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Paul Hill

The changing landscape of education under new federal legislation places heavy responsibility on states to create policies that ensure better student outcomes amid tight fiscal realities. States are rightly focused on how to improve reading, math, and career readiness in K-12 schools. They cannot do that, however, without a firm understanding of why making such improvements has been challenging in the past.

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How States Can Better Prepare Students for Life After High School

Georgia Heyward

This report examines weaknesses states share in career and technical education and offers recommendations to improve career pathways for students.

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Putting Families at the Center: The Role of Parent Advocacy Groups during COVID-19

Lynn Olson, Georgia Heyward

This brief profiles four parent advocacy groups that have been particularly effective in devising bold solutions during the pandemic crisis.

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One Step Forward, One Step Back: Public Health Fears Keep America’s School Districts on a Reopening Treadmill

Betheny Gross, Alice Opalka

This brief gives an update on our nationally representative sample of school district reopening plans.

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Support Every Student: Lessons from Five Charter Schools on Effective Special Education During the Pandemic

Lanya McKittrick, Betheny Gross, Sivan Tuchman, Sean Gill

In-depth case studies of five charter schools reveal lessons learned on educating students with disabilities remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lessons from Remote Learning in Six School Systems

Since schools closed in March 2020, CRPE has tracked a sample of school districts and charter networks as they tried to reach students and provide instruction.

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Ensuring All Students in Indiana Receive Their Fair Share of Funding

Lisa Chu, Ben Kleban

School-funding changes over the last decade have created funding inequities for Indiana’s students from low-income communities, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students in public charter schools—inequities which will likely be exacerbated by COVID-19.

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