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College and Career Readiness

CRPE studies how to rethink the high school-to-career continuum. We address critical research areas such as the gaps in current methods of preparing students for life after high school, experimental high school models that have emerged in response to the shifting educational landscape, and state policies that support high-quality and accessible secondary work-based learning and relevant career training.

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 depends on a nimble,...

Expensive dreams Eraste Talla Ngoualadjo always planned on attending a four-year university in the United States. But when his family emigrated from Cameroon to Boston in 2022, they were astounded by the high cost of...

Today’s students are struggling after they leave the K-12 system: fewer students are enrolling in college, and more of those who enroll are floundering and at risk of dropping out. Meanwhile, many who seek to...

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of economic and social life, affecting who went to college and where. This paper asks: How did patterns of enrollment and persistence in college and university change during...

CRPE & CPRL hosted a webinar on this report with the co-authors and report stakeholders. Check it out! https://youtu.be/z60wtyyXw_g Can the lessons schools learned in the Covid-19 recovery period contribute to more lasting, transformative shifts...

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 Training resources designed to spark new thinking among school staff often feel outdated—especially if they were published before 2020. To address this...

In a report released today, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) delivers new information on the dire state of classroom instruction and its detrimental impact on academic recovery in the aftermath of three years...

In this report, we conclude our research on five school systems to reveal the academic, social, and political challenges posed by the pandemic and what leaders and their staff are doing to address student learning...

This piece was originally published in The 74. Waite: Changing the DNA of how schools educate students is hard, long-term work. A diverse set of 251 schools are showing what that work looks like. In...

Lakisha Young explains how Oakland REACH is training parents to be literacy tutors.

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