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Bree Dusseault, Maddy Sims, Michael Berardino

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how school districts plan instruction, support teachers, and engage students. AI has the potential to transform the education delivery model and address learning gaps—but without more support, guidance, and resources, it could have the opposite effect.

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Flipping the Script: Searching for Opportunity When a Child Has a Disability

Ashley Jochim, Georgia Heyward

Families of children with disabilities are often at the center of debates about education choice, but their voices are rarely heard directly.

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What Counts as Civics? A Look at How Districts Define and Facilitate Civic Learning

Maddy Sims, Lisa Chu, AK Keskin, Lydia Rainey, Melissa Kay Diliberti

A new report from the American School District Panel, a research partnership between RAND and CRPE, examines how districts define and facilitate civic learning in an era of political polarization, competing instructional priorities, and uneven state support.

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AI Early Adopter Districts: The Promises and Challenges of Using AI to Transform Education

Bree Dusseault, Maddy Sims, Michael Berardino

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how school districts plan instruction, support teachers, and engage students. AI has the potential to transform the education delivery model and address learning gaps—but without more support, guidance, and resources, it could have the opposite effect.

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What California Teachers Are Trying, Building, and Learning with AI

Chelsea Waite, Steven Weiner, Lisa Chu

How are educators engaging with AI to support teaching and learning? In partnership with the Silicon Schools Fund, CRPE studied 18 California schools that piloted AI tools to address core instructional challenges, including learning gaps, low engagement, time constraints, and behavioral issues.

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Our studies span governance, systems, and practice in public education. Through our reports we help make sense of complex trends and data, communicate new possibilities for system change, and provide guidance and thought leadership to support that change.

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