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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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Bankert: To Help Low-Income Students Get to and Through College, Districts Must Invest in Supports. Here Are 2 That Are Doing It Right

Lina Bankert
Pandemic

Analysis: California’s State Budget Has Big Benefits for Teachers Union, Stifles Charter Schools and Funds Phantom Students

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Analysis: Taking Attendance Amid the Pandemic Is About More Than Student Participation. It Will Be Invaluable Data About Whether Distance Learning Is Actually Working

Phyllis W. Jordan & Hedy N. Chang
Pandemic

Analysis: We Reviewed 86 Districts’ Reopening Plans for the 2020-21 School Year. Here’s Some of What We Found

Sarah McCann & Bree Dusseault
New York

Gov. Cuomo and the Gates Foundation: For Now, Reopening Education Has Trumped Reimagining It

Brendan Lowe
Pandemic

Williams: The Country Can’t Pretend Its Way Around Flattening the Curve — Especially If We Want to Reopen Schools Soon

Conor P. Williams
Pandemic

Analysis: As More Districts Opt for Virtual Learning in the Fall, the Senate HEALS Act Risks Being out of Touch With Public Health Reality — and Delaying Desperately Needed Funds

Bree Dusseault & Robin Lake
Pandemic

Aldeman: What a 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan Can Teach American Educators About Learning Loss After a Disaster

Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 10: We Should Have Fixed Inequity in Education Yesterday. Now the Pandemic Has Made Redesigning the System Exponentially More Urgent

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Pandemic

Park: Politicians Claim Cutting Medicaid Spending Will Ensure Funding for Schools. Our Analysis Shows the Opposite Will Happen

Edwin Park
Pandemic

LISTEN — Class Disrupted Episode 9: Should School Be Year-Round?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Analysis

Analysis: Mapping Students’ Support Networks Is Key to Supporting Their Remote Learning Success. How Schools Can Make That Happen

Mahnaz Charania & Julia Freeland Fisher
Pandemic

Analysis: Temperature Checks, School Schedules, Masks — What Do States Want Districts to Do? We’ve Analyzed the Plans. Here’s What We’ve Found

Brooke LePage
Union Report

Analysis: Michigan Teachers Union & Its Health Insurance Trust Raked In at Least $11 Million in Small Business Bailout Money

Mike Antonucci
Cleveland

Interactive: Roadmaps to Reopening — States’ Guidance to Schools on Meals, Masks, Handwashing and More

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Pandemic

Analysis: Districts Are Calling the Shots During COVID Shutdowns. So Why Hold Schools Alone Accountable for Student Learning?

Chad Aldeman & Anne Hyslop
Pandemic

Analysis: Week-by-Week Survey Finds Parents Worried About Sending Kids Back to School — Three-Quarters Think September Is Too Soon

Bruno V. Manno
Pandemic

Schwartz & Kerr: To Help Guide Decisions About COVID, Schools and Students, Researchers Are Compiling Decades of Data in Easy-to-Read Briefs. Here’s Some of What They’ve Found

Nate Schwartz & Sara Kerr
Analysis

Leading by Example on Race to Mitigate Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of Children

K.C. Compton
EDlection 2020

The Veepstakes Is Taking Over, But the Education World Wants to Know: Who Will Replace DeVos?

Kevin Mahnken
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