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Unlocking Potential: Rethinking What’s “Special” About Special Education – Center on Reinventing Public Education Unlocking Potential Rethinking What’s “Special” About Special Education Explore the Data Join the datasprint Read the white paper Join the Discussion Rethinking What’s “Special” About Special Educatio...

Special education was meant to support students with disabilities—but it’s increasingly become a stopgap for a system not built to meet every student’s needs.
CRPE’s new Unlocking Potential project explores why—and what needs to change. bit.ly/3Jlab1W

Making Room for What Matters: Innovative School Leaders Want Accountability, but With a Lighter Footprint – Center on Reinventing Public Education Across the country, school leaders are reimagining how students learn—designing models that are more engaging, effective, and connected to the world students are entering. But many say that today’s st...

What do school leaders from innovative schools want out of accountability systems? Check out this new report from @crpe.bsky.social crpe.org/making-room-...

The Future of School Accountability Isn’t More Testing Nitkin: Only 29% of school leaders say accountability data helps them improve student outcomes, and half say testing makes it harder to innovate.

Only 29% of school leaders said accountability data helps them improve student outcomes, and half reported that accountability makes it harder to pilot new approaches and personalize learning, according to a new survey. @crpe.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/the-...

Making Room for What Matters: Innovative School Leaders Want Accountability, but With a Lighter Footprint – Center on Reinventing Public Education Across the country, school leaders are reimagining how students learn—designing models that are more engaging, effective, and connected to the world students are entering. But many say that today’s st...

Nearly half of innovative school leaders say state accountability makes it harder to innovate. But they don’t want to end accountability—they want it redesigned for what matters most. Explore the latest report from the #CanopyProject (CRPE + Transcend) → bit.ly/47p4vvS

New @crpe.bsky.social report: ESAs & disability equity. crpe.org/flipping-the...

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A map of grades for the transparency of states' school report cards about mathematics opportunity and outcomes.

For this year's @crpe.bsky.social State of the American Student report, I again contributed a sliver of an analysis that you might have missed. The key finding is summarized in this map, where we give grades to state school report cards for how clearly they report on math opportunities and outcomes

The State of the American Student 2025 – Center on Reinventing Public Education STATE OF THE STUDENT 2025 Getting U.S. Students Back on Track in Math Five years after Covid-19 disrupted schools, American students are not just recovering slowly—many are falling further behind. Thi...

NEW: CRPE’s 2025 State of the Student report dives into America’s math crisis—and shows how leaders can solve it with evidence-based teaching, bold staffing, honest accountability, and flexible pathways.
Read the full report: bit.ly/4mZXFUe
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Study: Students’ Math Decline Dovetails With Math Wars, Teacher Pipeline Issues CRPE researchers also cite grade inflation and lack of transparency in reporting student scores, while arguing these drawbacks can be remedied.

Excellent insights from @crpe.bsky.social on the link between teacher pipeline issues and America’s worst math scores ever. Please read the coverage of their latest study in @the74.bsky.social:

www.the74million.org/article/stud...

America’s Students Need More Math Instruction Each Day – Center on Reinventing Public Education In the United States, most students graduating from high school don’t know what compound interest is before they sign up for a credit card. But in Singapore, Japan, and Finland, students have a better...

U.S. students deserve more math time—not less. Some districts mandate 60 mins/day of math; others just 35-40. That gap matters. Lindsay Henderson (Policy Director, Math, @excelined.bsky.social) calls for more daily math time, higher-quality materials, and better teacher support. bit.ly/4mZXFUe

The State of the American Student 2025 – Center on Reinventing Public Education STATE OF THE STUDENT 2025 Getting U.S. Students Back on Track in Math Five years after Covid-19 disrupted schools, American students are not just recovering slowly—many are falling further behind. Thi...

New report from @crpe.bsky.social: The State of the American Student: Getting US Students Back on Track in Math

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The State of the American Student 2025 – Center on Reinventing Public Education STATE OF THE STUDENT 2025 Getting U.S. Students Back on Track in Math Five years after Covid-19 disrupted schools, American students are not just recovering slowly—many are falling further behind. Thi...

Go beyond #NAEP headlines: #Students report math classes most likely to make them feel "anxious, defeated, or invisible". @crpe.bsky.social's new report explains why the entire pipeline for #math- from teacher prep to curriculum to accountability- needs fixing crpe.org/the-state-of... #edpolicy

The State of the American Student 2025 – Center on Reinventing Public Education The State of the American Student 2025 Getting Students Back on Track in Math Five years after Covid-19 disrupted schools, American students are not just recovering slowly—many are falling further beh...

⚠️ America’s math crisis is urgent—but solvable. CRPE’s 2025 State of the Student report charts a roadmap: evidence-based teaching, bold staffing, honest accountability, & flexible pathways. Read more: bit.ly/4mZXFUe

CRPE and the Walton Family Foundation Support $2.6M in Grants to Study Pandemic Recovery – Center on Reinventing Public Education TEMPE, AZ — Over the past four years, CRPE’s Evidence Project has tracked the pandemic’s impact on students and school system recovery efforts. These collective efforts are far from complete—and face ...

Congrats to all CRPE Evidence Project Grantees—especially our own Niu Gao, who will be leading a research-practice partnership on learning recovery in CA! We're excited to share more as our work with @crpe.bsky.social and the @waltonfamilyfdn.bsky.social unfolds.

Read more: crpe.org/crpe-and-the...

