As the charter school sector has grown too large to ignore in some cities, districts and charters have sometimes begun collaborating or coordinating some efforts. Public Impact’s Daniela Doyle, Christen Holly, and Bryan Hassel focus on how and why this happened by looking at Cleveland in a new piece for Education Next, based on their recent study for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute that studied Boston, Cleveland, Denver, the District of Columbia, and Houston. They identify five factors that explain the engagement in Cleveland, which faced the threat of a state takeover and the need to pass a new tax levy, leading the mayor and the district he oversaw to reach out to high-performing charters as part of his reform plan.

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