About CRPE
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) was founded in 1993 at the University of Washington. CRPE engages in independent research and policy analysis on a range of K-12 public education reform issues, including finance & productivity, human resources, governance, regulation, leadership, school choice, equity, and effectiveness.
CRPE's work is based on two premises: that public schools should be measured against the goal of educating all children well, and that current institutions too often fail to achieve this goal. Our research uses evidence from the field and lessons learned from other sectors to understand complicated problems and to design innovative and practical solutions for policymakers, elected officials, parents, educators, and community leaders.
Our Projects
The Doing School Choice Right Project explores the practical challenges of implementing school choice programs and develops thoughtful designs to address key issues.
Finance, Spending, and Productivity Project
The Finance, Spending, and Productivity Project seeks to understand how money is used in public schools and suggest how funds might be used as effectively as possible.
National Charter School Research Project
The National Charter School Research Project (NCSRP) aims to bring rigor, evidence, and balance to the national charter school debate.
School Finance Redesign Project
The School Finance Redesign Project (SFRP) examines how K-12 finance can be redesigned to better support student performance.
Teachers, Teacher Quality, and Human Capital Project
The Teachers, Teacher Quality, and Human Capital Project focuses on a broad array of human capital policies that influence the composition, distribution, and quality of teachers in the workforce.
Featured Publications
A Leap of Faith: Redesigning Teacher Compensation
Michael DeArmond, Dan Goldhaber
Closing the Skill Gap
Christine Campbell, Brock J. Grubb
What Is the Sum of the Parts? How Federal, State and District Funding Streams Confound Efforts to Address Different Student Types
Marguerite Roza, Kacey Guin, Tricia Davis
News
More News06/18/2008 School funding maze frustrates effort to close student achievement gaps
05/15/2008 It’s the policy: Education funding shortchanges poorest students
04/30/2008 The End of School Finance As We Know It
Education Week
03/17/2008 Mathematica and CRPE to Lead National Research Study on Charter Management Organization Effectiveness
NewSchools Venture Fund
02/29/2008 Putting students first: Playing second fiddle to finances, teacher contracts, politics
Seattle PI
12/19/2007 Reform the way we pay teachers
The Seattle Times
09/04/2007 Waiting for the ‘Tipping Point’: Why school choice is proving to be so hard
Education Week
