Robin Lake and Alice Opalka write on the importance of collaboration between school districts and charter schools in this piece for Education Next.
Alice Opalka
Research Analyst
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Alice Opalka is a research analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, where she works on projects related to portfolio strategy, cross-sector collaboration, system governance, and more. Before joining CRPE, Alice was an Education Pioneers Fellow in Los Angeles, an AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator at a children’s literacy organization in Los Angeles, and a college access mentor with College Access Now in Seattle. Alice holds a BA in Environmental Analysis from Scripps College, and an MPA from the University of Southern California.
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Student Mobility in Kansas City
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Lessons Learned About District-Charter Partnerships: How Sharing Instructional Practices Can Pave the Way for More Collaboration
An overview of the district-charter collaboration landscape and one strategy that many cities are pursuing: sharing instructional practices across...
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Collision Course: Embracing Politics to Succeed in District-Charter Collaboration
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The Slowdown in Bay Area Charter School Growth: Causes and Solutions
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The “City of Firsts” Charts a New Path on Turnaround
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Jun 15 2017
Robin Lake and Alice Opalka discuss the importance of cross-sector cooperation when it comes to replacing low-performing schools.