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How Early Adopter Districts Are Moving Ahead Fast With AI — and Getting It Right

New CRPE analysis finds districts in Georgia, California and Washington that prioritize artificial intelligence for the students who need it most.

Nathan Kriha, Michael Beradino & Bree Dusseault
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Analysis

Survey Finds Teens Worldwide Are Lost in the Transition After High School

Manno: 2 polls find students are unaware of career options or pathways and don't get work experience needed to prepare them for future employment.

Bruno V. Manno
Author: Bruno V. Manno
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Analysis

How Standardized Exams Can Favor Privilege Over Potential

Analysis: College admissions tests are widely used, but they could provide advantages to students who can afford test prep services, private tutoring.

Zarrina Talan Azizova, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley & Jeongeun Kim
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Analysis

Big Improvements Require Big Changes: Close Bad Schools and Expand Good Ones

Aldeman: New Orleans, Denver & Florida show how implementing a portfolio model of school choice can lead to dramatic academic gains.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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Analysis

How Districts in Georgia, Maryland and D.C. Are Raising Reading Proficiency

Wakelyn: Research on 260 districts in 35 states found 3rd-grade reading scores rose in each of the last 3 years. What 3 of them are doing right.

David Wakelyn
Author: David Wakelyn
Pandemic

Analysis: Focus on Grade-Level Standards or Meet Students Where They Are? How an Unintentional Experiment Guided a Strategy for Addressing Learning Loss

Joel Rose
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Babies Love That Special Way You Talk to Them — In Any Language

K.C. Compton
Pandemic

Using Relief Funds to Help Students Attain Better Careers: 11 State Case Studies

Georgia Heyward, Matt Robinson & Betheny Gross
Pandemic

Puppy Power: As Classrooms Reopen, Why Schools Should Save a Place for Pets

Kay O'Donnell & Mary Margaret Callahan
Union Report

Unions, Membership and Getting Police Out of the Schools

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

How Large Urban Districts Are Trying to Re-Engage Kindergarten Families

Lisa Chu & Evelynn Michaud-Spangler
Pandemic

Absentee Data from 5 School Districts Show Alarming Trends

Phyllis W. Jordan & Emily Bailard
Pandemic

Learning Hubs: A Shovel-Ready Strategy for Spending New Federal Relief Funds

Robin Lake & Daniel Weisberg
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Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

Bryce Covert
Pandemic

Analysis: With $122 Billion in School Rescue Funds, Unions Eye Hiring Spree

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Playbook for Building Strong Student Support Networks

Mahnaz Charania
Pandemic

Teacher Shortages Vary by State, School and Subject

Dan Goldhaber
Pandemic

State Data Must Ensure Every Student Has the Opportunity to Learn

Nicholas Munyan-Penney
Pandemic

The Reading Habits of 7 Million Kids During COVID-19

Gene Kerns
Pandemic

Summer School to Catch Kids Up? At Many Districts, Plans Still Vague or Lacking

Christine Pitts
California

Charters Don’t Take Funds From Traditional Schools

Michael J. Petrilli & David Griffith
Pandemic

Education’s ‘Data Moment’ Is Here: We Need to Know How Kids Are Doing Amid COVID

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
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The United States Used to Have Universal Child Care — Will We Do It Again?

Bryce Covert
Pandemic

How Districts Can Add Learning Time Without Breaking the Bank

Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

Spring College Enrollment Numbers Fail to Rebound

Richard Whitmire
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