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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
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Kowalski: Lesson from the State of Louisiana — If Your Student Privacy Laws Are Making Kids Go Hungry, There’s a Problem

Paige Kowalski
Pandemic

Analysis: What’s the Least Terrible Way for States to Make COVID-Related K-12 Funding Cuts? New Guidelines Offer Some Principles to Follow

Matthew Joseph
Pandemic

Analysis: What Do Parents Think About K-12 Education During & After COVID-19? Schools Are in Crisis, But Better Days Are Ahead, Survey Finds

Bruno V. Manno
Pandemic

Analysis: New Poll of NJ Parents Shows Stark Racial and Economic Gaps Are Shaping the Effectiveness of Remote Learning During the Pandemic

Laura Waters
Pandemic

Ramirez & Buher: The Path to Universal COVID-19 Testing in Schools — What the Government and States Can Do Now in Preparation for the 2021 Surge

Mario Ramirez & Andrew Buher
Pandemic

Silver & Polikoff: Getting Testy about Testing — K-12 Parents Support Canceling Standardized Testing this Spring. That Might Not Be a Good Idea

Daniel Silver & Morgan Polikoff
EDlection 2020

Analysis: From School Spending to a Possible Cabinet Post, What Does a Post-Trump World Look Like for Teachers Unions?

Mike Antonucci
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Analysis: California Gives Districts Extra Money for Highest-Needs Students. But It Doesn’t Always Get to the Highest-Needs Schools

Katie Silberstein & Marguerite Roza
Pandemic

DeBaun: Drop in FAFSA Completion Is a Slow-Motion Train Wreck for College Enrollment & Students’ Futures. It’s Not Too Late to Stop It

Bill DeBaun
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Analysis: In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias. What the Research Shows, and What’s Being Done to Stop It

Brooke LePage
Pandemic

Analysis: Did School System Retirements Spike in 2020? Data from 7 State Pension Plans Show They’ve Actually Decreased

Chad Aldeman & Alex Spurrier
EDlection 2020

Analysis: Money Is No Object as the California Teachers Association Tries to Eke Out a Property Tax Ballot Victory

Mike Antonucci
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Parents Are Made, Not Born, Research Shows: The Act of Caregiving Creates ‘Parenting Brain’

K.C. Compton
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Dachille: Teachers Who Are Hired Early Bring Big Benefits to Schools and Students. 6 Strategies from Districts That Are Leading the Way

Lauren Dachille
EDlection 2020

Analysis: How States Use Their Constitutional Authority over Education to Push Back Against Trump Assaults on Equity, Accountability

Kenneth K. Wong
EDlection 2020

Analysis: For Decades, Homeschool Families Have Come Out for Republican Presidential Candidates. So Where Are ‘Homeschoolers for Trump’?

Heath Brown
EDlection 2020

Analysis: How Much NEA and AFT Are Spending on the 2020 Campaign, and Where They Are Spending It

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Robinson & Rogers: Write Less to Say More — How Schools Can Communicate More Effectively With Families

Carly Robinson & Todd Rogers
Pandemic

Aldeman: How Much Learning Time Are Students Getting? In 7 Large School Districts, Less Than Normal — and in 3, They’re Getting More

Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

Waite: Will the Positive Changes Schools Make Now Last into the Future? New Framework Helps Leaders Plan for Tomorrow

Chelsea Waite
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