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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
Cleveland

Analysis: U-Turn — Survey of 477 Districts Shows Surge in COVID-19 Cases Is Reversing Reopening Progress In America’s Schools

Betheny Gross, Alice Opalka & Padma Gundapaneni
Union Report

Analysis: Teachers Unions Are Positioning to Negotiate How and When Schools Will Reopen. Money, Not Safety, Will Decide

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

Universal Child Care Neither New Idea Nor Unprecedented

Bryce Covert
Union Report

Analysis: In 2008, the NEA Demanded a Limited Federal Role in Education. Its Policy Wish List for 2021 Is Very Different

Mike Antonucci
EDlection 2020

Analysis: Science Matters Now More Than Ever. The Time to Start Teaching It Is in Elementary School

Jacqueline Barber & Matt Reed
Pandemic

Analysis: What Does ‘Attendance’ Mean for Remote Learners in a Pandemic? How 106 Districts Are Dealing With Absenteeism, Student Engagement & Grades

Bree Dusseault & Alvin Makori
Pandemic

Analysis: Spring Exams Are the Best Shot State Leaders Have at Knowing What’s Happening With Their Students

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger
4Fams

Adams: How to Avoid Integrating Schools — While Ending Up With Segregated Classrooms

Alina Adams
EDlection 2020

Rotherham: Cardona a Deft Pick for Ed Secretary at a Time When Political Fights Should Be Secondary to the Disaster Facing Millions of Students

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

Analysis: More Than Ever, Parents Need Data About Their Kids in a Form They Can Understand. Test Makers Are Starting to Get on Board

Cindi Williams
Pandemic

New Data: College Enrollment for Low-Income High School Grads Plunged by 29% During the Pandemic

Richard Whitmire
Child Care Crisis

The Other Child Care Crisis: No Staff

Elliot Haspel
Analysis

Jordan: When Racial and Gender Bias Is So Darn Obvious — 2 Studies Offer Suggestions for Real Change

Phyllis W. Jordan
EDlection 2020

Analysis: From School Cafeteria ‘Salad Girl’ to U.S. Secretary of Education? The Rise of Former NEA President Lily Eskelsen García

Mike Antonucci
EDlection 2020

Rotherham: Who the Next Ed Secretary Will Be Is the Wrong Parlor Game. The Real Question — Which Party Will Get Its Act Together on Education First?

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

Analysis: What COVID-Era Learning Looks Like in 144 Innovative Schools Around the Country

Chelsea Waite
Pandemic

New Data: Sharp Declines in Community College Enrollment Are Being Driven By Disappearing Male Students

Richard Whitmire
Pandemic

Dadisman & Schneider: Tutoring Can Help Reverse COVID-Related Learning Loss. 6 Principles for Doing It Right

Kimberly Dadisman & Mark Schneider
EDlection 2020

Analysis: NEA Wants an End to Tax Breaks for the Rich. With its Hundreds of Millions in Tax-Free Revenue, Those Pleas Ring Hollow

Mike Antonucci
EDlection 2020

Resh & Brown: With Morale at the Department of Education at a Dismal Low, the New Administration Faces a Daunting Task

William Resh & Heath Brown
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