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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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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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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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Survey of 1500 Kids Suggests School Phone Bans Have Important but Limited Effects

34% of kids agreed with the statement that social media causes more harm than good.

Justin D. Martin & Chighaf Bakour
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Why History Instruction is Critical for Combating Online Misinformation

Lightning Jay
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New Research Finds Schools of Education Fail to Prepare Teachers to Use AI

Steven Weiner & Robin Lake
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New Survey Finds Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate School Staffing and Services

Jessie Mandle & Lena O'Rourke
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Teaching Science & Reading Together Yields Double Benefits for Learning

Susan M. Kowalski
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BYU Is Tops in March Madness Bracket for Moving Grads Up the Economic Ladder

Jorge Klor de Alva
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Why Parents of ‘Twice-Exceptional’ Children Choose Homeschool Over Public School

Rachael Cody
pandemic

How COVID Shaped Child Care and Early Learning

Kendra Hurley
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5 Years Later: My Pandemic Predictions on Learning Loss, Disengagement and More

Chad Aldeman
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Student Well-Being, School Choice, Higher Ed Top Governors’ Priorities for 2025

Bella DiMarco
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New Report: How Districts in 7 States Are Helping Chronically Absent Homeless Kids

Barbara Duffield & Cecelia Leong
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Cash Transfers: A Proven Strategy to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

K.C. Compton
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Chronic Absenteeism Worst in Kindergarten, 9th and 12th Grades, State Data Shows

Bella DiMarco
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Should Trump Be Taken Literally or Seriously on Closing Education Department?

Chad Aldeman
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There Really Was a ‘Mississippi Miracle’ in Reading. States Should Learn From It

Chad Aldeman
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Mend, Don’t End, the Institute of Education Sciences

Dan Goldhaber, Ashley Jochim, Robin Lake & Andrew J. Rotherham
Class Disrupted

Class Disrupted Podcast: Ben Riley on Why AI Doesn’t Think Like Us

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
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Interactive: Data From 9,500 Districts Finds Even More Staff and Fewer Students

Chad Aldeman
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Teen Girls’ Suicide Risk Is Rising. Sexual Identity Stress May Be a Factor

Joseph Cimpian & Mollie McQuillan
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Standards Gap: Why Many Students Score Proficient on State Tests But Not on NAEP

Thomas Toch & Bella DiMarco
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Chronic Absenteeism & Achievement Gap: Lowest NAEP Scorers Missed the Most Class

Liz Cohen
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