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Innovation and the Future of Learning

At CRPE, we study how public education can evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world. Our research on innovation and the future of learning examines how schools are rethinking teaching and learning models—from personalized and competency-based approaches to the use of technology and AI—to better prepare students for life beyond school. We investigate how these innovations take shape in real contexts, what barriers and enablers schools encounter, and how systems can support sustainable change. Across this work, we aim to understand how schools and communities can design learning environments that are more equitable, adaptable, and responsive to the diverse needs of students.

  • Research Reports    

Policy Barriers to School Improvement: What’s Real and What’s Imagined?

Larry Miller

This report examines federal, state, and district barriers that principals say hinder their ability to make innovative school improvements.

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Innovation in Progress: Proceed with Caution

Tricia Maas

A new study released last week provides first glimpses at how blended learning is affecting student performance. The report, published by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and SRI International, is rich with information about blended-learning programs and implementation details, but the study’s new contribution to the field is that it presents an impact analysis of K–12 blended-learning programs.

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Is Personalized Learning Meeting Its Productivity Promise? Early Lessons from Pioneering Schools

Larry Miller, Betheny Gross, Robin Lake

This fiscal analysis finds that early difficulties forecasting enrollment and revenue can undermine implementation of personalized-learning models that blend computer-based and teacher-led instruction.

  • The Lens    

To Survive, Charters Cannot Ignore the Bottom Line

Marguerite Roza

by Marguerite Roza By now, most people in the education world have come to terms with the notion that resources are likely to be highly constrained in the years ahead.

  • The Lens    

Tech-Based Learning: The New Frontier for Charters?

Michael Horn

by Michael Horn When charter schools were created in the 1990s, they were intended to spur innovation in America’s K–12 school system.

  • The Lens    

New Frontiers: An Overview of Charter Schools in 2012

Robin Lake

by Robin Lake The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has been producing Hopes, Fears, & Reality since 2005, after a set of major studies showed conflicting results about charter school performance and caused quite a dustup.

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Ch. 4 – Innovating Toward Sustainability: How Computer Labs Can Enable New Staffing Structures and Savings (HFR ’12)

Marguerite Roza, Suzanne Simburg

Suzanne Simburg and Marguerite Roza lay out the cost savings possible if blended learning were adopted by all U.S. public elementary schools, not just charter schools.

  • Research Reports    

Ch. 3 – Innovating at Last? The Rise of Blended Learning in Charter Schools (HFR ’12)

Michael Horn, Tricia Maas

Michael Horn writes about how and why many charter schools in California have innovated through technology and asks what it will take for more to follow nationwide.

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Overview – WIll the Charter Movement Rest on Its Laurels or Innovate and Expand? (HFR ’12)

Robin Lake

Editor Robin Lake introduces the key areas explored in this year’s volume of Hopes, Fears, & Reality.

  • Research Reports    

Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2012

Robin Lake

This year’s edition focuses on growth and innovation and pushes charter school leaders to consider whether they are fully using their flexibility and autonomy on behalf of students.

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