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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 Berardino & Bree Dusseault
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AI and Art Collide in This Engineering Course That Puts Human Creativity First

A Georgia Institute of Technology course links art and artificial intelligence.

Francesco Fedele, The Conversation
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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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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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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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Former Secretary Margaret Spellings on Better Equipping Children for College and an Evolving Workforce — and Why High Schools Must Become More Like Community Colleges

Anne Wicks & Andrew Kaufmann
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Deane: Information Is Power — All Parents, Regardless of Income, Need Access to Good Data About School Quality

Jon Deane
Social-Emotional Learning

Analysis: Social-Emotional Learning Is Important. But What Do All Those SEL Terms, Concepts & Ideas Actually Mean for the Classroom? New Online Tool Helps Sort Them Out

Stephanie M. Jones
Union Report

Union Report: L.A. Teachers Union’s Endorsement of Bernie Sanders May Affect the Union More Than It Does the Sanders Campaign

Mike Antonucci
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Smith & Dziorny: How Is the Education Workforce Structured? What Are the Pathways to an Ed Career? New Report Has Some Answers

Jacqueline Smith & Laura Dziorny
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Bankert & Schwartze: When Done Right, Mergers Can Improve Student Outcomes and Save Schools Money. Here are 4 Lessons for Ed Leaders

Lina Bankert & Lauren Schwartze
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Law Professor Jack Coons on Rethinking School Funding, Restoring Authority to Low-Income Families Through Education and His Role in the Historic Serrano v. Priest Cases

Andrew J. Rotherham
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Cowen & Forte: 5 Critical Steps to Take to Fix Our Students’ Flagging Literacy Skills and Falling NAEP Scores

Jim Cowen & Denise Forte
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Petrilli: 2019 NAEP Results Show There’s Something Wrong Going On. 3 Theories About What Might Be Happening in Our Schools, and Beyond

Michael J. Petrilli
Union Report

Union Report: Bargaining for the Common Good Is Neither Common Nor Good. But It Makes for Great Public Relations

Mike Antonucci
EDlection 2020

Waters: 9 Theories That Might Explain Cory Booker’s Change of Heart on Charter Schools in New York Times Essay

Laura Waters
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Hill: Do Charter Schools Help or Hurt District Schools? Both Sides Are Right — and Wrong. We Need Better Data to Find the Answer

Paul Hill
Denver

Eschbacher: 5 Things Districts Can Do to Keep Ahead of Population Changes — and Avoid Enrollment, Planning and Budgetary Disasters

Brian Eschbacher
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Wilkins: Charter School Leaders of Color Engage Families to Bolster Student Success. Some Practices That All School Leaders Can Adopt

Amy Wilkins
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Analysis: New Report Shows Charters Gaining Ground in Enrollment and Services for Students With Disabilities but Still Lagging Behind Districts in Discipline and Representation

Lauren Morando Rhim
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Briggs: What New Orleans Can Teach Other Cities About School Closures — 4 Things That Can Make a Difference for Families

Gary Briggs
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Perdue: NAEP Scores Show We Failed Our Kids Again. It’s Time We Stop Saying We Believe in Education and Start Proving That We Do

Bev Perdue
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DeVos’s First 1,000 Days: Whether Principled Advocate or ‘Flat-Out Disaster,’ the Survivor Secretary at the Education Department’s Helm Remains Uniquely Polarizing

Carolyn Phenicie
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Aldeman: 3 Differences Between California’s Teacher Pension System and Social Security That Have a Huge Impact on Retirees — New Report

Chad Aldeman
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Coleman: Kids Need Multiple Strategies to Succeed in Math Class. How the Number Bond Can Be a Powerful Alternative to ‘Just Adding’

LauraMarie Coleman
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