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As AI use expands in schools, states are beginning to define their role—often without clear federal direction. What actions are they taking, and how are they approaching AI integration in K–12 education? CRPE’s new State AI Early Adopter Database compiles publicly available information on AI-related actions across 20 early adopter states in 2024 and 2025, including guidance, legislation, professional learning initiatives, pilot programs, and partnerships.
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School districts are making consequential AI decisions largely on their own—purchasing tools, training teachers, setting policies for student use, and trying to determine what responsible and effective adoption looks like.
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New AI tools are entering the ed tech market every day. But how are they actually playing out in schools and classrooms?
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Communities in the Driver’s Seat: Intensive Training, Deep Investment Power Oakland Parent-Led Literacy Programs
Across the country, school systems are struggling to implement effective, research-based literacy instruction and to help students recover from lost learning time during the pandemic.
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Teaching, Reinvented: How Unconventional Educator Roles Pave the Way for a More Fulfilling and Sustainable Profession
As school systems struggle to recover from years of disruption, new programs, policies, and nontraditional organizations that support innovation in the teaching role will need to grow to support all students’ learning.
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Beyond Test Scores: Broader Academic Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic for American Students
Recent state and national achievement exam results, as well as academic progress reports, have underscored how the Covid-19 pandemic and related school closures had a large, negative impact on students’ reading and math development.
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Teaching Recovery? Three Years In, School System Leaders Report the Pandemic Weakened Instruction
In this report, we conclude our research on five school systems to reveal the academic, social, and political challenges posed by the pandemic and what leaders and their staff are doing to address student learning loss.