• The Lens   
Morgan Polikoff, Amie Rapaport, Nathanael Fast

Generative AI has led to a seismic shift in the U.S., with major implications for the present and future states of our societal systems and institutions. While these advancements could contribute to major learning gains in the classroom, they have also generated a great deal of uncertainty as educators, parents, and students grapple with the promise and potential peril of GenAI.

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  • Research Reports    

New England Profiles of Innovation | Map Academy

This profile of Map Academy from CRPE and the Christensen Institute details the school’s practices that have proven successful, how they have adapted in the face of the pandemic, and how other school communities can begin to make their systems and structures more responsive to students’ needs and interests.

  • Research Reports    

How Six School Systems are Responding to Disrupted Schooling: Will It Be Enough?

Michael DeArmond, Betheny Gross, Paul Hill

This report examines how six school systems tried to address the academic consequences of disrupted learning in the 2020-2021 school year.

  • Research Reports    

States and School Systems Can Act Now to Dismantle Silos Between High School, College, and Career

Georgia Heyward, Sarah McCann, Betheny Gross

We interviewed K–12, state, and nonprofit leaders who have been focused on redesigning education and career pathways about how their work has changed in the last year and what their priorities are as the nation emerges from the pandemic.

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COVID-19 Revealed New Roles for Cities to Create a Continuum of Support for Youth and Families. They Shouldn’t End with the Pandemic

Alice Opalka

This brief examines the involvement of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. in creating learning pods during the pandemic.

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New England Profiles of Innovation | Common Ground High School

Chelsea Waite

This profile of Common Ground High School in New Haven details the school’s practices that have made it successful, how they have adapted in the face of the pandemic, and how other school communities can begin conversations about wielding student voice and agency to innovate.

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School Reopening Trends Offer Districts the Opportunity to Start Planning Beyond the Pandemic

Betheny Gross, Alice Opalka

Our latest analysis of school district learning models from March 1 to March 13 finds that a clear majority—57 percent—of the nation’s school districts report offering full-time in-person learning.

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