly On “Beating the Odds”](https://crpe.org/no-one-has-a-monopoly-on-beating-the-odds/) - Michael DeArmond offers clues as to why some cities have a large number of schools that outpaced demographically similar schools statewide.
- [How 18 Top Charter School Networks Are Adapting to Online Education, and What Other Schools Can Learn From Them](https://crpe.org/how-18-top-charter-school-networks-are-adapting-to-online-education-and-what-other-schools-can-learn-from-them/) - Some of the nation’s most prominent charter networks have made rapid leaps from the classroom to the cloud.
- [In-Depth Portfolio Assessment: Spring Branch Independent School District, Texas](https://crpe.org/in-depth-portfolio-assessment-spring-branch-independent-school-district-texas/) - Read the Executive Summary Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD) is an urban-suburban district located in Houston, Texas. Fifty-eight percent of its 35,000 students come from low-income households, 32 percent are limited English-proficient, and 58 percent are Hispanic. Superintendent Duncan Klussmann has led SBISD since 2004 and has built a coalition of loyal school and
- [Learning pods: Providing education equity for all families](https://crpe.org/learning-pods-providing-education-equity-for-all-families/) - Some parents are simply opting out as the ultimate form of empowerment.
- [As school districts move from "reopening" to "recovery," what will they be recovering from?](https://crpe.org/as-school-districts-move-from-reopening-to-recovery-what-will-they-be-recovering-from/) - District leaders who seek more profound and radical changes—some of which aim to fundamentally upend the education system—will face even bigger challenges with acceptance and support.
- [Division or détente?](https://crpe.org/division-or-detente/) - Divisions about mask and vaccine mandates, in-person vs. remote learning, student discipline, and racism and anti-racism in the curriculum will make it difficult for schools to serve anyone well this year.
- [Restoring public education post-COVID](https://crpe.org/restoring-public-education-post-covid/) - During the pandemic, school districts must deal with uncertainty, not ignore it or take shots in the dark.
- [Three Ways States Can Use ESSA to Address the Pandemic's Impact](https://crpe.org/three-ways-states-can-use-essa-to-address-the-pandemics-impact/) - Ashley Jochim's piece Three Ways States Can Tap ESSA to Better Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis is featured in Education Week.
- [Urgent action by states, fed needed to clarify school reopening decisions](https://crpe.org/urgent-action-by-states-fed-needed-to-clarify-school-reopening-decisions/) - Twenty-three states plus the District of Columbia provide no clear public health criteria to guide reopening decisions.
- [Urban, High-Poverty Schools Prefer Remote Instruction Under COVID-19, Report Finds](https://crpe.org/urban-high-poverty-schools-prefer-remote-instruction-under-covid-19-report-finds/) - CRPE's brief Getting Back to School: An Update on Plans from Across the Country is featured in Education Week.
- [An Unlikely Bargain: Why Charter School Teachers Unionize and What Happens When They Do](https://crpe.org/an-unlikely-bargain-why-charter-school-teachers-unionize-and-what-happens-when-they-do/) - For nearly two decades teachers unions and charter schools have formed an “us vs. them” narrative that pits one against the other. Unionization efforts by charter school teachers could scramble that narrative. With this report we set out to understand trends in charter school unionization, document teachers’ motivations for unionizing, and assess whether collective bargaining
- [Teacher Strikes Elevate Billionaires and Privatization as Enemies of Convenience](https://crpe.org/teacher-strikes-elevate-billionaires-and-privatization-as-enemies-of-convenience/) - The framings of “privatization” and “billionaire takeover” get attention, but not results.
- [What a diverse group of 20 school districts are doing right in their COVID-19 reopening plans](https://crpe.org/what-a-diverse-group-of-20-school-districts-are-doing-right-in-their-covid-19-reopening-plans-2/) - Districts across the country have devised new ways of supporting students, connecting with families and measuring progress despite the disruptions caused by the pandemic.
- [What a diverse group of 20 school districts are doing right in their COVID-19 reopening plans](https://crpe.org/what-a-diverse-group-of-20-school-districts-are-doing-right-in-their-covid-19-reopening-plans/) - In many school systems, the 2020-21 academic year was thrown off course before it even started. Large urban districts made a rapid shift to all-remote learning(link is external) when the COVID case counts started climbing in late summer. In the months since, labor strife(link is external), health fears, legal battles(link is external) and technology glitches(link is external) have dominated the headlines. In
- [CRPE launches nationwide study of school district policy and practice](https://crpe.org/crpe-launches-nationwide-study-of-school-district-policy-and-practice/) - Seattle, Wash. - The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), together with the RAND Corporation, Chiefs for Change, and Kitamba, announced they will collaborate on the American School District Panel, a study of the policies and practices of American school districts that will focus on district strategy, structure, and policy. The goal is to understand
- [New CRPE report: Making school choice work for students with disabilities](https://crpe.org/new-crpe-report-making-school-choice-work-for-students-with-disabilities-2/) - Seattle, Wash. - New research from the Center on Reinventing Public Education shows how parents in New Orleans and Washington, D.C., experience school choice for children with disabilities. Researchers from CRPE, the Brookings Institution, and Tulane University conducted focus groups with families and assessed the policy landscape in both cities. They also analyzed school choice
- [Title I: Time to Get It Right](https://crpe.org/title-i-time-to-get-it-right/) - This brief is an effort to correct widespread misunderstandings about Title I funding formulas and inform discussions about how to fix the federal program. Together, CRPE and the Edunomics Lab clearly lay out problems with the current formulas to explain why the program isn’t working as intended. The authors then present five fundamental principles on
- [It’s All About Improvement](https://crpe.org/its-all-about-improvement/) - Guest blogger Jane Hannaway continues our series on fixing school accountability systems.
- [Accountability: It’s In the Eye of the Beholder](https://crpe.org/accountability-its-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/) - Paul Hill discusses why accountability must be about protecting children and improving their chances, not about punishing teachers.
- [What’s Next for Detroit’s Troubled Schools?](https://crpe.org/whats-next-for-detroits-troubled-schools/) - Robin Lake discusses the current failures of Detroit's public school system, and why she's optimistic for its renewal.
- [Collision Course: School Discipline and Education Reform](https://crpe.org/collision-course-school-discipline-and-education-reform/) - Sarah Yatsko on how school suspension and expulsion policies can have disastrous consequences for kids.
- [The Portfolio Strategy Is a Problem-Solving Framework, Not a School District](https://crpe.org/the-portfolio-strategy-is-a-problem-solving-framework-not-a-school-district/) - Robin Lake continues her discussion of Detroit's public school system and how it could benefit from using a portfolio strategy.
- [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Insider's Perspective on Urban District Innovation](https://crpe.org/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-an-insiders-perspective-on-urban-district-innovation/) - Steven Hodas provides insights into the challenges, struggles, and opportunities of large-district attempts to reform longstanding practices and change cultural norms.
- [Bringing Data to the School Enrollment Game](https://crpe.org/bringing-data-to-the-school-enrollment-game/) - New York City is using game theory to improve matching students with public schools. But for parents, choosing schools is as difficult as ever, writes Steven Hodas.
- [Walking in Memphis: A Reality Check on Civil Rights and Education](https://crpe.org/walking-in-memphis-a-reality-check-on-civil-rights-and-education/) - CRPE editorial director Alison Krupnick reflects on conversations about community engagement and education reform at the recent Portfolio Network meeting.
- [Clash of Cultures: Blue Collar, White Collar, and School Reform](https://crpe.org/clash-of-cultures-blue-collar-white-collar-and-school-reform/) - A clash of work cultures in the NYCDOE was at the heart of challenges under Joel Klein's tenure, writes Steven Hodas.
- [“That’s Not How We Do Things”: Cui Bono Redux](https://crpe.org/thats-not-how-we-do-things-cui-bono-redux/) - Steven Hodas highlights how districts use regulations to keep the status quo in place, sometimes to bizarre extremes.
- [Let's Kill Innovation](https://crpe.org/lets-kill-innovation/) - The "i" word is overused and misunderstood: Steven Hodas explains why we should instead be focusing on “dynamism,” a pragmatic approach to engaging with problems.
- [Uncovering the Productivity Promise of Rural Education](https://crpe.org/uncovering-the-productivity-promise-of-rural-education/) - Ashley Jochim and Betheny Gross suggest four ways that states can best support rural schools and districts.
- [How Choice Strengthens Schools and Families](https://crpe.org/how-choice-strengthens-schools-and-families/) - Prompted by a current focus on charter schools and backfill, Paul Hill reflects on how school choice can benefit schools, students, and parents.
- [World-Class Standards and Place-Based Education in Rural Schools](https://crpe.org/world-class-standards-and-place-based-education-in-rural-schools/) - Paul Hill launches a series of blogs on rural education, originally published on Eduwonk.com.
- [Resource Constraints in Rural Education](https://crpe.org/resource-constraints-in-rural-education/) - Paul Hill continues his blog series on rural education, originally published on eduwonk.com.
- [Brand Name Reforms in Rural Education](https://crpe.org/brand-name-reforms-in-rural-education/) - Paul Hill concludes his blog series on rural education, originally published on eduwonk.com.
- [New Orleans: A City That Works—Together](https://crpe.org/new-orleans-a-city-that-works-together/) - Jay Altman of FirstLine Schools envisions a "jobs for learning" initiative to help New Orleans students as they transition out of high school.
- [Remembering John Chubb](https://crpe.org/remembering-john-chubb/) - Paul Hill remembers education reformer John Chubb.
- [The Politics of Education Reform](https://crpe.org/the-politics-of-education-reform/) - Paul Hill offers examples of how to sustain education reform for the long run amid political opposition.
- [What’s in a Name? Portfolio, Charter Schools, and the Boy Who Hated Kreplach](https://crpe.org/whats-in-a-name-portfolio-charter-schools-and-the-boy-who-hated-kreplach/) - Robin Lake urges an open-minded focus on the ingredients that make great schools.
- [Vouchers: Time for Thinking, Not Rhetoric](https://crpe.org/vouchers-time-for-thinking-not-rhetoric/) - Paul Hill discusses the importance of evidence over ideology in response to a new study on Louisiana's voucher program.
- [How to Restore Local Control Without Going Backwards](https://crpe.org/how-to-restore-local-control-without-going-backwards/) - Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim show how modifying the role of local school boards can allow New Orleans to restore local control while building on academic gains made over the past 10 years.
- [Wrap-Around Services Alone Won’t Improve Student Outcomes](https://crpe.org/wrap-around-services-alone-wont-improve-student-outcomes/) - Paul Hill writes that while wrap-around services clearly benefit children, they need to be coupled with a strong academic program in order to improve students' school outcomes.
- [Families delivered innovative solutions to pandemic-fueled education disruptions. Policymakers should support them to do so again](https://crpe.org/families-delivered-innovative-solutions-to-pandemic-fueled-education-disruptions-policymakers-should-support-them-to-do-so-again/) - Policymakers and local education leaders can and should empower families and community-based organizations to devise their own solutions.
- [How Superintendents Can Be Effective In Local Politics](https://crpe.org/how-superintendents-can-be-effective-local-politics/) - This commentary by Paul Hill originally appeared on the School Superintendent Association's website in The Leading Edge Blog. We at CRPE have been working with superintendent-led initiatives for nearly three decades. We’ve seen a lot of smart and committed people try sensible initiatives, but often fall short of making lasting improvements in the schools. As
- [The Real Secret of Success? Progressive Pedagogy at Scale](https://crpe.org/the-real-secret-of-success-progressive-pedagogy-at-scale-2/) - Success Academy has implemented a progressive pedagogy at scale, but the media have overlooked it, argues Wilson.
- [The Real Secret of Success? Progressive Pedagogy at Scale](https://crpe.org/the-real-secret-of-success-progressive-pedagogy-at-scale/) - Success Academy doesn’t lack for press. And for good reason. There’s the eye-popping academic performance: 99 percent of students proficient in math, 90 percent in English Language Arts. There’s the charter school network’s astonishing growth: from one school in 2006 to 45 across New York City today, educating 17,000 children, mainly from poverty—a system nearly
- [The Promise and Challenges of Pandemic Innovation in High Schools](https://crpe.org/the-promise-and-challenges-of-pandemic-innovation-in-high-schools/) - In summer 2020, CRPE, with support from the Barr Foundation, began observing and learning from students, parents, and educators in New England high schools as they navigated the uncertainty of the pandemic. We wanted to see what challenges and opportunities they faced, the ways in which they adapted to disruptions, and the new strategies and
- [On the 25th Anniversary of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a Look at Lessons Learned & New Imperatives Ahead](https://crpe.org/25th-anniversary-center-reinventing-public-education-look-lessons-learned-new-imperatives-ahead/) - At the Center on Reinventing Public Education, we are celebrating our 25th anniversary. We are thinking a lot about our principles and lessons learned.At our core, we believe schools can make a difference even for the most disadvantaged children.
- [20 Years of Expertise // Transformative, Evidence-Based Ideas](https://crpe.org/20-years-of-expertise-transformative-evidence-based-ideas/) - For two decades, CRPE has offered a different lens through which to view education. We’ve been focused on evidence, and on progress toward better outcomes for students. To help us celebrate our 20th anniversary and reflect on our achievements, we asked leading researchers and reformers to share their views on how CRPE has impacted education
- [How Has the Pandemic Affected Students with Disabilities? A Review of the Evidence to Date](https://crpe.org/how-has-the-pandemic-affected-students-with-disabilities-a-review-of-the-evidence-to-date/) - This report is part of a series that aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students. The Center on Reinventing Public Education compiled hundreds of studies and convened panels of experts to interpret what the data show. Three initial reports assess what we
- [Student achievement gaps and the pandemic: A new review of evidence from 2021–2022](https://crpe.org/student-achievement-gaps-and-the-pandemic-a-new-review-of-evidence-from-2021-2022/) - This report begins the second round of an updated series of papers that aim to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected America’s students. The Center on Reinventing Public Education compiled hundreds of studies and convened panels of education research experts to interpret the data. Three
- [How Much Have Students Missed Academically Because of the Pandemic? A Review of the Evidence to Date](https://crpe.org/how-much-have-students-missed-academically-because-of-the-pandemic-a-review-of-the-evidence-to-date/) - This report is part of a series that aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students. The Center on Reinventing Public Education compiled hundreds of studies and convened panels of experts to interpret what the data show. Three initial reports assess what we
