• The Lens   
Morgan Polikoff

As we continue to grapple with the long-term effects of the pandemic on K-12 education, the need for high-quality research to support recovery is greater than ever. In 2023, to better understand the impact of the pandemic on high school-age students, CRPE awarded nine grants to researchers as part of its Evidence Project with support from the Walton Foundation.

Must-Reads

  • Research Reports    
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.

Latest Research Publications

  • Research Reports    

“The most professionally satisfied I’ve been.” How could the best aspects of learning pod staffing be scaled up?

Bryan C. Hassel

Pod staffing arrangements have the potential to be replicated at a much larger scale and in a way that endures beyond the pandemic.

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Use of personalized learning platforms in one pandemic-era microschool: A case study

Christopher Doss, Elizabeth Steiner

This paper poses the question of how personalized learning platforms might affect students’ academic, social, and emotional outcomes.

  • Research Reports    

Progress and potential: The innovations of pandemic learning communities led by leaders of color

Eupha Jeanne Daramola

What seven initiatives led by community leaders of color can teach us about advancing racial justice in K–12 educational spaces.

  • Research Reports    

Pods in Action: The Central Florida Urban League

Juli Kim, Sharon Kebschull Barrett

CFUL opened Whitney M. Young Academy, a microschool designed to meet the individual needs of low-income, African American students.

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Arizona Autism Charter School: Meeting the Unique Needs of Students with Autism and Other Related Disabilities

Katy Bateman

Pandemic responses in schools like AZACS offer enduring lessons about fluid and effective practices that meet the needs of all students.

  • Research Reports    

Pods in Action: The Boston Community Learning Collaborative

Thomas Gold, Melissa Steel King

A group of community-based organizations that had been working to reimagine education before the pandemic capitalized on a window of opportunity to create new microschool-inspired learning environments for Black and Latino youth.

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