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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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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
Coronavirus

Analysis: When It Comes to Remote Learning, Too Many States Are Telling School Districts, ‘You’re on Your Own’

Bree Dusseault, Georgia Heyward & Ashley Jochim
Coronavirus

Analysis: The National Education Association Cancels Atlanta Assembly, Will Hold Limited Virtual Convention in July

Mike Antonucci
Coronavirus

Analysis: Restarting K-12 Schools Is Difficult Enough — Without Good Data About Their Students, It’s Much Harder for Pre-K. States Must Do Better

Elliot Regenstein & Chris Strausz-Clark
Coronavirus

Wilson: Meet 3 Indianapolis Charter School Networks That Are All In on Virtual Learning

Steven Wilson
Coronavirus

Analysis: A Month In, Districts and Charters Make Progress on Online Instruction and Monitoring Student Progress, Lag in Grading and Attendance

Robin Lake & Bree Dusseault
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Medler: By Applying for Federal Waivers, States Can Shake Loose Grant Funding to Help Schools During the Pandemic. Here’s How

Alex Medler
Coronavirus

Boser: Students Want Learning to Be Easy. But for Learning to Be Valuable, the Brain Has to Struggle

Ulrich Boser
Coronavirus

Analysis: Keeping Teachers at the Center of the Classroom — Physical or Virtual — Is Key to Learning, Especially for Low-Income Kids

Amber Oliver, Nirvani Budhram & Steve Azeka
Coronavirus

Gestson: My Arizona School District Contacts Every Student, Every Day, to Check on Families’ Physical, Mental & Emotional Health. Yours Can, Too

Chad Gestson
Coronavirus

Analysis: How 18 Top Charter School Networks Are Adapting to Online Education, and What Other Schools Can Learn From Them

Robin Lake & Bree Dusseault
Coronavirus

Laurens: 12 Million Kids Lack Internet Access. Now Is the Time for the Government to Step In and Close the Digital Divide

Dana Laurens
Coronavirus

Bradford: $13B in Stimulus Money for K-12 Schools Is a Good Start. But All Types of Schools Will Need More Help From the Feds in Order to Reopen

Derrell Bradford
Coronavirus

Analysis: Schools Are Making Slow Transition From Classroom to Cloud. What 82 Districts and 18 Charter Management Organizations Are Doing

Robin Lake & Bree Dusseault
Social-Emotional Learning

Tran: Math, Writing, Science History & SEL — Integrating Social-Emotional Learning Into Academics Sets Students on the Road to Success

Janet Tran
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Imagining a 2020 March Madness Bracket — for Social Mobility. Here Are the Colleges Best at Guiding Students Up the Income Ladder

Jorge Klor de Alva
Coronavirus

Analysis: At This Time of School Closures and Remote Learning, How to Keep Students Engaged and Tend to Their Social-Emotional Health

Laura S. Hamilton, John F. Pane & Elizabeth D. Steiner
Coronavirus

Analysis: National Database Shows States & Schools Are Stepping Up Online Learning — but Still Have a Long Way to Go. 10 Notable Trends Across 82 Districts

Robin Lake
Coronavirus

Analysis: 5 Suggestions From Idaho Charter School Leaders as Their Rural Students Switch to Online Learning — and 2 Thoughts for the Future

Kristen McCarver & Josh McCarty
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Coggins: When Teachers Have to Be CFOs — Online Classroom Fundraising Speaks Volumes About Inequitable Resources in Our Nation’s Schools

Celine Coggins
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Reyna: 6 Steps Toward Getting More High School Students to Complete the FAFSA and Launch Their College Careers

Ryan Reyna
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