- [New England Profiles of Innovation | Map Academy](https://crpe.org/new-england-profiles-of-innovation-map-academy/) - For many students, conforming to the traditional K–12 education system is not always compatible with their life circumstances. Map Academy in Plymouth, Massachusetts, now in its second year of operation, aims to provide an education that adapts to the needs and interests of its students while maintaining high expectations. This profile of Map Academy from
- [New England Profiles of Innovation | Common Ground High School](https://crpe.org/new-england-profiles-of-innovation-common-ground-high-school/) - Common Ground High School in New Haven, Connecticut, has made student voice and leadership not only a philosophy, but a universal principle. The single-site charter school sits on 20 acres of land and houses an urban farm that produces more than 10,000 pounds of local food each year. Students are encouraged to become local changemakers
- [New England Profiles of Innovation | Nokomis Regional High School](https://crpe.org/new-england-profiles-of-innovation-nokomis-regional-high-school/) - The team at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine, has spent over a decade laying the groundwork for multifaceted reforms—including interdisciplinary curriculum, project-based learning, education outside of the classroom walls, and meaningful career exploration—all of which are student-centered and aim to deepen rigorous academics into authentic learning experiences. Nokomis is a traditional open-enrollment regional
- [New England Profiles of Innovation | Margarita Muñiz Academy](https://crpe.org/profiles-of-innovation-margarita-muniz-academy/) - Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston, MA, was founded in 2012 with the mission of providing full cultural and linguistic fluency in Spanish and English for all of its students. The school’s development of its "Portrait of a Scholar" project led to a number of changes focused on providing greater opportunities for student voice and participation.
- [New England Profiles of Innovation | Holyoke High School](https://crpe.org/new-england-profiles-of-innovation-holyoke-high-school/) - Like every school across the country, Holyoke High School, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, struggled during remote learning: Teachers had to adjust to new technologies, and many students felt disconnected from the school environment. Despite these pandemic-induced challenges, Holyoke school leaders and staff kept student engagement at the forefront of their efforts to ensure continuity of learning.
- [New England Profiles of Innovation | Great Oaks Charter School Bridgeport](https://crpe.org/profiles-of-innovation-great-oaks-charter-school-bridgeport/) - As schools across the country continue to search for innovative practices to address pandemic-related learning loss and combat social isolation, experts are pointing to high dosage tutoring as a strategy worthy of consideration. Great Oaks Charter School Bridgeport in Connecticut offers an example of a high dosage tutoring model that has been refined and adapted
- [For these six schools, pandemic-era innovation demanded “know thyself”](https://crpe.org/for-these-six-schools-pandemic-era-innovation-demanded-know-thyself/) - Ever since March 2020, there’s been plenty of buzz about reinventing schools in the wake of the pandemic. But those with experience doing that work know that innovation doesn’t happen at the snap of a finger—it’s a muscle built over time. For schools that had already begun flexing that muscle pre-COVID, what impact has the
- [Progress and potential: The innovations of pandemic learning communities led by leaders of color](https://crpe.org/progress-and-potential-the-innovations-of-pandemic-pods-led-by-leaders-of-color/) - In partnership with researchers around the country, CRPE conducted 22 case studies of community-based pandemic learning communities to learn more about the experiences of those who participated. This paper synthesizes lessons from seven initiatives that were led by community leaders of color to assess what they may cumulatively teach us about advancing racial justice in
- ['Do this!' How Oakland parents are fighting for better schools — and a more responsive system](https://crpe.org/do-this-how-oakland-parents-are-fighting-for-better-schools-and-a-more-responsive-system/) - People in Action: Leaders changing minds—and communities The Center on Reinventing Public Education’s research often uncovers people with ideas or solutions that are worthy of a bigger stage. Our People in Action series offers space for leaders to explain—in their own words— how they’re addressing the critical needs of students in the hope of building
- [Pods in Action: The Oakland REACH](https://crpe.org/pods-in-action-the-oakland-reach/) - Case Study | Powerful Parents: The evolution of the tech hub at The Oakland REACH The Oakland REACH (REACH), a parent-run education advocacy group embedded in a predominantly Black and Latinx community in Oakland, California, responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by developing programming in response to community needs and found an opportunity to shape practices
- [Pods in Action: Black Mothers Forum](https://crpe.org/pods-in-action-black-mothers-forum/) - Case Study: How the Black Mothers Forum customized a microschool model to better meet the needs of Arizona's Black families Founded by mothers long concerned about the safety and welfare of their Black children, BMF is an Arizona-based education advocacy group that responded to the COVID-19 crisis by launching two microschools for Black families in
- [Crisis Breeds Innovation: Pandemic Pods and the Future of Education](https://crpe.org/crisis-breeds-innovation-pandemic-pods-and-the-future-of-education/) - In partnership with our funders, the Center on Reinventing Public Education launched a national initiative that brought together researchers from around the country to track and analyze the pandemic pod movement. Our goal was simple: to learn from the families, educators, and community-based organizations who stepped in during the crisis to solve urgent challenges and,
- ["The most professionally satisfied I've been." How could the best aspects of learning pod staffing be scaled up?](https://crpe.org/how-could-the-best-aspects-of-learning-pod-staffing-be-scaled-up/) - Pandemic learning pods revealed teachers and other adults are highly interested in playing more varied roles in children’s education. And some pod-like staffing arrangements may continue to exist and grow in out-of-school settings, such as after-school programs. But this report examines a different potential development: is it possible that the experiences staff had in pods
- [Reporter's Guide: Questions for assessing how your state or district is tracking pandemic impact and recovery](https://crpe.org/reporter-guide-assessing-pandemic-impact-recovery/) - To accompany CRPE’s inaugural State of the American Student report in 2022, researchers and experts assembled a guide with critical questions for media to consider as they follow the recovery — and we hope, the reinvention — of U.S. schools from the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a working document, and we welcome comments and feedback. Contact
- [Shifting students: A look at Washington State school enrollment from 2020 to 2022](https://crpe.org/a-look-at-washington-state-school-enrollment-from-2020-to-2022/) - As in other states, enrollment in Washington State’s public schools has shifted during the Covid-19 pandemic. This brief examines enrollment changes in Washington's district, charter, private, and home schools from September 2019 to September 2021. It uses student headcount data from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Washington State Board of
- [Shifting students: Pandemic-era enrollment changes present challenges and opportunities for Washington’s public charters](https://crpe.org/shifting-students-pandemic-era-enrollment-changes-present-challenges-and-opportunities-for-washingtons-public-charters/) - CRPE's September 2022 brief, "Shifting students: A look at Washington State school enrollment from 2020 to 2022," found that fewer students were enrolled in the state’s traditional public schools in 2021-22 than 2019-20, while enrollment in private schools, home schools, and public charter schools increased during that time. This accompanying brief provides more detail on
- [Education reform that sticks](https://crpe.org/education-reform-that-sticks/) - Public education depends on expertise, work, money, and cooperation from multiple actors who have different interests and beliefs. These lead to competition and negotiation—in other words, politics. Failure to consider the politics of reform implementation and sustainability has doomed many promising K–12 school improvement initiatives. This paper analyzes more than 10 years of data on
- [The pandemic's toll on students and society](https://crpe.org/the-pandemics-toll-on-students-and-society/) - To accompany CRPE’s inaugural State of the American Student report in 2022, researchers and experts assembled a fast facts one-pager for readers to use as they follow the recovery and reinvention of U.S. schools from the Covid-19 pandemic.
- [The State of the American Student: Fall 2022 Executive Summary](https://crpe.org/the-state-of-the-american-student-fall-2022-executive-summary/) - This executive summary provides highlights of the primary findings and recommendations from the State of the American Student: Fall 2022 report that draws on data the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has collected and synthesized during the pandemic. The report outlines the contours of the crisis American students have faced during the Covid-19 pandemic
- [Collaboration between CRPE, ASU informs new report on pandemic’s academic impacts](https://crpe.org/collaboration-between-crpe-asu-informs-new-report-on-pandemics-academic-impacts/) - After more than two and a half years of disrupted schooling, what do we know about the state of student learning, according to the best and latest research? The Center on Reinventing Public Education answered that question last year with an initial report on the pandemic’s academic impact. A new CRPE report updates those conclusions, based
- [From pods to public schools: Bringing the best of pandemic learning to traditional systems](https://crpe.org/from-pods-to-public-schools-bringing-the-best-of-pandemic-learning-to-traditional-systems/) - For more than two years, CRPE has studied the practices and impact of pandemic learning pods in hopes of identifying lessons that can be applied more broadly to improving public education for all students. In June 2022, CRPE convened a cross-sector group of education leaders—practitioners, funders, policymakers, researchers, and community advocates. Drawing from examples of
- [Perspectives that bind: Reshaping partnerships in education](https://crpe.org/perspectives-that-bind-reshaping-partnerships-in-education/) - Abstract School closures during the height of the pandemic marked a time when students and families across socioeconomic and racial/ethnic backgrounds acutely experienced the limitations of our current educational system. That synergy should be a call to make lasting change, reshaping inequities into quality education for all. Partnerships between schools, families, and expanded learning providers
- [‘The space and grace is evaporating:’ School leaders eager to tackle learning loss faced unexpected challenges this year. They’ll need help to lead everyone back on track](https://crpe.org/the-space-and-grace-is-evaporating-school-leaders-eager-to-tackle-learning-loss/) - Read the entire piece published by Brown Center Chalkboard at the Brookings Institution, or download it as a PDF. School and district leaders had hoped to make up for learning losses during the pandemic by teaching kids at grade level this year and providing just-in-time help. But unexpected challenges, from frequent staff and student absences
- [Lessons for Improving Curriculum from the COVID–19 Pandemic](https://crpe.org/lessons-for-improving-curriculum-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/) - There have been countless challenges faced by American families with school-aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the many challenges specifically relating to education has been ensuring children had access to a challenging academic curriculum. Whether children have been educated remotely or in hybrid settings, or whether they have been in a pod or homeschool,
- [Innovation, Curriculum, And The Pandemic, Oh My!](https://crpe.org/innovation-curriculum-and-the-pandemic-oh-my/) - Mike McShane's opinion piece for Forbes cites two CRPE working papers.
- [What’s Behind the COVID Academic Slide? Some Things Mattered More Than Remote Learning](https://crpe.org/whats-behind-the-covid-academic-slide-some-things-mattered-more-than-remote-learning/) - Christine Pitts is quoted in Education Week on diagnostic assessments.
- [More States Are Allowing Students to Take ‘Mental Health Days.’ But Could the Practice Backfire?](https://crpe.org/more-states-are-allowing-students-to-take-mental-health-days-but-could-the-practice-backfire/) - Paul Hill is quoted in The 74 on students taking mental health days from school post-pandemic.
- [Here’s what could lie ahead for the US in the third year of the pandemic](https://crpe.org/heres-what-could-lie-ahead-for-the-us-in-the-third-year-of-the-pandemic/) - CNN cites CRPE's data on school recovery plans.
- [Schools are starting to spend Covid relief dollars. Here's what they're prioritizing.](https://crpe.org/schools-are-starting-to-spend-covid-relief-dollars-heres-what-theyre-prioritizing/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted by NBC News on how schools are using COVID relief dollars.
- [Texas got $2.4B to safely reopen schools. Some teachers ask where it went](https://crpe.org/texas-got-2-4b-to-safely-reopen-schools-some-teachers-ask-where-it-went/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted by NBC News on how Texas is spending its COVID relief funds.
- [Will schools require Covid-19 vaccines for students?](https://crpe.org/will-schools-require-covid-19-vaccines-for-students/) - CRPE's database of recovery plans from 100 large and urban districts is cited in Vox.
- [The 74 Interview: CRPE’s Robin Lake on the Pandemic’s Missed Opportunities, Lingering Inequities and the ‘Decade of Work Ahead’ to Turn it All Around](https://crpe.org/the-74-interview-crpes-robin-lake-on-the-pandemics-missed-opportunities-lingering-inequities-and-the-decade-of-work-ahead-to-turn-it-all-around/) - In a feature interview from The 74, Robin Lake discusses where things stand on the 700th day since schools closed due to COVID-19.
- [Livestreaming class is an advantage not available to all Mass. students](https://crpe.org/livestreaming-class-is-an-advantage-not-available-to-all-mass-students/) - Robin Lake is quoted by WGBH on students' access to livestreamed classes.
- [New Research Tracks Charters’ Early Moves During Pandemic](https://crpe.org/new-research-tracks-charters-early-moves-during-pandemic/) - CRPE's data on district reopening plans is cited in The 74.
- [Finding teachers and bus drivers is a big problem, but a different staffing challenge is looming in school districts](https://crpe.org/finding-teachers-and-bus-drivers-is-a-big-problem-but-a-different-staffing-challenge-is-looming-in-school-districts/) - Back in fall 2021, we at the American School District Panel surveyed school districts nationwide to better understand their staffing challenges in the pandemic's third school year. The results echoed media accounts: large majorities of districts report they don’t have enough staff to hire—particularly substitutes, bus drivers, and special education teachers. When we conducted in-depth
- [COVID-19 relief plans don't reflect needs of English learners — it's not too late to change that](https://crpe.org/covid-19-relief-plans-dont-reflect-needs-of-english-learners-its-not-too-late-to-change-that/) - The EduRecoveryHub is cited in K–12 Dive.
- [As virus surged, few Pa. schools signed up for COVID testing](https://crpe.org/as-virus-surged-few-pa-schools-signed-up-for-covid-testing/) - Christine Pitts is quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on COVID testing in schools.
- [Lessons Learned From Pandemic Learning Pods](https://crpe.org/lessons-learned-from-pandemic-learning-pods/) - Education Week covers CRPE's survey report on pandemic learning pods.
- [Will learning pods persist beyond the pandemic?](https://crpe.org/will-learning-pods-persist-beyond-the-pandemic/) - K–12 Dive covers CRPE's survey report on pandemic learning pods.
