The answer, CRPE believes, is to reinvent city school systems around principles of school autonomy, accountability for performance, and family choice. CRPE develops new models of public education based on these principles, and helps public officials and community leaders choose and implement reform strategies. The Center employs three or four graduate research assistants each year, depending on project workloads and funding.
Research assistants work on projects such as new schools development and urban school reform.
Paul Hill, the director, is also a professor at the school. He teaches classes and serves as degree project reader and advisor.