• The Lens   
Morgan Polikoff, Emily Prymula

TEMPE, AZ — Over the past four years, CRPE’s Evidence Project has tracked the pandemic’s impact on students and school system recovery efforts. These collective efforts are far from complete—and face persistent challenges. In August 2024, with generous support from the Walton Family Foundation, CRPE made a public call for proposals to help accelerate the work of pandemic recovery.

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Carole Basile, Robin Lake

One of us (Carole) was recently asked what a world without colleges of education would look like. Carole’s response: “I’m not sure the world would miss us.” And she spoke as the dean of one of the largest colleges of education in the country. 

Latest Research Publications

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Team-Based Staffing, Teacher Authority, and Teacher Turnover

Richard Ingersoll, Lennon Audrain, Mary Laski

As schools across the nation struggle with teacher shortages, a new study from Richard Ingersoll, Lennon Audrain, and Mary Laski points to a promising solution: redesigning the structure of classrooms and the role of teachers.

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How Team-Based Staffing Models Relate to Teacher Decision-Making Influence and Turnover

Lennon Audrain, Richard Ingersoll, Mary Laski

Introduction Key Findings Data and Methods Implementation of the Next Education Workforce Elements Teacher Decision-Making Influence Relationship between Team Membership and Decision-Making Influence with Teacher Turnover Conclusion Introduction For over a century, the “egg-crate model of schooling,” which isolates each teacher in an individual classroom, has shaped the teaching profession.

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America Can’t be Great Without Good Schools: How Policymakers Can Create More of Them

Ashley Jochim, Morgan Polikoff

A policy agenda for K-12 schools 1. Take a reasonable middle ground in the culture wars 2. Invest in systems that keep students safe 3.

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Picking Up the Pieces of Federal Education Programs: Can Block Grants Help Marginalized Learners?

Paul Hill

The Trump administration is following the Project 2025 agenda, vowing to turn federal education programs into block grants or issue blanket waivers that would let states see money in any way they want.

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Launching districtwide innovation: Lessons learned from a year of pursuing “Bold Ideas” for systemic change

Lydia Rainey, Michael Berardino, Lisa Chu, Bree Dusseault, Steven Weiner

What does it really take to pilot bold, systemwide innovation in public education? Over the 2023–24 school year, CRPE partnered with 11 districts across the country to support and study their “Bold Ideas”—ambitious initiatives designed to make student learning more joyful, individualized, and relevant.

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Running fast but not getting far: Five years of studying the pandemic’s impact on education

Lydia Rainey, Paul Hill, Lisa Chu, Daniel Silver

This report distills five years of research to understand how the pandemic reshaped public education. Drawing from over 100 reports and articles, we examine the crisis response, recovery efforts, and ongoing challenges facing schools today.

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