- [Is there a future in the “learning pod” education model?](https://crpe.org/is-there-a-future-in-the-learning-pod-education-model/) - Marketplace cites CRPE's survey report on pandemic learning pods.
- [This Week in Pandemic Education Policy: Kids More Likely to Get COVID at Home Than School, Questioning Our ‘Kids-Last’ Approach & More Updates](https://crpe.org/this-week-in-pandemic-education-policy-kids-more-likely-to-get-covid-at-home-than-school-questioning-our-kids-last-approach-more-updates/) - The 74 highlights CRPE's survey report on pandemic learning pods.
- [A new COVID–19 data source for answering emerging pandemic questions](https://crpe.org/a-new-covid-19-data-source-for-answering-emerging-pandemic-questions/) - When it comes to understanding what happened in the 2020-21 school year, the relatively new COVID-19 School Data Hub is an easy to use tool, and one of the few school closure trackers with information at the school, rather than the school district level. The COVID-19 School Data Hub can be used to understand how
- [Biden Expands COVID-19 Testing in Schools By 10 Million Per Month](https://crpe.org/biden-expands-covid-19-testing-in-schools-by-10-million-per-month/) - CRPE's data on school districts screening students for COVID-19 is cited.
- [Schools Ask for Volunteer Teachers to Avoid Remote Learning During Omicron Surge](https://crpe.org/schools-ask-for-volunteer-teachers-to-avoid-remote-learning-during-omicron-surge/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted in EdSurge on school closures due to the Omicron variant.
- [What has your local school system done with its share of $190 billion in pandemic support?](https://crpe.org/what-has-your-local-school-system-done-with-its-share-of-190-billion-in-pandemic-support/) - Robin Lake is quoted on how schools are spending COVID relief dollars.
- [Can Chicago get 100% of students to sign up for COVID testing?](https://crpe.org/can-chicago-get-100-of-students-to-sign-up-for-covid-testing/) - CRPE data on COVID testing in schools is cited.
- [Virtual Learning, Now and Beyond](https://crpe.org/virtual-learning-now-and-beyond/) - The pandemic-fueled expansion of online learning will certainly persist beyond the pandemic, and schools must ensure that the transition creates accessible, high-quality options for all students. Most recently, the surge in COVID-19 Omicron variant cases and persistent ambiguity around whether and how to close schools reinforces the fact that we have failed to build intentional
- [Pods in Action: Joanna Rosa-Saenz](https://crpe.org/pods-in-action-joanna-rosa-saenz/) - Case Study: How a bootstrapping parent-run pod served at-risk students When the pandemic closed schools in Denver, an enterprising parent with community connections stepped in to meet immediate needs—and paved a new path to supporting students and families in the future. Key Lessons Families across the socioeconomic spectrum self-organized to support their children and one
- [Pods in Action: My Reflection Matters](https://crpe.org/pods-in-action-my-reflection-matters/) - Case Study: A virtual village where BIPOC families "unschool" together The My Reflection Matters (MRM) Village is a nationwide, virtual network of parents, students, and educators, formed with a mission to “cultivate a space that provides the supports, conversations, and healing required to decolonize adults’ beliefs and practices around learning and parenting in order to
- [Pods in Action: Hyde Park Neighborhood Club](https://crpe.org/pods-in-action-hyde-park-neighborhood-club/) - Case Study: A community organization treats students as individuals Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC) is a small, hyper-local community-based organization that, before the pandemic, provided after-school care and enrichment to children living on the South Side of Chicago. During the pandemic, HPNC created a learning pod for children in grades K-8 to provide parents in
- [Pods in Action: Cleveland Metropolitan School District](https://crpe.org/pods-in-action-cleveland-metropolitan-school-district/) - Case Study: Making the most of a rich network of district partners Cleveland came into the pandemic with a history of collaboration among civic organizations and schools. In summer 2020, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and partners—community organizations, funders, and out-of-school-time organizations—saw that students were in a crisis and came together to establish full-day
- [White House promises to provide schools 10 million free coronavirus tests per month](https://crpe.org/white-house-promises-to-provide-schools-10-million-free-coronavirus-tests-per-month/) - The Washington Post cites CRPE's data on the number of schools screening students for COVID-19.
- [The Federal Government Gave Billions to America’s Schools for COVID-19 Relief. Where Did the Money Go?](https://crpe.org/the-federal-government-gave-billions-to-americas-schools-for-covid-19-relief-where-did-the-money-go/) - Christine Pitts is quoted in ProPublica on states' use of COVID-19 relief funds.
- [Education startup bets 'learning pods' will outlive COVID](https://crpe.org/education-startup-bets-learning-pods-will-outlive-covid/) - Ashley Jochim is quoted on pandemic learning pods in the Boston Globe.
- [Schools offering hybrid options drop as in-person learning returns to nearly 100%](https://crpe.org/schools-offering-hybrid-options-drop-as-in-person-learning-returns-to-nearly-100/) - Robin Lake is quoted on the future of virtual learning in K–12 Dive.
- [Toward Better Family and Educator Engagement: Lessons from COVID Relief Dollars](https://crpe.org/toward-better-family-and-educator-engagement-lessons-from-covid-relief-dollars/) - Despite decades of research that points to the importance of family and staff engagement, the average school district in the United States is not designed to empower families and teachers to shape school improvement. The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to change that. Pandemic-fueled disruption helped seed ideas with families and educators about how to
- [Pandemic learning pod instructors loved teaching, but don't want to be traditional classroom teachers](https://crpe.org/pandemic-learning-pod-instructors-loved-teaching-but-dont-want-to-be-traditional-classroom-teachers/) - Samantha* had been a veteran educator for fourteen years, first as a classroom teacher and then a principal, when the pandemic shut down schools. Last year, when she learned about the then-growing learning pod movement, she thought starting one would help solve several immediate problems. “[My daughter] needs social interaction,” she said in an interview.
- [‘Still Not Equitable’: How COVID-19 Closures, Differing Safety Policies Are Disrupting School for Many Children](https://crpe.org/still-not-equitable-how-covid-19-closures-differing-safety-policies-are-disrupting-school-for-many-children/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted in Morning Consult on district policies for students who are sent home to quarantine.
- [Disruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students](https://crpe.org/disruptions-to-schooling-fall-hardest-on-vulnerable-students/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted by AP on disruptions to schooling for students who are quarantined.
- [‘Everyone Had Their Heads in the Sand’: Push To Reopen Schools Leaves Many Quarantined Students Without Remote Learning Options](https://crpe.org/everyone-had-their-heads-in-the-sand-push-to-reopen-schools-leaves-many-quarantined-students-without-remote-learning-options/) - Robin Lake is quoted in The 74 on districts' plans—or lack thereof—for students to continue learning while they are quarantined.
- [What Kids Feel Entering A Third COVID School Year (And How To Help Them Through It)](https://crpe.org/what-kids-feel-entering-third-covid-school-year-and-how-help-them-through-it/) - Robin Lake speaks on NPR's Consider This on how the pandemic has challenged kids and what we can do to help them.
- [Delta pushed most Philly-area school districts to keep virtual option; a few fear slippery slope](https://crpe.org/delta-pushed-most-philly-area-school-districts-to-keep-virtual-option-a-few-fear-slippery-slope/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted by NPR's WHYY on districts' remote learning options for students.
- [Most Schools Do Not Yet Meet Biden’s Demand for Testing and Vaccines](https://crpe.org/most-schools-do-not-yet-meet-bidens-demand-for-testing-and-vaccines/) - CRPE's database of 100 district plans is cited in The New York Times.
- [Closing the void at the core of public education](https://crpe.org/closing-the-void-at-the-core-of-public-education/) - Rigor and quality in teaching core subjects can fill the void caused by ideological conflict.
- [Recovery for U.S. Students in 2021: What Schools and Districts Can Do to Make Up for Lost Learning Time](https://crpe.org/recovery-for-u-s-students-in-2021-what-schools-and-districts-can-do-to-make-up-for-lost-learning-time/) - After eighteen months of school closure and disrupted learning, civic leaders, researchers, and educational leaders are getting a clearer picture of how students fared through the pandemic, and what new reality school systems face as they return to in-person schooling in 2021–22. Increases in community infection rates and parent hesitancy have thrown districts back into
- [Will Districts Mandate Shots for Students?](https://crpe.org/will-districts-mandate-shots-for-students/) - CRPE's database of 100 district plans is cited in The New York Times.
- [Schools Reopen But Obstacles Remain as COVID-19 Surges](https://crpe.org/schools-reopen-but-obstacles-remain-as-covid-19-surges/) - CRPE's database of district plans is cited in US News & World Report.
- [3 Reasons Why Being a Special Education Teacher Is Even Harder During the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/3-reasons-why-being-a-special-education-teacher-is-even-harder-during-the-pandemic/) - Lanya McKittrick is quoted in Education Week on special education during the pandemic.
- [In-Depth: Why San Diego Unified School District is struggling with modified quarantine](https://crpe.org/in-depth-why-san-diego-unified-school-district-is-struggling-with-modified-quarantine/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted by ABC 10 News on how San Diego is addressing quarantines.
- [Report: Charter school enrollment grew 7% during pandemic](https://crpe.org/report-charter-school-enrollment-grew-7-during-pandemic/) - Robin Lake is quoted in K–12 Dive on declining enrollment in district schools.
- [Oregon officials don’t know number of students and staff infected, quarantined for COVID-19 this school year](https://crpe.org/oregon-officials-dont-know-number-of-students-and-staff-infected-quarantined-for-covid-19-this-school-year/) - Christine Pitts is quoted in The Oregonian on district quarantine policies.
- [The Remote-Option Divide](https://crpe.org/the-remote-option-divide/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted in The Atlantic on districts' decisions on whether to give students a remote learning option.
- [‘I was expecting a plan’: Boston students see few signs of federal recovery money](https://crpe.org/i-was-expecting-a-plan-boston-students-see-few-signs-of-federal-recovery-money/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted in The Boston Globe on how districts are using their federal relief money.
- [CMAS results: Colorado students lost ground during year of disrupted learning](https://crpe.org/cmas-results-colorado-students-lost-ground-during-year-disrupted-learning/) - Christine Pitts is quoted in Chalkbeat Colorado on how the state should be considering assessment data.
- [Reopening Plans for the 100 Biggest School Districts Are Changing Fast](https://crpe.org/reopening-plans-for-the-100-biggest-school-districts-are-changing-fast/) - The New York Times features CRPE's database of 100 school district reopening plans.
- [Ask PolitiFact: Why is the COVID-19 vaccine not among required school vaccinations?](https://crpe.org/ask-politifact-why-is-the-covid-19-vaccine-not-among-required-school-vaccinations/) - Politifact cites CRPE's data on school district reopening plans.
- [Tennessee’s governor allows parents to opt out of mask mandates at school](https://crpe.org/tennessees-governor-allows-parents-to-opt-out-of-mask-mandates-at-school/) - The New York Times cites CRPE's data on school reopening plans.
- [Many States Have Left Schools Hanging About How to Reopen Safely, Analysis Finds](https://crpe.org/many-states-have-left-schools-hanging-about-how-reopen-safely-analysis-finds/) - Ashley Jochim is quoted in Education Week on states' role in helping district prepare for the coming school year.
- [Inside the vaccination fight that's dividing teachers unions](https://crpe.org/inside-the-vaccination-fight-thats-dividing-teachers-unions/) - CRPE's data on school district reopening plans is cited in Politico.
- [Back-To-School A Playground For More Partisan Politics Over COVID](https://crpe.org/back-school-playground-more-partisan-politics-over-covid/) - Paul Hill is quoted in US Patch on increasingly policial school board meetings amid the pandemic.
- [Mask Mandates Put ‘Local Control’ of Schools to the Test](https://crpe.org/mask-mandates-put-local-control-schools-test/) - Paul Hill is quoted in Education Week on the challenges of local control.
- [Massachusetts’s largest teachers union calls for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students and staff](https://crpe.org/massachusettss-largest-teachers-union-calls-for-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-students-and-staff/) - CRPE's data on school reopening plans is cited by Boston.com.
- [The School Kids Are Not Alright](https://crpe.org/the-school-kids-are-not-alright/) - CRPE's database of state plans is cited in this New York Times editorial piece.
- [‘Things are changing fast’: More schools requiring masks for all, vaccines for teachers](https://crpe.org/things-are-changing-fast-more-schools-requiring-masks-all-vaccines-teachers/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted on school reopening plans in Chalkbeat.
- [How Has the Pandemic Affected Students’ Social-Emotional Well-Being? A Review of the Evidence to Date](https://crpe.org/how-has-the-pandemic-affected-students-social-emotional-well-being-a-review-of-the-evidence-to-date/) - This report is part of a series that aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students. The Center on Reinventing Public Education compiled hundreds of studies and convened panels of experts to interpret what the data show. Three initial reports assess what we
- [How Eight Rural Districts Came Together to Redefine Postsecondary Success in the Midst of a Pandemic](https://crpe.org/how-eight-rural-districts-came-together-to-redefine-postsecondary-success-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic/) - When COVID-19 hit, Holyoke School District was nine months into an ambitious three-year strategy, the Homegrown Talent Initiative (HTI), designed to help rural communities across Colorado better prepare youth for success after high school by offering new career exploration and training opportunities. In the midst of school closings, remote learning, and community hardship, Holyoke found
- [Technology Made Special Education Parents Better Advocates During the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/technology-made-special-education-parents-better-advocates-during-the-pandemic-2/) - Lanya McKittrick shares CRPE's special education research in EdSurge.
- [The Tradeoff Between Teacher Wages and Layoffs to Meet Budget Cuts](https://crpe.org/the-tradeoff-between-teacher-wages-and-layoffs-to-meet-budget-cuts/) - Facing huge budget gaps, are school district officials forced to lay off teachers? It’s true that teacher salaries make up the largest slice of the district budget pie, but salary costs can be cut without layoffs. Rather than handing out pink slips, some districts have explored rolling back salaries. An estimated 60%–80% of the more
- [Public Education After the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/public-education-after-pandemic/) - Robin Lake is interviewed for College Board's The Elective on the future of public education.
- [A national corps of mentors: Lessons from the pandemic on elevating teachers’ craft, at scale](https://crpe.org/a-national-corps-of-mentors-lessons-from-the-pandemic-on-elevating-teachers-craft-at-scale-2/) - A new initiative offers a teacher mentor model as an alternative to the current and ineffective cycle of teacher observation, feedback, and evaluation.
