This Forum will feature leaders of New York City’s key innovation initiatives. Steven Hodas, Executive Director of Innovate NYC Schools, and Andrea Coleman, Director of iZone, will discuss the role school districts can play in promoting innovation and creating schools of the future.
Robin Lake
Robin Lake
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Robin Lake is Director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at the University of Washington, and is nationally recognized for her research and analysis of U.S. public school system reforms, including charter schools and charter management organizations, innovation and scale, portfolio school districts, school turnaround efforts, and performance-based accountability systems.
Lake has authored numerous studies and provided expert technical assistance reports on charter schools. She is the editor of Unique Schools Serving Unique Students: Charter Schools and Children with Special Needs (CRPE, 2010) and editor of the annual report, Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools. She co-authored, with Paul Hill, Charter Schools and Accountability in Public Education (Brookings 2002). She has provided invited testimonies to the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee as well as various state legislatures, presents regularly at conferences and summits around the United States, and serves as an advisor to various organizations, including the Journal of School Choice, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and the National Charter School Resource Center.
| 05/2013 |
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... |
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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... |
| 11/2012 |
Federal Barriers to Innovation
While some federal initiatives, such as The Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), have been aimed at promoting innovation in education, some of the fiscal requirements of two large federal education programs--namely Title I and IDEA Part B--stand in the way. This paper identifies three fiscal requirements of... |
| 11/2012 |
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... |
| 10/2012 |
Commentary on "Alternative Strategies for Identifying High-Performing Charter Schools in Texas"
Robin Lake was invited to comment on "Alternative Strategies for Identifying High-Performing Charter Schools in Texas," by Lori L. Taylor and Paige C. Perez. In her response, she... |
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Date: Jun 13 2013
Where: Invite Only
Date: May 22 2013
Where: Online
In this free webinar, Robin Lake and Betheny Gross will share key points from CRPE's November 2012 New York State Special Education Enrollment Analysis and discuss ways SEAs and authorizers can address and respond to potential enrollment issues.
Date: Apr 28 2013
Where: San Francisco, CA
Several CRPE researchers are presenting at the 2013 annual conference of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco.
Date: Apr 11 2013
Where: UW Medicine South Lake Union
On April 11th, the Washington Education Innovation Forum will feature Jeff Kerscher, Site Manager of Seton Education Partners’ Phaedrus Initiative at the St. Therese Catholic Academy. St. Therese is the first blended learning academy in the Northwest.
Date: Apr 5 2013
Where: Omni Hotel, New Haven, CT
Robin Lake will moderate the “Collaboration Across Schools” panel at the 7th Annual Yale SOM Education Leadership Conference, entitled Inspiring Transformational Change.
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May 14 2013
CRPE's analysis of New York state's special education enrollment is highlighted in the blog from the Washington State Charter Schools Association.
May 9 2013
The seventh edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality explores whether charters are living up to their promise of fostering innovation.
Apr 29 2013
Dr. Betheny Gross talks about CRPE's study on the financial implications of blended learning models.
Apr 24 2013
CRPE Director Robin Lake is quoted in this article on new thinking around high school redesign.
Apr 22 2013
Getting Smart blog highlights key takeaways from our recent Washington Education Innovation Forum.
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May 20 2013
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May 1 2013
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.
Mar 20 2013
This monthly newsletter provides timely updates on news from other compact sites and easy access to relevant resources.
Jan 22 2013
This monthly newsletter provides timely updates from compact sites and easy access to relevant resources.
Dec 7 2012
This monthly newsletter provides timely updates on news from other compact sites and easy access to relevant resources.
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