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Affolter, Tara L., Ed.; Donner, Jamel K., Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2018
Challenging the popular perception that the free market can objectively ameliorate inequality and markedly improve student academic achievement, this book examines the overly positivistic rhetoric surrounding charter schools. Taking a multifocal approach, this book examines how charter schools reproduce inequality in public education. By linking…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Public Education
Lake, Robin; Posamentier, Jordan; Denice, Patrick; Hill, Paul – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2016
The portfolio strategy is a change strategy for public education in a district or metropolitan area. It is founded on the idea of re-missioning government agencies from rigid bureaucratic entities that mostly manage compliance requirements and interest group politics to a new role: overseeing performance and a diverse range of school choices…
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Implementation, Portfolios (Background Materials), Change Strategies
Harvey, James; Hill, Paul T. – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2006
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has launched a new initiative entitled "Doing School Choice Right." Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates, Annie E. Casey, and Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundations, the initiative's goal is to help state and local leaders handle practical issues whose resolution can determine whether school…
Descriptors: School Districts, Public Education, Public Schools, Private Schools
Lake, Robin J., Ed.; Hill, Paul T., Ed. – Online Submission, 2006
This is the second annual report from the National Charter School Research Project (NCSRP) at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education. Like last year's debut edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality, the 2006 volume explores some of the most current and controversial issues facing the charter school movement. This…
Descriptors: Unions, School Districts, Public Education, Charter Schools