- [A national corps of mentors: Lessons from the pandemic on elevating teachers’ craft, at scale](https://crpe.org/a-national-corps-of-mentors-lessons-from-the-pandemic-on-elevating-teachers-craft-at-scale/) - As the new school year approaches, big-city superintendents everywhere confront the chasm between their students’ needs and their districts’ capacity to meet them. Many children will return to school a year or more behind. Speaking in confidence, superintendents will tell you that the capacity of their teaching force to meet the moment is a grave
- [It helps to start small: Lessons on launching schools of choice in a pandemic](https://crpe.org/it-helps-to-start-small-lessons-on-launching-schools-of-choice-in-a-pandemic/) - "How are we going to [recruit students and families to] this school, because we can't do anything in person?" This question, which we heard expressed by one founder of a new-school-to-be in Washington State, is being asked by thousands of schools of choice across the country, ever since most of them closed their campuses last
- [School Districts Across the Nation Plan for An Uncertain Year Ahead](https://crpe.org/school-districts-across-the-nation-plan-for-an-uncertain-year-ahead/) - This brief gives a snapshot of how school districts across the country are currently planning for fall 2020, how they are planning for contingencies of COVID-19 spread, and how this varies based on district characteristics. During the week of July 27-31, we reviewed district websites, social media, and local news to collect data from a
- [Kids are starting their third Covid school year. Here's what to know.](https://crpe.org/kids-are-starting-their-third-covid-school-year-heres-what-to-know/) - CNN covers CRPE's report on how the pandemic has impacted students academically.
- [Forbidding Remote Learning: Why Some Schools Won’t Offer a Virtual Option This Fall](https://crpe.org/forbidding-remote-learning-why-some-schools-wont-offer-a-virtual-option-this-fall/) - Robin Lake is quoted in Education Week on the dangers of abandoning remote learning immediately after the pandemic.
- [Promising Practices Drive Progress: Closing Learning Gaps for Students with Disabilities](https://crpe.org/promising-practices-drive-progress-closing-learning-gaps-for-students-with-disabilities/) - Many students started the 2020 school year a little behind academically, but students with disabilities have been especially impacted by the pandemic. With the added benefit of federal stimulus funds, we wanted to know: What can schools to do support students with disabilities as they start planning for next year? And what, if anything, can
- [They Rage-Quit the School System—and They're Not Going Back](https://crpe.org/they-rage-quit-school-system-and-theyre-not-going-back/) - Ashley Jochim is quoted in Wired on CRPE's work studying pandemic-born learning pods.
- [“Don’t leave me out": Schools should use insights gained from the pandemic to strengthen partnerships with high school families](https://crpe.org/dont-leave-me-out-schools-should-use-insights-gained-from-the-pandemic-to-strengthen-partnerships-with-high-school-families/) - We set out to assess what family-teacher partnerships have looked like in high school throughout the pandemic—paying close attention to promising new developments and enduring areas of need.
- [Technology Made Special Education Parents Better Advocates During the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/technology-made-special-education-parents-better-advocates-during-the-pandemic/) - Lanya McKittrick shares CRPE’s special education research in EdSurge. Visit Edsurge to learn more.
- [The Dangers of Failing Grades](https://crpe.org/dangers-failing-grades/) - Robin Lake is quoted in The New York Times on how districts are handling grading policies after the pandemic.
- [Are smaller class sizes without the pitfalls possible? Pandemic pods make the case](https://crpe.org/are-smaller-class-sizes-without-the-pitfalls-possible-pandemic-pods-make-the-case/) - School systems recovering from the COVID-19 crisis may be able to recreate the high level of individual attention students saw in successful pandemic pods.
- [Summer School Is Here](https://crpe.org/summer-school-is-here/) - Christine Pitts is quoted in The New York Times on districts' plans for summer schooling.
- [COVID-19 Revealed New Roles for Cities to Create a Continuum of Support for Youth and Families. They Shouldn't End with the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/covid-19-revealed-new-roles-for-cities-to-create-a-continuum-of-support-for-youth-and-families-they-shouldnt-end-with-the-pandemic/) - As part of CRPE’s ongoing exploration of learning pods, we wanted to understand cities’ involvement in this new model of learning. We searched city websites to identify learning pods either operated, supported, or promoted by city agencies in the 100 largest cities in the U.S., and found: About one-third (36 percent) of the largest U.S.
- [Remote Learning Isn’t Going Away. Will It Create Separate—and Unequal—School Systems?](https://crpe.org/remote-learning-isnt-going-away-will-it-create-separate-and-unequal-school-systems/) - Bree Dusseault warns in Education Week that some families may still choose nontraditional tracks for their students post-pandemic, with the potential of creating a totally separate school system.
- [Schools that Switched to a Four-Day Week Saw Learning Reductions. What Does that Mean for the Pandemic’s Lost Instructional Time?](https://crpe.org/schools-switched-four-day-week-saw-learning-reductions-what-does-mean-pandemics-lost/) - Robin Lake is quoted in The 74 on lost instructional time in schools that switched to a four-day week.
- [Returning this Fall, By Popular Demand: Virtual School. For Communities of Color, it’s Largely a Matter of Trust](https://crpe.org/returning-fall-popular-demand-virtual-school-communities-color-its-largely-matter-trust/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted in The 74 on why some families are not choosing the option to return to in-person learning.
- [What American kids need this summer](https://crpe.org/what-american-kids-need-this-summer/) - Vox cites data from CRPE on districts' plans for summer schooling.
- [We had a year to experiment with online learning. What did we learn?](https://crpe.org/we-had-year-experiment-online-learning-what-did-we-learn/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted in the Seattle Times on lessons learned from a year of remote schooling.
- [5 reasons experts think kids will be in school full time this fall](https://crpe.org/5-reasons-experts-think-kids-will-be-school-full-time-fall/) - Robin Lake is quoted in Vox on what to expect from schools this fall.
- [COVID-19 has upended education. How will schools solve for learning loss?](https://crpe.org/covid-19-has-upended-education-how-will-schools-solve-learning-loss/) - Robin Lake is quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer on how schools should address learning loss.
- [Why students could look forward to summer school this year](https://crpe.org/why-students-could-look-forward-to-summer-school-this-year/) - CRPE's data on school districts' summer school plans is cited.
- [Politics, Race Were Key Factors in When Washington Schools Reopened for In-Person Learning During Pandemic](https://crpe.org/politics-race-were-key-factors-in-when-washington-schools-reopened-for-in-person-learning-during-pandemic/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted by the Daily Chronicle on Washington school districts' responses to the pandemic and the reluctance of some commmunities to return in-person.
- [Fact check: Does Biden deserve credit for school reopenings?](https://crpe.org/fact-check-does-biden-deserve-credit-school-reopenings/) - Sean Gill is quoted on the impact of President Biden's school reopening plan.
- [American Families Plan caps Biden's first 100 days with pre-K proposal](https://crpe.org/american-families-plan-caps-bidens-first-100-days-pre-k-proposal/) - Robin Lake is quoted in K-12 Dive on President Biden's progress in his first 100 days in office.
- [How Are School Districts Addressing Student Social-Emotional Needs during the Pandemic?](https://crpe.org/how-are-school-districts-addressing-student-social-emotional-needs-during-the-pandemic/) - Since March 2020, CRPE has tracked remote learning trends in school districts across the country. In this brief, we look at how our nationally representative sample of 477 school districts attended to students’ social-emotional learning and well-being in fall 2020. Students’ social-emotional learning and well-being was a concern before the COVID-19 pandemic. But it is
- [Pressure Grows to Reopen Schools, But Fears Persist](https://crpe.org/pressure-grows-reopen-schools-fears-persist/) - Ashley Jochim is quoted by PEW on school reopenings.
- [Fewer Children Are Attending School, Remotely and In Person](https://crpe.org/fewer-children-are-attending-school-remotely-and-in-person/) - CRPE's database on school reopenings is cited in The Wall Street Journal.
- [Rhode Island Kept Its Schools Open. This Is What Happened.](https://crpe.org/rhode-island-kept-its-schools-open-this-is-what-happened/) - CRPE's data on the political divide on school reopening is cited in The New York Times.
- [Biden wants to reopen schools. California could hold him back](https://crpe.org/biden-wants-reopen-schools-california-could-hold-him-back/) - Betheny Gross is quoted in the Los Angeles Times on President Biden's plan to reopen schools.
- [Fewer students attending class amid coronavirus pandemic](https://crpe.org/fewer-students-attending-class-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted on attendance tracking during the pandemic.
- [To test or not to test? Educators weigh the value of standardized testing during a pandemic](https://crpe.org/test-or-not-test-educators-weigh-value-standardized-testing-during-pandemic/) - Robin Lake is quoted in the Hechinger Report on how schools should be testing students during the pandemic.
- [With Maryland schools planning to reopen, teacher unions say classrooms aren’t safe enough yet from coronavirus](https://crpe.org/with-maryland-schools-planning-to-reopen-teacher-unions-say-classrooms-arent-safe-enough-yet-from-coronavirus/) - Ashley Jochim is quoted in the Baltimore Sun on teachers unions' impact in school reopening decisions.
- [Why CDC reopening guidance is just the start of K-12 recovery](https://crpe.org/why-cdc-reopening-guidance-just-start-k-12-recovery/) - Robin Lake is quoted in District Administrator on K–12 recovery after COVID-19.
- [Reopening schools hinges upon trust that must be built from the ground up](https://crpe.org/reopening-schools-hinges-upon-trust-that-must-be-built-from-the-ground-up/) - District and school leaders can no longer presume parents’ trust in schools, or forget that it must be constantly renewed during and after the pandemic.
- [As remote learning drags on, parents search for answers about school in the fall](https://crpe.org/remote-learning-drags-parents-search-answers-about-school-fall/) - Ashley Jochim is quoted on NPR about reopening schools.
- [President Biden Is Walking a ‘Careful Tightrope’ When It Comes to School Reopenings](https://crpe.org/president-biden-walking-careful-tightrope-when-it-comes-school-reopenings/) - Robin Lake is quoted in Education Week on reopening schools.
- [As millions of kids skip kindergarten, the learning gap widens – and schools may lose funding](https://crpe.org/as-millions-of-kids-skip-kindergarten-the-learning-gap-widens-and-schools-may-lose-funding/) - USA Today cites CRPE's database on school reopening plans.
- [‘Difficult to split yourself’: Philly area educators on the pros and cons of hybrid learning](https://crpe.org/difficult-split-yourself-philly-area-educators-pros-and-cons-hybrid-learning/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted on schools moving to hybrid learning models.
- [Maryland schools chief recommends statewide testing resume this spring, with reduced exams](https://crpe.org/maryland-schools-chief-recommends-statewide-testing-resume-spring-reduced-exams/) - Robin Lake is quoted in the Baltimore Sun on testing students during the pandemic.
- [To make up for lost learning time, set priorities](https://crpe.org/to-make-up-for-lost-learning-time-set-priorities/) - Schools and districts must set priorities so students don't fall perpetually behind because of school closures and the difficulties of virtual learning.
- [How school districts are tackling reopening plans, addressing gaps in learning during the pandemic](https://crpe.org/how-school-districts-are-tackling-reopening-plans-addressing-gaps-learning-during-pandemic/) - Robin Lake is interviewed on CBS about how districts are approaching reopening plans.
- [U-Turn: Surge of COVID Cases Reverses Reopening Progress in America's School Districts](https://crpe.org/u-turn-surge-of-covid-cases-reverses-reopening-progress-in-americas-school-districts/) - As of December, a statistically representative sample of 477 school districts showed that 31 percent were operating fully in remote learning—a larger percentage than at any other point during the fall semester. This brief gives an update from our ongoing review of reopening plans from around the country. We found: Districts take two steps back
- [Joe Biden’s Stimulus Plan Emphasizes School Reopenings](https://crpe.org/joe-bidens-stimulus-plan-emphasizes-school-reopenings/) - HuffPost cites CRPE's data on school districts' learning models.
- [CPS students need support to succeed in hybrid learning model](https://crpe.org/cps-students-need-support-succeed-hybrid-learning-model/) - Bree Dusseault is quoted on school districts' varying learning models during the pandemic.
- [Biden's gambit: Will schools be ready to reopen in 100 days?](https://crpe.org/bidens-gambit-will-schools-be-ready-to-reopen-in-100-days/) - Robin Lake is quoted in Education Dive on President Biden's 100-day school reopening plan.
- [With an Eye Toward Equity, Biden Unveils Plan to Reopen Many Schools in First 100 Days](https://crpe.org/eye-toward-equity-biden-unveils-plan-reopen-many-schools-first-100-days/) - Robin Lake is quoted in The 74 on President Biden's plan for reopening schools.
- [13,000 School Districts, 13,000 Approaches to Teaching During Covid](https://crpe.org/13000-school-districts-13000-approaches-to-teaching-during-covid/) - Robin Lake is quoted in The New York Times on learning loss due to the pandemic.
- [How Biden's Data Mandate Could Help Schools Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis](https://crpe.org/how-bidens-data-mandate-could-help-schools-navigate-the-covid-19-crisis/) - Robin Lake is quoted in Education Week about what the Biden team should prioritize to help schools during the pandemic.
- [Why America has done such a poor job of keeping schools open](https://crpe.org/why-america-has-done-such-a-poor-job-of-keeping-schools-open/) - CRPE's research is cited in The Economist.
- [Measuring the Impact of the Coronavirus on Teachers, Students and Schools](https://crpe.org/measuring-impact-coronavirus-teachers-students-and-schools/) - Robin Lake is quoted by U.S. News and World Report on what data schools should be collecting during the pandemic.
- [Lake: With New COVID-19 Variant, Reopening Schools in Next 100 Days May Not Be Possible. We Must Plan Accordingly, Not Put Our Heads in the Sand](https://crpe.org/lake-new-covid-19-variant-reopening-schools-next-100-days-may-not-be-possible-we-must-plan/) - Robin Lake writes that President Biden's plan to reopen schools in 100 days may not be possible.
- [Analysis: Survey of District Leaders Shows Online Learning Is Here to Stay. Some Ways of Making It Work for Students Beyond the Pandemic](https://crpe.org/analysis-survey-district-leaders-shows-online-learning-here-stay-some-ways-making-it-work/) - Paul Hill and Heather Schwartz write how different stakeholders can use pandemic-related momentum to make online learning a common staple of public schooling.
- [This Week’s ESSA News: Enrollment Soars at Washington State Charters During Pandemic, Wyoming Hits Pause on Accountability, a Growing Divide in Idaho’s Graduation Rate & More](https://crpe.org/this-weeks-essa-news-enrollment-soars-at-washington-state-charters-during-pandemic-wyoming-hits-pause-on-accountability-a-growing-divide-in-idahos-graduation-rate-more/) - The 74 features CRPE's report on shifts in public school enrollment in Washington State since the start of the pandemic.
- [Your kid might not return to a classroom this year. Are teachers unions to blame?](https://crpe.org/your-kid-might-not-return-classroom-year-are-teachers-unions-blame/) - Robin Lake is quoted in USA Today on President Biden's plan to reopen schools in 100 days.

