• Home
  • I
  • Innovation and the Future of Learning

Focus Area:
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    

A “Good Life” for Every Student: High Schools Embrace Many Pathways to Success

Chelsea Waite, Maddy Sims

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 in high school?

  • Research Reports    

Communities in the Driver’s Seat: Black Mothers Forum Microschools Raise Sustainability Questions

Eupha Jeanne Daramola, Travis Pillow

The Black Mothers Forum (BMF), established in 2016 to combat institutional racism in Phoenix-area schools, responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic by creating a network of microschools.

  • Research Reports    

Literacy for All: The Story of Sobral

Adam Barton, Gloria Lee

The scorching, arid northeastern state of Ceará, Brazil has long been known for growing cashews and coconuts. Now, it’s defied expectations by cultivating one of the world’s best public elementary school systems, despite high rates of poverty.

  • The Lens    

2024: Reflecting on 30 Years of CRPE

Robin Lake

Happy New Year! With the start of 2024, we kick off a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Center on Reinventing Public Education. 

  • Research Reports    

Teachers and Tutors Together: Reimagining Literacy Instruction in Oakland

Ashley Jochim, Eupha Jeanne Daramola, Morgan Polikoff

High-quality tutoring has become a critical tool for addressing pandemic learning gaps and accelerating student learning, but access to tutoring programs remains an issue.

  • Research Reports    

Communities in the Driver’s Seat: Intensive Training, Deep Investment Power Oakland Parent-Led Literacy Programs

Travis Pillow

Across the country, school systems are struggling to implement effective, research-based literacy instruction and to help students recover from lost learning time during the pandemic.

  • The Lens    

Don’t Just Engage Families: Liberate Them

Lakisha Young

I set out to reflect on parent engagement as we settled into another school year in the U.S. where 84% of Black eighth-graders lack proficiency in reading.

  • The Lens    

Are Unconventional Learning Environments Serving Special Populations?

Chelsea Waite, Heather Casimere

The pandemic created further opportunity and accelerated a movement toward nontraditional learning environments, such as independent microschools, homeschool cooperatives, and hybrid or virtual schools.

  • The Lens    

Intergenerational Learning: Proven Benefits for Both Elders and Youth

Adam Barton, Gloria Lee

Inevitable demographic shifts are about to create a fast-growing population of skilled older workers: in a decade, adults over age 65 will outnumber children under age 18.

  • The Lens    

Near-Peer Mentors: Learner Guides Model Success, Improve Outcomes for Younger Students

Adam Barton, Gloria Lee

In the U.S. and around the world, young people in the wake of the pandemic are struggling with depression, anxiety, stress and other mental health challenges, and schools are often unable to find enough counselors and support staff.

Skip to content