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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
New Jersey

Analysis: In Denying Expansion For Newark’s Top Charter Schools, New Jersey Officials Are Ignoring the Data on Student Performance — and Family Support

Brandon McCoy
Pandemic

Analysis: New Research on Student Funding & Performance Shows New Orleans Charter Schools Get More Bang for the Buck — and Boost Kids’ Earning Potential

Corey A. DeAngelis & Patrick J. Wolf
Union Report

Analysis: A Split Between Biden and Teachers Unions on Reopening Schools? There Are 122 Billion Reasons Why It Doesn’t Matter

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Petrilli: We’re Crowdsourcing the Wisdom of Dozens of Experts on How Schools Can Best Address Unfinished Learning. Some of What They Have to Say

Michael J. Petrilli
pandemic

Rabbitt: Teaching Students in Person and Online at the Same Time Is a Huge Challenge. 4 Ways to Bridge the Home-Classroom Gap

Beth Rabbitt
Pandemic

Bailey: What’s the Difference Between 3 and 6 Feet When it Comes to COVID-19 Spread? Not So Much, New Summary of 130 Studies Shows

John Bailey
Pandemic

Redrawing NCAA Brackets for Income Mobility: If March Madness Were About Moving Students Up the Economic Ladder, Research Says We’d All Be Celebrating Georgetown

Jorge Klor de Alva
Pandemic

New Numbers: The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers Now Represent 1 in 4 U.S. Union Members

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Analysis: Learning Loss Update — Districts Quiet on How They Plan to Help Students Recover From a Year of Continued Disruption

Sarah McCann & Bree Dusseault
Analysis

Osborne: Test Scores Give Only a Partial Picture of How a School Is Doing. School Quality Reviews Can Help Fill the Gap

David Osborne
Pandemic

Analysis: 10 Lessons from Past Educational Disruptions, and How They Can Help Students Make Up Lost Learning After COVID-19

Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

Analysis: Mentors, Team Teaching, 7-Week Class Cycles 12 Months a Year — Some School Innovations in Staffing and Scheduling During COVID-19

Lynn Olson
Pandemic

Analysis: Remote or in Person? Underspending or Running Deficits? What School Reopening Decisions Mean for District Budgets

Chad Aldeman
pandemic

Analysis: How Do You Measure a Year? How States Should Assess Student Learning in a Pandemic

Laura Slover & Michael Cohen
Pandemic

Analysis: 2 Strategies for States’ COVID Relief Funds — Make Early Childhood Programs Better, and Make Sure Low-Income Parents Know About Them

Meghan McCormick & Sharon Huang
Pandemic

Analysis: Community Health, Vaccination Policies & Local Preference — How 100 Districts Are Reopening After COVID-19 Shutdowns

Bree Dusseault & Roohi Sharma
Union Report

Analysis: What Will School Staffing Look Like Over the Next 10 Years? Federal Stats Predict 1 Additional Teacher for Every 2 Additional Students

Mike Antonucci
EDlection 2020

Analysis: Whom Did Homeschool Parents Back for President in 2020? Trump’s Slipping Support May Signal a Shift in These Traditionally GOP Voters

Heath Brown
Pandemic

Analysis: Pandemic or No, It’s Political Business as Usual for the California Teachers Association

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Analysis: What a Difference a Pandemic Makes — This Year, from School Choice to Teacher Pay to CTE, 48 State of the State Addresses Focus on COVID-19

Phyllis W. Jordan & Brooke LePage
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