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- [Community Led Innovation](https://crpe.org/community-led-innovation/) - COMMUNITY-LEDINNOVATION TRANSLATING GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS TO SYSTEM-WIDE CHANGE The pandemic opened up unprecedented opportunities for families, educators, community-based organizations and entrepreneurs to design their own educational solutions. Some of these solutions recall one-room schoolhouses, freedom schools, and free school movements of the past; others harness technologies and novel configurations for schooling. And while all responded in
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- [About](https://crpe.org/evidence-project/about/) - In times of crisis, knowledge must flow freely and quickly. The Covid-19 pandemic creased such a crisis in education, and in response, the Center on Reinventing Public Education launched the Evidence Project. Throughout the pandemic, the Evidence Project provided urgent research, data and analyses to those that needed it most. By highlighting emerging innovations and
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- [past schools](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=past-schools) - PROGRAM LEAD: ADRIENNE USHERAdrienne Usher has spent over two decades in education and currently serves as assistant superintendent in Bullitt County Public Schools. Dr. Usher oversees school principals, instructional and assessment programming, school counseling, site-based decision making councils, technology, federal programs, grants, and human resources. She evaluates federal, state and local legislation and regulations to
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- [SSIG Lamkin McComb](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-lamkin-mccomb) - Robert Lamkin Assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, McComb School District Mr. Lamkin is currently the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction at the McComb School District and previously served as the instructional lead learner/principal of McComb High School for nine years. During his tenure, he improved the school’s academic performance from an F rating
- [SSIG Mostaghimi Gwinnett](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-mostaghimi-gwinnett) - Dr. Babak Mostaghimi Assistant Superintendent of elementary education and student support, Gwinnett County Public Schoolss Dr. Babak Mostaghimi is an educator and education systems entrepreneur. Babak serves as assistant superintendent of elementary education and student support for Gwinnett County Public Schools, where he focuses on ensuring high-quality student learning experiences, supporting effective innovation, and continuous
- [SSIG Bustillos Aldine](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-bustillos-aldine) - Dr. Adrian Bustillos Chief transformation officer, Aldine Independent School District Dr. Adrian Bustillos is the chief transformation officer for Aldine Independent School District in Dallas, TX. Dr. Bustillos launched the Office of Transformation in 2019. His role expands great schools and improves access to them. He has led the work in creating new school options,
- [SSIG Eno Da Vinci](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-eno-da-vinci) - Steven Eno Director of Project Leo, Da Vinci Schools Steve Eno is the director of Project Leo and has been an educator for 12 years. He launched the engineering program at El Segundo High School and was the teacher of the year in 2014-2015. During this time, Steve launched his first startup, Eno Software, to
- [SSIG Moumoutjis Building 21](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-moumoutjis-building-21) - Sandra Moumoutjis Executive director - Learning Innovation Network, Building 21 Sandra Moumoutjis is the executive director of Building 21’s Learning Innovation Network, which is designed to grow and support schools districts as they transition to personalized and competency-based education. Over the past two years, Sandra has grown the Learning Innovation Network to include 47 schools
- [SSIG Jackson Mesquite](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-jackson-mesquite) - Cara Jackson Chief technology officer, Mesquite Independent School District Cara Jackson, a visionary educator with over two decades of experience, is a passionate advocate for innovative teaching. A proud Mesquite ISD product, Cara’s journey began at Pirrung Elementary, where she excelled as an educator and later became principal, fostering a culture of growth and technology
- [SSIG Corey St. Paul](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-corey-st-paul) - Leah Corey Director of innovation, St. Paul Public Schools Leah Corey is a public education leader with nearly 15 years’ experience successfully leading adults through transformational change. She has served large public school districts and nonprofits in Illinois and Minnesota and currently serves as a director of innovation for St. Paul Public Schools. In this
- [SSIG Sicat Ednovate](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-sicat-ednovate) - Oliver Sicat CEO, Ednovate Oliver Sicat is the CEO of Ednovate, a fast-growing high school charter management organization founded in partnership with the University of Southern California that is working to change our nation’s high school report card. Previously, Oliver was the chief portfolio officer in the Chicago Public Schools, founding principal of UIC College
- [SSIG Charles St. Vrain](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-charles-st-vrain) - Kahle Charles Assistant superintendent of assessment, curriculum, and instruction, St. Vrain Valley School District Kahle Charles is the assistant superintendent of assessment, curriculum, and instruction at the St. Vrain Valley School District. In this role, he collaborates closely with principals, school teams, professional development, and instructional technology departments to address curriculum-related matters, facilitate implementation, and
- [SSIG Usher Bullitt](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-usher-bullitt) - dr. Adrienne Usher Assistant superintendent, Bullitt County Public Schools Adrienne Usher has spent over two decades in education and currently serves as assistant superintendent in Bullitt County Public Schools. Dr. Usher oversees school principals, instructional and assessment programming, school counseling, site-based decision making councils, technology, federal programs, grants, and human resources. She evaluates federal, state
- [SSIG Collins Cajon Valley](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=ssig-collins-cajon-valley) - Chris Collins Data and assessment coordinator, Cajon Valley Union District After starting his career teaching middle school math, Chris became a world of work coach in Cajon Valley, where he trained teachers to transform their classrooms into career development hubs. Currently, as a data and assessment coordinator, Chris uses data to help ensure access to
- [Essay Rodrigues](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-rodrigues) - Keri Rodrigues President, National Parents Union on parents’ demands for better, more accurate information “We must put an end to petty political fights, institutional racism, an antiquated status quo, and policies that prioritize adults over kids and instead collaboratively address the transformational change our children and families need. … Now is the moment for elected
- [Essay Waite](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-waite) - Chelsea Waite Principal Researcher, CRPE on how New England states are rethinking the “college for all” paradigm “CRPE’s in-depth interviews with students and educators across six high schools in New England are yielding a resounding message: The primary purpose of high school IS NOT to prepare every student for college. Instead, parents and students in
- [Essay Vogel](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-vogel) - Joanne Vogel Vice President of Student Services, Arizona State University on redesigning everything, from dorm rules to instruction, to better support incoming students “Incoming students are displaying behavior we might expect of younger adolescents, with difficulties managing their daily responsibilities, challenges resolving interpersonal conflicts, and troubling incidents of violence, vandalism, and even vigilantism….We are testing
- [Essay Polis](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-polis) - Jared Polis Colorado Governor on blurring the lines between high school and postsecondary learning “Advanced degrees and credentials are now table stakes to participate in the modern economy, but accessing them usually requires students to persist through four years of high school work that often doesn’t feel relevant to their futures. Then they proceed to
- [Essay Patten](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-patten) - Kristie Patten Counselor to the President, New York University on what autistic students can teach us about focusing on assets, not deficits “For years, advocates have been begging institutions to do things differently. The invariable response: ‘We can’t. It’s too hard. Be patient. Give us time.’ Then came Covid, and within 24 hours, everything changed.
- [Essay Mackintosh](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-mackintosh) - Marie Mackintosh President and CEO, EmployIndy on modern apprenticeships and related efforts to make high school more relevant “We’re having an impact. We’re helping diversify our workforce: about 88% of current apprentices are students of color, 60% are female, and one third come from low-income households, doing jobs such as IT and accounting that historically
- [Essay Lake](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-lake) - Robin Lake Director, CRPE on why it’s the perfect time to redesign the New American High School “We need to start thinking, talking, and acting bigger. Career preparation in high school is essential for every student. At the very least, students should leave high school with a guarantee that they have mastered the core skills
- [Essay Adams](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-adams) - David Adams CEO, Urban Assembly on organizing schools around real-world themes “As we move from observing the rain to building the ark(s), we must resist the temptation to ‘boil the ocean’ — to think we must solve huge, seemingly intractable problems all at once. Instead of getting paralyzed by ‘recover from the pandemic,’ ‘improve graduation
- [Essay Samuel](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-samuel) - Aaliyah Samuel President and CEO, CASEL on closing the “relationship gaps” “Educators are building on this strong support [from educators, parents, and businesses] — not just to recover from the pandemic but to redesign education. Optimally, they’re taking a systems approach to social and emotional learning, teaching it not just as a one-off course in
- [Essay Pangelinan](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-pangelinan) - Cara Pangelinan Research Analyst, CRPE on what students are telling us “While there is cause to be wary of harmful users who can influence youth negatively, the benefits social media bestows are also notable. For teenagers like Abigail, Liv, and others who use the platform to connect to one another and find commonality where they
- [Essay Kane](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-kane) - Thomas Kane Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education on ensuring we have the right dosage of interventions “The future consequence for students–and for the nation’s economy–if students fail to catch up will be dire. A conservative estimate of the loss in future earnings for those enrolled in public K-12 education during the 2020-21 school year
- [Essay Huffman](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-huffman) - Kevin Huffman CEO, Accelerate on delivering more “high-impact tutoring” “The challenge is that high-impact tutoring is difficult to deliver at the scale and the pace that we need. …And it is especially difficult to reach high school students, who arguably should be our top priority given how little time they have to recover pandemic learning
- [Essay Guidera](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-guidera) - Aimee Guidera Virginia Education Secretary on high standards, innovation, and closing the “honesty gap” “When I first attended the annual meeting of the Education Commission of the States in the early 1990s, they were handing out coffee cups with an exhortation that ‘all kids can learn.’ I remember thinking, duh, of course they can. The
- [Essay Anders](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=essay-anders) - Jake Anders Associate Professor, University College London on researching Covid’s long-term effects on educational and career trajectories “COSMO has recruited a representative sample of over 13,000 young people in 500 schools across England, over-sampling disadvantaged and ethnic minority groups and targeting other hard-to-reach groups. Young person and parent questionnaires — enhanced with educational administrative data
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- [International Series Blog Left](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=international-series-blog-left) - Beyond Finland public school solutions from around the globe For more than a decade, Finland has captured the education world’s attention because of its students’ strong performance on international exams and its high standards for teacher training. But especially in the wake of the pandemic, ideas for improving achievement can be found in many other countries, and even
- [wfi_addressingchallenges_edited](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=wfi_addressingchallenges_edited) - ADDRESSING CHALLENGES We asked school systems which challenges they wanted to address with their strategies. Nearly all systems reported trying to address recruitment-related problems, such as filling positions or finding higher quality teachers; nearly half of the systems reported wanted to address retention-related problems (see Figure 7). Most, but not all, school systems reported that
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- [wfi_strategies_final2](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=wfi_strategies_final2) - workforce strategies We asked school systems to identify which of these eight core strategies they were planning, piloting, or implementing to address workforce challenges. School systems could identify more than one strategy. Table 1: Top workforce strategies Category Reimagined strategiesRedesigned schedules and workload School system allows all or a subset of schools to flex time/ scheduling/
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- [pandemiclearning_focusareas](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=pandemiclearning_focusareas) - Tracking Pandemic Data Data and analysis of pandemic plans from 100 large and urban districts that serve nearly 10 million students Tracking State Actions Data and analysis of fall 2021 reopening guidance for all fifty states and Washington, D.C.
- [wfi_database_info](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=wfi_database_info) - database This database includes 28 school systems that are working to transform teaching into a more desirable and sustainable profession. Click the button below to downloaded and filter the database. Download the Dataset Our team is currently working on providing additional data manipulations and visualizations, so keep an eye on this page for updates. about
- [wfi_accordion](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=wfi_accordion) - ABOUT THE SCHOOLS Currently, there are 28 school systems in the database. The systems represent a range of local and regulatory contexts, but most are traditional, urban, mid-sized districts. We hope to grow the size of the database through a second round of data collection in fall 2023. Figure 1: Types of systems in the
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- [wfi_problemseffectiveness](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=wfi_problemseffectiveness) - problems & effectiveness We asked school systems which challenges they were aiming to address with their strategies. Most systems reported trying to address recruitment-related problems, such as filling general or hard-to-staff positions or finding higher quality teachers or more teachers of color (see Figure 7). Still, nearly half of the systems in the database reported
- [wfi_strategiestest](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=wfi_strategiestest) - workforce strategies We asked school systems to identify which of the eight core strategies they were planning, piloting, or implementing to address workforce challenges. School systems could identify more than one strategy. Table 1: Core workforce strategies Category Reimagined strategiesRedesigned schedules and workload School system allows all or a subset of schools to flex time/
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- [Expert Spotlight](https://crpe.org/?elementor_library=expert-spotlight) - Expert Spotlight Meet the Team Robin Lake Director, CRPE Focus Areas Innovation and the Future of Learning, Learning Recovery, Portfolio Strategy In thousands of districts, 4-day school weeks are robbing students of learning time for what amounts to hygiene theater Michael DeArmond Principal Focus Areas Education Finance A national corps of mentors: Lessons from the
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## Experts

