Publication List
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May 2013This year's edition focuses on growth and innovation and pushes charter school leaders to consider whether they are fully using their flexibility and autonomy on behalf of students.
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May 2013This edited volume explores how state education agencies (SEAs) can leverage performance management tools to provide strong support for school improvement.
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Feb 2013This brief shows how some new proposals for K-12 public education governance are complements, rather than alternatives, to the portfolio strategy.
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Feb 2013This analysis finds that over 70% of Wisconsin's school leaders will still be on the job in five years, with rural districts most affected by upcoming retirements.
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Feb 2013In this short report, Paul Hill evaluates Ohio Governor John Kasich's education budget proposal.
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Jan 2013This brief explains the need for student-based allocation to enable student choice and portable funding across schools within districts.
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Jan 2013This analysis finds that two thirds of Indiana principals will likely still be leading schools in five years, suggesting the state should focus on evaluating, supporting, and developing its current school leaders.
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Dec 2012Cuts to state support for higher education have prompted some universities to raise tuition, admit more out-of-state students, and increase enrollment to close budget gaps. This analysis compares these three strategies in...
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Dec 2012This new book from Paul Hill and colleagues explains the underlying idea of the portfolio strategy.
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Dec 2012Public universities across the country are shifting more spots to nonresidents (who pay higher tuitions) in order to plug budget gaps. This case study examines admissions data at the University of Washington in order to...
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Dec 2012Using wage and staffing data from states, this paper projects the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workforce and...
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Dec 2012This study uses data from Seattle Public Schools to explore actual salary changes amidst rapid changes in economic context and the effect of the recession on teacher pay.
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Dec 2012Consideration of whether smaller classes are preferable to larger ones requires some recognition of the opportunity costs involved. This brief provides a state-by-state context by computing the dollars at stake in marginally...
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Nov 2012This report identifies three fiscal requirements of federal education programs that stand in the way of promoting innovation in education. The authors recommend modifications that would break down barriers to innovation as...
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Nov 2012This report offers the first detailed look into the financial implications for public schools embracing student-centered learning models.
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Nov 2012This report examines the distribution of students with special needs in New York State charter and district-run schools. The analysis shows that different levels of comparison yield different results. The authors recommend...
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Nov 2012This working paper examines how state finance policies that protect districts from declining or low enrollments drive up spending and inhibit adaptation.
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Oct 2012Robin Lake comments on "Identifying High-Performing Charter Schools in Texas," in the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk.
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Oct 2012This analysis finds that nearly half of Iowa’s principals will be eligible for retirement in the next five years, representing both a challenge and an opportunity for schools and communities statewide.
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Oct 2012This brief recaps the themes of the seventh Portfolio School District Network that was held in Seattle, WA, July 2012. It also outlines some of the supports that CRPE is providing to help districts keep moving forward.
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Sep 2012This Rapid Response brief examines the real numbers on the Chicago teachers contract costs.
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Sep 2012This Rapid Response brief looks at how Chicago teacher salaries compare in regional and national contexts.
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Sep 2012This report offers a set of powerful new tools to help state policymakers diagnose their principal workforce needs and develop comprehensive strategies to address them.
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Sep 2012This project shows how eight state education agencies have reshaped their organizations to address the challenges of improving their lowest-performing schools. By focusing on states at the forefront of the turnaround effort,...
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Jul 2012This Center for American Progress brief dissects the nation’s sizeable investment in master’s bumps as a means of highlighting policy obstacles to a more smartly differentiated compensation approach.
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Jun 2012In this working paper, Eric Nadelstern discusses New York City's efforts to change the central office and create a system of support organizations to oversee networks of autonomous schools.
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Jun 2012This case study of the implementation of Baltimore City Public Schools' portfolio strategy explores how the district's reform work aligns with CRPE’s definition of the portfolio strategy and how it compares to the approaches...
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Jun 2012This report examines how charter management organizations recruit, hire, and develop teachers, and how they manage teacher performance.
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Jun 2012This logic model outlines the premises, strategy principles, actions, and reform elements of the Portfolio School District model.
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Mar 2012This working paper series examines the politics of portfolio school district reform, with a primary focus on the issues surrounding high school closures.