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The State of the American Student, 2023

We are failing older students, and it's time to change course. 14 experts propose solutions for helping the Covid generation recover from pandemic-related challenges in our second annual State of the American Student Report.

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What are creative schools up to?

The Canopy project, our joint venture with Transcend, has released new data on innovative schools that center diversity, equity, and the potential of marginalized students.

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Scanning the world for solutions

Schools around the world are finding ways to improve learning, equity, and well-being. Their best practices can be adopted here in the U.S. In this new limited series, we explore academic recovery tools from across the globe.

Teaching recovery?

School system leaders report that the pandemic didn't just plummet test scores-it also weakened instruction. Is a teaching recovery necessary before a student recovery can begin in earnest? Is it too much to expect school systems to rebuild teaching and support students’ academic recovery?

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Beyond test scores: Broader academic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on American students

Recent state and national achievement exam results, as well as academic progress reports, have underscored how the Covid-19 pandemic and related school closures had a large, negative impact on students’ reading and math development. But there has been less research...

FEATURED WORK

Study: How districts are responding to AI and what it means for the new school year

This piece was originally published in The 74. Districts are responding in divergent ways to artificial intelligence’s potential to reshape...

New report: How the pandemic battered student engagement, attendance

Students are heading back to school this year under a cloud of discouraging test score declines in reading and math,...

Innovation spotlights: Case studies in high school redesign

Educators nationwide are forging their way in a landscape rocked by pandemic-induced disruptions. Training resources designed to spark new thinking...

Our Work

At the Center on Reinventing Public Education, we research classrooms, schools, and systems to identify the systemic barriers to equity and excellence for every student and ways to overcome them. We see around the corner, reach across traditional party and sector lines, and craft solutions to problems few have anticipated.

Since March 2020, CRPE has been the go-to source for high-quality research about the threats to student success and equity posed by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the innovations that have emerged out of the crisis.

Partnerships

Learn what school system leaders say about their challenges and plans, in a periodic survey produced with RAND and other partners

Visit our one-stop-shop for evidence on teaching and learning, school, finance, and more, from a nationwide research collaborative

Explore this CRPE and Transcend clearinghouse of innovative schools and learn more about their impact