- [Joel Vargas](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joel-vargas/)
- [Bree Dusseault](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/bree-dusseault/)
- [Caitlin Lennon](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/caitlin-lennon/) - Caitlin Lennon is a research project manager at the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
- [Heather J. Hough](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/heather-j-hough/)
- [Maddy Sims](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/maddy-sims-2/)
- [Emily Prymula](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/emily-prymula/) - Emily Prymula is a Content Director at CRPE.
- [Alexander Kurz](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/alexander-kurz/)
- [Auditi Chakravarty](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/auditi-chakravarty/)
- [Anagha Mandayam](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/anagha-mandayam/)
- [Mike Petrilli](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/mike-petrilli/)
- [Thérèse McKinny-Wood](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/therese-mckinny-wood/)
- [Anna Saavedra](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/anna-saavedra/)
- [Katie Reed](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/katie-reed/)
- [Swati Guin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/swati-guin/)
- [Tia Clinton](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tia-clinton/)
- [Robin Lake](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/robin-lake/)
- [Lindsay Henderson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lindsay-henderson/)
- [Jon Deane](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jon-deane/)
- [Shauna Campbell](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/shauna-campbell/)
- [Janette Avelar](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/janette-avelar/)
- [Ashley Jochim](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/ashley-jochim/)
- [Heather Casimere](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/heather-casimere/) - Heather Casimere is a research analyst assistant at the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
- [Abby Jacobs](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/abby-jacobs/)
- [Steven Weiner](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/steven-weiner/)
- [Lavonzell Nicholson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lavonzell-nicholson/) - Lavonzell Nicholson is the Director of Strategic Operations at CRPE, where she brings two decades of experience managing businesses, people, and projects.
- [Nadja Michel-Herf](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/nadja-michel-herf/)
- [Sarah McCann](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sarah-mccann/)
- [Natalie Mayfield](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/natalie-mayfield/)
- [Mary Laski](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/mary-laski/)
- [Rachael Jordan](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/rachael-eiting/) - Rachael is the executive assistant to Director Robin Lake.
- [Melissa Fall](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/melissa-fall/)
- [Calen Clifton](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/calen-clifton/)
- [Lisa Chu](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lisa-chu/)
- [Michael Berardino](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-berardino/) - Michael Berardino is a Senior Research Analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
- [Shira Haderlein](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/shira-haderlein/)
- [Chelsea Waite](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/chelsea-waite/)
- [Lydia Rainey](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lydia-rainey/) - Lydia Rainey is a principal at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, where her research focuses on how school districts design and implement innovative approaches to serving all students.
- [Lakisha Young](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lakisha-young/) - Lakisha Young is a senior fellow with the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
- [Dana Harrison](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/dana-harrison/)
- [Carole Basile](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/carole-basile/)
- [Colleen McCann](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/colleen-mccann/)
- [Cristina Sepe](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/cristina-sepe/)
- [Chris Lozier](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/chris-lozier/)
- [Chris Cerf](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/chris-cerf/)
- [Bruno V. Manno](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/bruno-v-manno/)
- [Brian Gill](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/brian-gill/)
- [Bing-ru Teh](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/bing-ru-teh/)
- [Frederick M. Hess](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/frederick-m-hess/)
- [Felicia Saffold](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/felicia-saffold/)
- [Ethan Gray](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/ethan-gray/)
- [Eric Nadelstern](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/eric-nadelstern/)
- [Emily Ayscue Hassel](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/emily-ayscue-hassel/)
- [Angela Bruns](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/angela-bruns/)
- [Elizabeth Cooley Nelson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/elizabeth-cooley-nelson/)
- [David Stewart](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/david-stewart/)
- [David Menefee-Libey](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/david-menefee-libey/)
- [Tamar Gendler](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tamar-gendler/)
- [Gail E. Foster](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/gail-e-foster/)
- [Elizabeth Chu](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/elizabeth-chu/)
- [Grant Blume](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/grant-blume/)
- [Hope Longwell-Grice](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/hope-longwell-grice/)
- [Jon Fullerton](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jon-fullerton/)
- [Ira Nichols-Barrer](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/ira-nichols-barrer/)
- [Jackqueline Miller](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jackqueline-miller/)
- [Jacqueline Meijer-Irons](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jacqueline-meijer-irons/)
- [Jane Hannaway](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jane-hannaway/)
- [Janice Jones](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/janice-jones/)
- [Jeffrey Henig](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jeffrey-henig/)
- [Joanne Jacobs](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joanne-jacobs/)
- [Jon Valant](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jon-valant/)
- [Joseph A. Abbate](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joseph-a-abbate/)
- [Joshua Furgeson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joshua-furgeson/)
- [Joshua Haimson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joshua-haimson/)
- [AK Keskin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/ak-keskin/)
- [Albert Liu](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/albert-liu/)
- [Dana Brinson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/dana-brinson/)
- [Julie Kowal](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/julie-kowal/)
- [Brock J. Grubb](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/brock-j-grubb/)
- [Meghan Squires](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/meghan-squires/)
- [Stephen Page](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/stephen-page/)
- [Kevin Carey](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kevin-carey/)
- [Bryan C. Hassel](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/bryan-c-hassel/)
- [Lucy Steiner](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lucy-steiner/)
- [Kelly Hupfeld](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kelly-hupfeld/)
- [Jim Simpkins](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jim-simpkins/)
- [Jessica Sutter](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jessica-sutter/)
- [Jennifer Ash](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jennifer-ash/)
- [Paul Teske](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/paul-teske/)
- [Jim Cowen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jim-cowen/)
- [Katherine K. Merseth](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/katherine-k-merseth/)
- [Tracey O'Brien](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tracey-obrien/)
- [Katherine Martin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/katherine-martin/)
- [Allison Demeritt](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/allison-demeritt/)
- [Melissa Bowen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/melissa-bowen/)
- [Shelley De Wys](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/shelley-de-wys/)
- [Karen Lavi](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/karen-lavi/)
- [Karega Rausch](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/karega-rausch/)
- [Kaitlin Obenauf](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kaitlin-obenauf/)
- [Kirsten Vital](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kirsten-vital/)
- [Scott DeBurgomaster](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/scott-deburgomaster/)
- [Kate Destler](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kate-destler/)
- [Kristen Schomisch](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kristen-schomisch/)
- [Laura Weeldreyer](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/laura-weeldreyer/)
- [Lesley Lavery](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lesley-lavery/)
- [Lori Rhodes](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lori-rhodes/)
- [Michael Kirst](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-kirst/)
- [Libuse Binder](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/libuse-binder/)
- [Tricia Davis](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tricia-davis/)
- [Linda Darling-Hammond](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/linda-darling-hammond/)
- [Stephen Frank](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/stephen-frank/)
- [Kirsten Martens Pochop](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kirsten-martens-pochop/)
- [Matthew Larsen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/matthew-larsen/)
- [Lisa M. Stulberg](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lisa-m-stulberg/)
- [Julia E. Koppich](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/julia-e-koppich/)
- [Michael Horn](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-horn/)
- [Paul Gazzerro](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/paul-gazzerro/)
- [Robert Durante](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/robert-durante/)
- [Maria Worthen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/maria-worthen/)
- [Marcus Winters](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/marcus-winters/)
- [Lynn Olson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lynn-olson/)
- [Jason Willis](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jason-willis/)
- [Matt Candler](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/matt-candler/)
- [Eric Hanushek](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/eric-hanushek/)
- [Moira McCullough](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/moira-mccullough/)
- [Allen R. Odden](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/allen-r-odden/)
- [Monica Ouijdani](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/monica-ouijdani/)
- [Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/natalya-verbitsky-savitz/)
- [Anthony Milanowski](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/anthony-milanowski/)
- [Noah Wepman](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/noah-wepman/)
- [David Monk](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/david-monk/)
- [Patrick J. Murphy](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/patrick-j-murphy/)
- [Patrick McGuinn](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/patrick-mcguinn/)
- [Heather Barney](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/heather-barney/)
- [Gina S. Ikemoto](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/gina-s-ikemoto/)
- [Julie Marsh](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/julie-marsh/)
- [Janet S. Hansen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/janet-s-hansen/)
- [Michael Petrilli](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-petrilli/)
- [Sreekanth Krishnaiah](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sreekanth-krishnaiah/)
- [Goodwin Liu](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/goodwin-liu/)
- [John Bransford](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/john-bransford/)
- [Diana Sharp](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/diana-sharp/)
- [Shannon Marsh](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/shannon-marsh/)
- [Lorraine M. McDonnell](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lorraine-m-mcdonnell/)
- [Joanne Weiss](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joanne-weiss/)
- [James Guthrie](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/james-guthrie/)
- [Shaini Kothari](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/shaini-kothari/)
- [Lawrence O. Picus](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lawrence-o-picus/)
- [Sarah Yatsko](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sarah-yatsko/)
- [Betheny Gross](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/betheny-gross/)
- [Michael E. Goetz](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-e-goetz/)
- [Sam Sperry](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sam-sperry/)
- [Christopher T. Cross](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/christopher-t-cross/)
- [Donald Van Meter](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/donald-van-meter/)
- [Rosa Pazhouh](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/rosa-pazhouh/)
- [Gabriel Kaplan](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/gabriel-kaplan/)
- [Ron Zimmer](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/ron-zimmer/)
- [Jody Fitzpatrick](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jody-fitzpatrick/)
- [Priscilla Wohlstetter](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/priscilla-wohlstetter/)
- [Jon Christensen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jon-christensen/)
- [Trey Cobb](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/trey-cobb/)
- [Tom DeWire](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tom-dewire/)
- [Deborah Warnock](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/deborah-warnock/)
- [Thomas Arnett](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/thomas-arnett/)
- [Terry Ryan](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/terry-ryan/)
- [Suzanne Simburg](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/suzanne-simburg/)
- [Kacey Guin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kacey-guin/)
- [Kevin Booker](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kevin-booker/)
- [Julian Betts](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/julian-betts/)
- [Michael A. Copland](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-a-copland/)
- [Veronica Smith-Casem](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/veronica-smith-casem/)
- [Hyung-Jai Choi](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/hyung-jai-choi/)
- [Dan Player](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/dan-player/)
- [Amy Berk Anderson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/amy-berk-anderson/)
- [Claudine Swartz](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/claudine-swartz/)
- [Larry Miller](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/larry-miller/)
- [Mitch Price](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/mitch-price/)
- [Lauren Gundlach](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lauren-gundlach/)
- [Paul Schneider](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/paul-schneider/)
- [Bradley Portin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/bradley-portin/)
- [John Immerwahr](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/john-immerwahr/)
- [Howard L. Fuller](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/howard-l-fuller/)
- [Meaghan McElroy](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/meaghan-mcelroy/)
- [Susan Wishon](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/susan-wishon/)
- [Kelly Warner-King](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kelly-warner-king/)
- [Susan Funk](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/susan-funk/)
- [Elise M. Huggins](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/elise-m-huggins/)
- [James Harvey](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/james-harvey/)
- [Christine Campbell](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/christine-campbell/)
- [Stephanie Lancet](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/stephanie-lancet/)
- [Y. Emily Tang](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/y-emily-tang/)
- [Jeff Petty](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jeff-petty/)
- [Vladimir Kogan](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/vladimir-kogan/)
- [Tricia Maas](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tricia-maas/)
- [Andrew M. Taylor](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/andrew-m-taylor/)
- [Alton Lu](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/alton-lu/)
- [Alison Krupnick](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/alison-krupnick/)
- [Alicia Kinne](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/alicia-kinne/)
- [Gigi Cassady](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/gigi-cassady/)
- [Sean Gill](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sean-gill/)
- [Karen Hawley Miles](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/karen-hawley-miles/)
- [Marguerite Roza](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/marguerite-roza/)
- [Paul Herdman](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/paul-herdman/)
- [Abigail Schumwinger](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/abigail-schumwinger/)
- [Sarah R. Brooks](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sarah-r-brooks/)
- [Sara Taggart](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sara-taggart/)
- [Maria McCarthy](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/maria-mccarthy/)
- [Mary Beth Celio](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/mary-beth-celio/)
- [Lauren O'Toole](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lauren-otoole/)
- [Laura Kohn](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/laura-kohn/)
- [Marc Dean Millot](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/marc-dean-millot/)
- [Aaron Hirsh](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/aaron-hirsh/)
- [Alvin Makori](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/alvin-makori/)
- [Ben Kleban](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/ben-kleban/)
- [Isabel Muñoz-Colón](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/isabel-munoz-colon/)
- [Susanna Loeb](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/susanna-loeb/)
- [Jorge Elorza](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jorge-elorza/)
- [Chad Aldeman](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/chad-aldeman/)
- [Tafshier Cosby](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tafshier-cosby/)
- [Richard Ingersoll](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/richard-ingersoll/)
- [Lennon Audrain](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lennon-audrain/)
- [Jessica Baghian](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jessica-baghian/)
- [Kunjan Narechania](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kunjan-narechania/)
- [David Adams](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/david-adams/)
- [Dan Goldhaber](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/dan-goldhaber/)
- [Andrew Rotherham](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/andrew-rotherham/)
- [Jared Hurwitz](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jared-hurwitz/) - Jared Hurwitz is a Junior Research Intern at the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
- [Punya Mishra](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/punya-mishra/)
- [Amber Oliver](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/amber-oliver/)
- [Amie Rapaport](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/amie-rapaport/)
- [Nathanael Fast](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/nathanael-fast/)
- [Paul Hill](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/paul-hill/)
- [Jessica Rosner](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jessica-rosner/)
- [Chris Torres](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/chris-torres/)
- [Morgan Polikoff](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/morgan-polikoff/)
- [Shagun Singha](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/shagun-singha/)
- [Chelsey Shen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/chelsey-shen/) - Chelsey Shen is a Junior Research Intern at CRPE
- [Anwesha Guha](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/anwesha-guha/)
- [Cara Pangelinan](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/cara-pangelinan/)
- [Kahle Charles](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kahle-charles/)
- [Susan Miller](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/susan-miller/)
- [Lanira Murphy](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lanira-murphy/) - Murphy
- [Steven Eno](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/steven-eno/)
- [Sarah Carr](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sarah-carr/)
- [Patrick Denice](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/patrick-denice/)
- [David Nitkin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/david-nitkin/)
- [Eupha Jeanne Daramola](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/eupha-jeanne-daramola/)
- [Steven Wilson](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/steven-wilson/)
- [Barbara Talkington](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/barbara-talkington/)
- [Travis Pillow](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/travis-pillow/)
- [Christine Pitts](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/christine-pitts/)
- [Erin Richards](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/erin-richards/)
- [Jim Dunnigan](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jim-dunnigan/)
- [Joanna Pisacone](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joanna-piascone/)
- [Daniel Silver](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/daniel-silver/)
- [Isabel Clay](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/isabel-clay/)
- [Julia Skwarczynski](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/julia-skwarczynski/)
- [Adam Barton](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/adam-barton/)
- [Gloria Lee](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/gloria-lee/)
- [Justin Lee](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/justin-lee/)
- [Lanya McKittrick](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lanya-mckittrick/)
- [Amy Nguyen](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/amy-nguyen/)
- [Jon Alfuth](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jon-alfuth/)
- [Laura Hamilton](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/laura-hamilton/)
- [Karla Phillips-Krivickas](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/karla-phillips-krivickas/) - Karla Phillips-Krivickas is the CEO and Founder of Think Inclusion and a member of the Arizona State Board of Education.
- [Naureen Madhani](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/naureen-madhani/) - Naureen is a Director of Research Strategy and Consulting at the Center for Public Research and Leadership. She leads projects related to equity and access in education.
- [Heather Schwartz](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/heather-schwartz/)
- [Melissa Kay Diliberti](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/melissa-kay-diliberti/)
- [CRPE Staff](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/crpe-staff/)
- [Bing Howell](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/bing-howell/)
- [Tom Coyne](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/tom-coyne/)
- [Parker Baxter](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/parker-baxter/) - Parker Baxter is the Director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis at the University of Colorado - Denver
- [Lauren Morando Rhim](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/lauren-morando-rhim/) - Lauren Morando Rhim is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Learner Equity
- [Sumeyra Ekin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sumeyra-ekin/) - Sumeyra Ekin is a Program Specialist at the Center for Learner Equity
- [Laura Stelitano](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/laura-stelitano/) - Laura Stelitano is the Research Manager at the Center for Learner Equity
- [Kelly Young](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kelly-young/) - Kelly Young is the President and Founder of Education Reimagined.
- [Whitney Marsh](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/whitney-marsh/)
- [Femi Vance](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/femi-vance/)
- [Christopher Doss](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/christopher-doss/) - Christopher Doss is a researcher at the RAND Corporation.
- [Kathaleena Edward Monds](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/kathaleena-edward-monds/)
- [Joy S. Jones](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/joy-s-jones/)
- [Britany J. Gatewood](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/britany-j-gatewood/)
- [Michael DeArmond](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-dearmond/)
- [Thomas Gold](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/thomas-gold/)
- [Juli Kim](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/juli-kim/)
- [Elizabeth Steiner](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/elizabeth-steiner/)
- [Heather Gomez-Bendaña](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/heather-gomez-bendana/)
- [Sharon Kebschull Barrett](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sharon-barrett/)
- [Paul DiPerna](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/paul-diperna/)
- [Michael McShane](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/michael-mcshane/)
- [Katy Bateman](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/katy-bateman/)
- [Sunanna Chand](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sunanna-chand/)
- [Paola Gilliam](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/paola-gilliam/)
- [Rebecca Lawrence](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/rebecca-lawrence/)
- [Melissa Steel King](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/melissa-steel-king/)
- [Jennifer Poon](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jenny-poon/)
- [Sarah Cohodes](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sarah-cohodes/)
- [Emnet Shibre](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/emnet-shibre/)
- [Katrina Woodworth](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/katrina-woodworth/)
- [Britney L. Jones](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/britney-l-jones/)
- [Sarah L. Woulfin](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sarah-l-woulfin/)
- [Georgia Heyward](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/georgia-heyward/)
- [Martin R. West](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/martin-r-west/)
- [Roohi Sharma](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/roohi-sharma/)
- [John Bailey](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/john-bailey/)
- [Jordan Posamentier](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/jordan-posamentier/)
- [Dan Weisberg](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/dan-weisberg/)
- [Shannon Murtagh](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/shannon-murtagh/)
- [Sivan Tuchman](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/sivan-tuchman/)
- [Alice Opalka](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/alice-opalka/)
- [Caroline E. Parker](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/carrie-parker/)
- [Steven Hodas](https://crpe.org/about/our-experts/steven-hodas/)

