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Maas, Tricia; Lake, Robin – Journal of School Choice, 2015
This literature review compares the current knowledge about the characteristics of effective charter schools to findings from the broader body of effective school research. We find that lists of effectiveness characteristics from the charter and traditional literatures are well aligned: good schools seem to look the same, regardless of governance…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, School Effectiveness, Charter Schools, Traditional Schools
Pazhouh, Rosa; Lake, Robin; Miller, Larry – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
Online charter schools, charter schools that primarily utilize remote online instruction, have been both popular and controversial. As of October 2015, fully online charter schools operate in 26 (soon to be 27) states and enrolled approximately 200,000 students in the 2013-14 school year, comprising over 8 percent of all public charter school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Electronic Learning, State Legislation, Enrollment
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Lake, Robin; Jochim, Ashley; DeArmond, Michael – Education Next, 2015
In January 2014, as part of a multicity study, researchers from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) met with a dozen parents in Detroit to learn about their experiences with education in the city. Parents struggle to navigate the city's complex education marketplace. A lack of information, confusing paperwork, and transportation gaps…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Academic Achievement, Charter Schools, School Restructuring
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Lake, Robin – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
While many charter school leaders across the country grapple with how to best provide and pay for special education, New Orleans recently became the first city in the nation to tackle special education on the fiscal, human capital, and program fronts in the context of a full-choice public education landscape. Over time, it may offer scalable…
Descriptors: Special Education, Accountability, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Lake, Robin; Gross, Betheny; Denice, Patrick – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2012
Responding to concerns that charter schools do not provide equal access to students with disabilities, advocates in districts, states, and courts across the country have sought to improve such access. Adding to these concerns, the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently released a report showing that charter schools, on average, serve a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Enrollment Influences
Lake, Robin; Dusseault, Brianna; Bowen, Melissa; Demeritt, Allison; Hill, Paul – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2010
The National Study of CMO (charter management organizations) Effectiveness is a national, longitudinal research effort designed to measure how nonprofit charter school management organizations (CMOs) affect student achievement, and to examine the internal structures, practices, and policy contexts that may influence these outcomes. The study began…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Organization, Program Effectiveness, School Districts