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Cara Pangelinan

Research Analyst

Background

Cara Pangelinan is a former research assistant for the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Prior to joining CRPE, Cara graduated from the University of Washington where she discovered her passion to learn more about the public education system through volunteering and mentoring programs. She holds a BS in Human Centered Design & Engineering and a BA in English.

Publications

Cara Pangelinan

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Innovation spotlights: Case studies in high school redesign

Chelsea Waite, Cara Pangelinan, Lisa Chu, Maddy Sims, Naureen Madhani

Educators nationwide are forging their way in a landscape rocked by pandemic-induced disruptions. Training resources designed to spark new thinking among school staff often feel outdated—especially if they were published before 2020.

  • Research Reports    

Innovation in New England

Cara Pangelinan, Chelsea Waite, Christine Pitts, Sarah McCann, Heather Casimere

CRPE partnered with The BARR Foundation to map the New England region’s landscape of learning.

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Learning acceleration and assessment strategies in 100 large urban districts

Cara Pangelinan

34 districts plan to incorporate tutoring, extended learning, small-group instruction and use of data. Are they succeeding?

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Analysis: New England districts’ plans for spending federal relief funds

Lisa Chu, Cara Pangelinan

Our analysis reveals dozens of New England districts’ federal spending priorities as they move forward with pandemic recovery.

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Remote learning options are shutting down as school reopens in fall 2022

Bree Dusseault, Cara Pangelinan

Large districts more likely to keep pre-pandemic virtual programs than those created when Covid-19 closed schools and forced classes online

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New England Profiles of Innovation | Holyoke High School

Cara Pangelinan

Despite pandemic-induced challenges, Holyoke school leaders and staff kept student engagement at the forefront of their efforts to ensure continuity of learning.

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Mapping the landscape of learning in New England

Sean Gill, Ashley Jochim, Cara Pangelinan

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted public education in ways that were unimaginable at the beginning of the year. Students, parents, and teachers have struggled to make remote learning work.

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Leading states show how to set clear expectations for remote learning—more should follow their example

Georgia Heyward, Ashley Jochim, Cara Pangelinan

Last spring, fewer than half of the nation’s school districts expected teachers to deliver remote instruction, grade student work, and take attendance.

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