## Essays

- [Jake Anders (Associate Professor, University College London) on researching Covid’s long-term effects on educational and career trajectories.](https://crpe.org/sos-essays/jake-anders-associate-professor-university-college-london-on-researching-covids-long-term-effects-on-educational-and-career-trajectories/) - COSMO has recruited a representative sample of over 13,000 young people in 500 schools across England, over-sampling disadvantaged and ethnic minority groups and targeting other hard-to-reach groups. Young person and parent questionnaires — enhanced with educational administrative data — have collected rich data on young people’s experiences of education and well-being in the aftermath of
- [Aimee Guidera (Virginia Education Secretary) on high standards, innovation, and closing the “honesty gap.”](https://crpe.org/sos-essays/aimee-guidera-virginia-education-secretary-on-high-standards-innovation-and-closing-the-honesty-gap/) - When I first attended the annual meeting of the Education Commission of the States in the early 1990s, they were handing out coffee cups with an exhortation that ‘all kids can learn.’ I remember thinking, duh, of course they can. The standards movement was in full bloom at the time, and the statement seemed like
- [Kevin Huffman (CEO, Accelerate) on delivering more “high-impact tutoring.”](https://crpe.org/sos-essays/kevin-huffman-ceo-accelerate-on-delivering-more-high-impact-tutoring/) - The challenge is that high-impact tutoring is difficult to deliver at the scale and the pace that we need. …And it is especially difficult to reach high school students, who arguably should be our top priority given how little time they have to recover pandemic learning losses before graduation. But there’s reason for optimism: A

