CRPE News

02/07/2012 Yes! A Productivity Agenda!

01/13/2012 Seattle Public Schools: Community Satisfaction and School Performance

01/10/2012 An Introduction to the Portfolio School District Strategy - Webinar

12/23/2011 Paul Hill: Other cities might help Seattle close achievement gaps among black students

Seattle Times

11/30/2011 Robin Lake: Innovate Washington state's K-12 schools, don't cut the school year

Seattle Times

11/18/2011 Mapping Seattle's School Performance

08/15/2011 EWA Interview: Sarah Yatsko on School Turnaround

08/11/2011 Betheny Gross presentation at National State Legislator's Conference

06/30/2011 We're Guest Blogging on Eduwonk July 4-8!!

05/17/2011 CRPE and U.S. Department of Education convene Voluntary Public School Choice Directors Meeting

03/23/2011 Paul Hill: Winning Public Education

03/23/2011 Sarah Yatsko discusses Hartford school reform on NPR

02/14/2011 Paul Hill on KNPR Nevada Public Radio: Gov. Sandoval's Education Plan

01/03/2011 Paul Hill Outlines RSD's Accomplishments

11/25/2010 AP: UW researchers take closer look at Seattle schools

11/24/2010 Betheny Gross discusses racial equity in Seattle Schools, on KUOW

11/10/2010 Mapping Seattle's School Performance

10/19/2010 Washington state's schoolchildren can't afford to wait for Superman

The News Tribune

09/30/2010 Robin Lake discusses "Waiting for Superman" on KUOW's Weekday

09/23/2010 Paul Hill a Panelist at NBC News Education Nation Summit

06/24/2010 Interim Findings from Study of CMO Effectiveness presented at National Charter Conference

06/02/2010 In Teacher Layoffs, Seniority Rules. But Should It? Marguerite Roza on NPR

05/24/2010 Unique Schools Serving Unique Students (EVENT)

05/05/2010 School Choice: From Theory to Action (EVENT)

05/04/2010 The Big Disconnect: Spending Policies, School Priorities, and Student Achievement (EVENT)

04/16/2010 Jay Mathews discusses Paul Hill's latest book

04/14/2010 CRPE analysis of impact of stimulus funds on K-12 jobs cited in testimony before Senate Appropriations Committee

03/31/2010 Robin Lake discusses Race to the Top on KUOW's Weekday

03/22/2010 Paul Hill on Connecticut Public Radio's "Where We Live: Urban School Reform"

03/12/2010 Robin Lake on KUOW's "The Conversation" with Ross Reynolds

03/09/2010 Robin Lake talks charter schools on Birmingham Public Radio

02/24/2010 Robin Lake testifies before House Committee on Education and Labor

01/10/2010 Marguerite Roza on CSPAN

12/01/2009 The 'Master's Pay Bump': Why Ending It Shouldn't Frighten Ed. Schools

Education Week

10/23/2009 Paul Hill Discusses Portfolio Management on Colorado Public Television's "Independent Thinking"

09/30/2009 Marguerite Roza Testifies before House Committee on Education and Labor

08/12/2009 Education Reform in Washington State: Robin Lake on KUOW's Weekday

08/10/2009 Billions of Stimulus Money Goes Unspent: Marguerite Roza on NPR's "Morning Edition"

06/24/2009 Education Week's "Spotlight on Charter School Leadership"

05/19/2009 Marguerite Roza Receives Change Agent of the Year Award

04/28/2009 Paul Hill Testifies before the Ohio Senate Education Committee

04/19/2009 Education plan lacks needed flexibility

Columbus Dispatch

04/10/2009 Can Budget Cuts Catalyze Education Reform? Roza Event Airs on C-SPAN

03/02/2009 Marguerite Roza discusses the economic crisis and education reform on KPLU

01/15/2009 Did Bush hurt the charter movement by trying to help it?

The Education Gadfly

01/05/2009 The Productivity Imperative: Getting More Benefits From School Costs in an Era of Tight Budgets

Education Week

11/20/2008 Schools: Look for ways to get better results for less money

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

10/28/2008 National Charter School Research Project Receives NACSA Award For Excellence

09/08/2008 The High-Wire Job of Charter School Leadership

Education Week

08/01/2008 Must public education suffer from Baumol's disease?

Denver Post

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Upcoming and Recent Events

  • Robin Lake presented her research on how charter schools can help close the civic achievement gap, at AEI on September 14. Learn more about the event here.


  • Robin Lake was a featured presenter at the National Charter School Resource Center conference, "Transforming Urban Public Education: Exploring the Potential of City-Based Strategies," May 12 in New Orleans. Ms. Lake moderated a panel entitled "Building a Pipeline of High-Quality Charter Schools." View the agenda here.

  • Paul Hill presented the keynote speech at the Seattle Rotary Club "Winners for Life" luncheon event, March 23, 2011. Find out more here.

  • Robin Lake presented "What Research Tells Us About Charter Management Organization Success," during a NACSA webinar, Tuesday March 8, 3pm Eastern. Find out more here.

  • CRPE and the U.S. Department of Education convened a two-day conference to help districts implementing school choice under the Department's Voluntary Public School Choice program. The meeting drew together current grantees with district and charter leaders and school choice researchers to share current knowledge on how to effectively implement district-wide choice systems. Read an overview and lessons learned from the February 2011 conference here.

  • Paul Hill presented new ways of looking at productivity and innovation to the Kansas/Missouri Superintendents Forum, Thursday October 7. The event was hosted by the Kauffman Foundation. You can watch the video here.

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