School district leaders are facing a storm of funding cuts, political pressure, and lost federal support. The newest piece from CRPE's #PhoenixRising series explores what superintendents across the country told us about managing through the noise.
crpe.org/managing-thr...

A Personal 'Nudge' Can Get Teachers to Use Student Data in Smart Ways Teachers are key to effective ed-tech interventions. A new study looks at ways to engage them.

@rbnlake.bsky.social weighs in on why many teachers struggle to effectively dig into student data. “The lack of integration and coherence in tech tools and these new AI tools is just a real problem.” Read more: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Retooling Educator Preparation for the Future of Learning – Center on Reinventing Public Education The United States faces a serious workforce challenge—not just in raw numbers, but in how we prepare and support talent across sectors. As economist Tony Carnevale has emphasized, our economic future ...

🎒Are today’s educator prep programs built for tomorrow’s schools? Carole Basile and Lennon Audrain of the Mary Lou Fulton College at ASU explore how teacher preparation must evolve to support flexible roles, new school models, and modern learning demands. Read more: crpe.org/retooling-ed...

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Can AI Help Solve the Math Crisis? US math scores have been declining for over a decade—does AI offer possible solutions?

📉Math scores have been declining for over a decade—and Covid certainly didn't help. Now, can AI tools help address the current math crisis? @rbnlake.bsky.social explores the current AI + math scene and more in her latest Think Forward: Learning With AI newsletter. crpe.substack.com/p/can-ai-hel...

Notes from the Evidence Project | May 7 New research on career and technical ed, teacher turnover, and more.

📰Do you follow Notes from the Evidence Project? Now's the time to follow CRPE's biweekly roundup of edu research & policy about academic recovery & student well-being. This week: the rise of career & technical ed, news about staffing shortages, & more: bit.ly/3GHMsay

Supreme Court Case Is Vital for Future of Charter-School Funding A high-stakes clash at the US Supreme Court threatens to upend the nation’s charter-school system and further strain an already challenged investment arena.

“Charter schools have always been a tenuous political coalition...Democrats and Republicans have come together to agree to pass these laws in many cases, and that could fall apart easily if the rules of the game change.” @rbnlake.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

America can’t be great without good schools. Here’s a four-part policy agenda from Ashley Jochim and me to deliver on the kinds of schools parents and all Americans really want. [no typo this time] @crpe.bsky.social crpe.org/america-cant...

New from CRPE's Phoenix Rising series: @mpolikoff.bsky.social and Ashley Jochim offer a grounded, bipartisan policy agenda to help public schools better meet the needs of students, families, and communities through safety, strong instruction, and accountability. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/4jy5E97

What the AI Executive Order Means for K–12—and What Should Come Next A special edition of Think Forward: Learning with AI

Yesterday's EO on AI in education is a major federal signal, but how will it translate into real support for schools and educators? @rbnlake.bsky.social unpacks what the EO could mean for K–12—and where urgent attention is still needed—in her latest AI newsletter: crpe.substack.com/p/what-the-a...

Tools and Tradeoffs: Can AI Rebuild the Middle Class? My takeaways from ASU+GSV, new research, and emerging school use cases

🛠️ Tools and Tradeoffs: Can AI Rebuild the Middle Class? The latest AI + education newsletter from @rbnlake.bsky.social: crpe.substack.com/p/tools-and-...

Can states & localities rebuild smarter after federal cuts and changes to public education? Paul Hill argues how block grants—if designed well—might offer underserved students more lasting support. Read more in the latest from our #PhoenixRising series: bit.ly/4jnRhnC

Will Educator Turnover Rates Ever Return to Pre–Pandemic Levels? Teacher turnover continued its downward trend in the 2023–2024 school year, reaching 7 percent. That's still higher than the prepandemic level of 6 percent. And according to district reports, principa...

Will educator turnover rates ever return to pre-pandemic levels? RAND researchers surveyed districts through the American School District Panel & found that while turnover is still a bit higher than pre-Covid, it continues to decrease. Learn more: www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-29.html

Looking for a good listen to start the week? CRPE's Chelsea Waite sat down with @voxdotcom.bsky.social's Explain It to Me podcast to discuss how "college for all" doesn't encompass the needs & desires of every student—& more schools & families are realizing it. Dive in: www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me

As of fall 2024, about half of surveyed districts had trained teachers on AI tools—double the share from the previous fall. Another 25% plan to launch training during the 2024–25 school year. According to district reports, low-poverty districts continue to outpace their higher-poverty counterparts in training teachers on AI use. District leaders said that they focused initial teacher trainings on addressing teachers' fear and discomfort with AI rather than jumping right into instructional tools. Many districts are developing trainings in-house due to a lack of external partners equipped to meet their needs.

New evidence on the uptake and early implementation of AI supports for teachers from RAND and @crpe.bsky.social researchers. Here are the key findings: www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

More Districts Are Training Teachers on Artificial Intelligence As of fall 2024, roughly half of U.S. school districts reported that they provided training to their teachers about generative AI–powered tools, such as ChatGPT. That's twice as many districts that re...

NEW: American School District Panel surveys from CRPE & RAND find that teacher AI use is rising—60% of districts plan to train teachers on AI in the '24-25 SY. But they need support from policymakers, tech providers, & funders to make sure adoption is safe and equitable. Read more: bit.ly/3RHcVag

🤖NEW: AI tools are flooding schools, but districts aren’t ready. Our research on 22 “early adopter” systems shows that AI literacy bolsters safe, equitable adoption—but even these systems ahead of the curve need more support from the government, funders, and advocates. 🔗 bit.ly/41UZycD