## Projects

- [District Transformation in New England](https://crpe.org/projects/district-transformation-in-new-england/) - COMMENTARY Articles and blog posts related to our work studying transformational systems change. What’s Holding School Districts Back from Bold, Transformative Change? Contributors We wish to extend special thanks to the Barr Foundation for supporting this project.
- [Phoenix Rising](https://crpe.org/projects/phoenix-rising/) - BROWSE BY TOPIC What Comes Next? Rewriting the Federal Role Burning the Playbook: Bold Reform Proposals States in the Driver’s Seat: New Rules, New Roles The District’s Role: Clarity Amidst Chaos Rethinking the Teacher Workforce Making Choice Work for Families WHAT COMES NEXT? REWRITING THE FEDERAL ROLE Meeting the AI Moment Requires a New Education
- [AI in Education](https://crpe.org/projects/ai-in-education/) - QUICK LINKS Tracking Early Adopters Reports Commentary AI Newsletter tracking early adopters CRPE is tracking districts at the forefront of AI adoption—how they’re using and piloting AI, the challenges they’re facing, and what others can learn from them. District Early Adopters NEW: 2025 Database View the Data District Early Adopters 2024 Database View the Data
- [Innovative School Systems Grant](https://crpe.org/projects/innovative-school-systems-grant/) - QUICK LINKS Publications System Profiles Coaches Resources PUBLICATIONS Reports, blogs, and publications related to our work in systems innovation. Launching Districtwide Innovation: Lessons Learned from a Year of Pursuing Bold Ideas for Systemic Change Read More » CRPE and the Walton Family Foundation Support System-Wide Innovations in Three School Districts Read More » Taking Advantage
- [Unlocking Potential](https://crpe.org/projects/unlocking-potential/) - Data Center Commentary Request for Analysis DATA CENTER The nation’s most comprehensive longitudinal dataset on students with disabilities served under IDEA. Launch in New Window commentary The Debate over AI in Education Is Stuck. Let’s Move It Forward in Responsible Ways That Truly Serve Students Read More Think Forward: Building a Coherent Approach to AI
- [The Math Hub](https://crpe.org/projects/the-math-hub/) - QUICK LINKS Latest Research Databases Advisory Panel LATEST RESEARCH Access to Qualified Math Teachers for All Students Read More Introducing the Math Hub Read More Want the latest news on math research and academic recovery delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to the Evidence Project newsletter. Subscribe DATABASES The databases below dive deeper into topics explored
- [The State of the American Student](https://crpe.org/projects/state-of-the-american-student/) - The State of the American Student: Fall 2025 past REPORTS 2024 In CRPE’s third State of the Student report, we examine how the pandemic disproportionately affected students with unique learning needs. English learners, students with disabilities, and homeless youth had higher rates of absenteeism, disrupted services, and setbacks. Our analysis points to a dysfunctional system
- [The Next Education Workforce™](https://crpe.org/projects/the-next-education-workforce/) - To learn more about the Next Education Workforce™, explore our research publications below or visit the NEW homepage on MLFC’s website. Visit the NEW homepage
- [The Evidence Project](https://crpe.org/projects/the-evidence-project/) - Latest Publications Funded Research Pandemic Data Archive latest work Our most recent work in pandemic recovery. Running Fast but Not Getting Far: Five Years of Studying the Pandemic’s Impact on Education Read More » Unfinished Business: What Must Come Next for Public Education, Five Years After Pandemic Shutdowns Read More » Want the latest news
- [Think Forward New England](https://crpe.org/projects/think-forward-new-england/) - QUICK LINKS Reports Case Studies Commentary Student Advisory Panel Funding Data reports Our latest reports on high school innovation in New England. MARCH 2024 Postsecondary enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Rhode Island READ MORE JANUARY 2024 A “good life” for every student: High schools embrace many pathways to success READ MORE FEBRUARY 2022
- [The American School District Panel](https://crpe.org/projects/the-american-school-district-panel/) - All ASDP reports are available on the American School District Panel Website. Visit the American School District Panel Website REPORTS & commentary CRPE’s American School District Panel publications What Counts as Civics? A Look at How Districts Define and Facilitate Civic Learning Read More Managing Through the Noise: How Superintendents See Shifts in the Federal
- [The Canopy Project](https://crpe.org/projects/the-canopy-project/) - The Canopy Project’s work is housed on canopyschools.org. Visit the site to explore the Canopy database and read our research reports. Visit the Canopy Project Website
- [Workforce Innovation](https://crpe.org/projects/workforce-innovation/) - QUICK LINKS Reports Database Other Work reports Our current reports on teacher workforce innovation. March 28, 2024 Innovative staffing models are promising, but challenging to scale up.... “So Hard, but So Rewarding:” How School System Leaders Are Scaling Up Strategic School Staffing Models November 27, 2023 As school systems struggle to recover from years of
- [Community-Led Innovation](https://crpe.org/projects/community-led-innovation/) - QUICK LINKS Reports Case Studies Commentary Related Research reports Teaching, Reinvented: How Unconventional Educator Roles Pave the Way for a More Fulfilling and Sustainable Profession Read More Are Unconventional Learning Environments Serving Special Populations? Read More Crisis Breeds Innovation: Pandemic Pods and the Future of Education Read More CASE STUDIES January 18, 2024 The Black
- [The International Project](https://crpe.org/projects/international-project/) - A special series Scanning the World for Solutions Schools around the world are finding ways to improve learning, equity, and well-being. Their best practices can be adopted here in the United States. read the stories Literacy for All Beyond Finland Family Phone Tutoring Peer-to-Peer Learning Near Peer Mentors Intergenerational Learning Literacy for All Beyond Finland

## Categories

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## Tags

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- [ASDP 2025 Report](https://crpe.org/tag/asdp-2025-report/)
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- [PR - States](https://crpe.org/tag/pr-states/)
- [PR - Teachers](https://crpe.org/tag/pr-teachers/)
- [PR - Federal Role](https://crpe.org/tag/pr-federal-role/)
- [PR - Choice](https://crpe.org/tag/pr-choice/)
- [SOS Project Page](https://crpe.org/tag/sos-project-page/)
- [willskill](https://crpe.org/tag/willskill/)
- [EP Archive](https://crpe.org/tag/ep-archive/)
- [PR - Districts](https://crpe.org/tag/pr-districts/)
- [UP Reports](https://crpe.org/tag/up-reports/)

## Teams

- [Research Team](https://crpe.org/team/research-team/)
- [Communications & Editorial](https://crpe.org/team/communications-editorial/)
- [Operations & Finance](https://crpe.org/team/operations-finance/)
- [Guest Authors](https://crpe.org/team/guest-author/)
- [CRPE Staff](https://crpe.org/team/crpe-staff/)
- [AI Forum](https://crpe.org/team/ai-forum/)

## Focus Areas

- [Education Finance](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/edu-finance/) - At CRPE, our previous finance research centered on how funding systems could support the growth of charter schools and portfolio-style governance, with a strong emphasis on equity, transparency, and flexibility in resource allocation. We examined how traditional formulas often disadvantaged schools of choice and studied weighted or student-based funding models that might better match dollars to student needs. Today, our focus has shifted to how education finance can help schools recover and adapt in the face of disruption. We study how pandemic-era funding was used, what lessons districts learned, and how the expiration of those funds creates new fiscal challenges. We also examine how shifting federal priorities—such as efforts to scale back or restructure education funding—affect schools’ capacity to innovate, sustain supports, and equitably serve all students. Across this evolution, our commitment remains the same: to understand how funding systems can be designed to meet student needs while enabling schools to respond to change.
- [Innovation and the Future of Learning](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/innovation/) - At CRPE, we study how public education can evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world. Our research on innovation and the future of learning examines how schools are rethinking teaching and learning models—from personalized and competency-based approaches to the use of technology and AI—to better prepare students for life beyond school. We investigate how these innovations take shape in real contexts, what barriers and enablers schools encounter, and how systems can support sustainable change. Across this work, we aim to understand how schools and communities can design learning environments that are more equitable, adaptable, and responsive to the diverse needs of students.
- [Teacher Workforce Innovation](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/workforce-innovation/) - At CRPE, we study how the teacher workforce can evolve to meet students’ changing needs and create more sustainable roles for educators. Our research explores new staffing models, including ASU’s Next Education Workforce™, that reimagine how adults collaborate in schools—shifting away from the one-teacher, one-classroom model toward team-based approaches that expand instructional capacity and support. We examine how these innovations can improve teacher retention, elevate the profession, and ensure that students have access to diverse expertise. By analyzing emerging models and their impact, we aim to understand how the education workforce can be redesigned to better serve both students and educators.
- [Portfolio Strategy](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/portfolio-strategy/) - 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.
- [College and Career Readiness](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/college-and-career-readiness/) - CRPE studies how to rethink the high school-to-career continuum. We address critical research areas such as the gaps in current methods of preparing students for life after high school, experimental high school models that have emerged in response to the shifting educational landscape, and state policies that support high-quality and accessible secondary work-based learning and relevant career training.
- [Learning Recovery](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/learning-recovery/) - At CRPE, we study how the Covid-19 pandemic reshaped public education and what it will take for schools to recover and adapt. As a driving force in tracking the pandemic’s impact, we analyzed how districts responded to closures, remote learning, enrollment shifts, and the urgent needs of students and families. Our research continues to examine the lasting effects on learning, equity, and engagement, as well as how schools are using recovery efforts—from ESSER investments to new instructional models—to address unfinished learning and reimagine support for students. Through this work, we aim to understand not only how schools can recover lost ground, but also how they can build more resilient and responsive systems for the future.
- [Charter Schools and Public School Choice](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/charter-schools-and-public-school-choice/) - CRPE’s research examines both the promise and the challenges of charter schools and school choice, with a focus on how they can expand opportunity, drive innovation, and better serve diverse student needs. We study charter schools alongside district schools and other models, highlighting lessons that can inform the broader system. New data and evidence help innovators across the country collaborate, communicate, and develop best practices.
- [Accountability, Assessment, and Oversight](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/accountability-assessment-oversight/) - At CRPE, we study how assessment, accountability, and oversight can strengthen public education while fostering equity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Our research examines how traditional accountability frameworks can narrow teaching and constrain schools’ ability to adapt, and we explore approaches that measure what truly matters for student success—academic growth, deeper learning, and readiness for life beyond school. We also investigate how oversight can balance school autonomy with strong protections for access and quality, ensuring that all students are well served. Across this work, our goal is to inform accountability systems that uphold public trust while enabling schools to innovate and respond to the diverse needs of their communities.
- [AI in Education](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/ai-education/) - The advent of AI in schools presents a new slew of obstacles and questions for educators and administrators: How can investments and policies ensure these benefits reach the students most in need? How will so many districts train up their teachers amid other pressing priorities and increasing financial constraints? How can educators learn quickly about which AI tools and strategies work best? At CRPE, we are deeply engaged in trying to help answer these questions by understanding and shaping the impact of AI in K–12 education. We are committed to leading the way in this important work, ensuring that AI becomes a tool for enhancing learning and equity, rather than exacerbating existing disparities.
- [Politics of Change](https://crpe.org/focus_areas/politics-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.

## Classifications

- [Current Project](https://crpe.org/classification/current-project/)
- [Past Project](https://crpe.org/classification/past-project/)