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AI and Education Policy 101: The Evolving Landscape and Examples from Early Adopters

Bree Dusseault

News broke last week on litigation against Hingham Public Schools in Massachusetts, where a high school senior was disciplined and given a failing grade for using AI assistance on a school assignment. The student’s parents filed suit on the grounds that the district had no official policies on AI usage in place.

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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.

Briefs

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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Research Reports

Expanding Access to Out-of-School Learning: Lessons from Year 1 at ReSchool Colorado

Betheny Gross, Michael DeArmond

This brief provides an initial, formative assessment of lessons learned in the first year of ReSchool Colorado’s initiatives to expand access to out-of-school learning opportunities for children in the Denver area.

April 1, 2019

Research Reports

An Unlikely Bargain: Why Charter School Teachers Unionize and What Happens When They Do

Ashley Jochim

This report examines national and local trends in charter unionization, describes the reasons charter school teachers unionize, and analyzes charter school bargaining agreements.