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Early Adopter Districts and AI: Strategic Pathways, System Strain, and the Conditions for Amplifying Transformation

Michael Berardino, Swati Guin, Bree Dusseault

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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Getting Beyond the Lightbulb Stage: Why AI Is Not Yet Transforming Education

Shira Haderlein, Robin Lake

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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The Reckoning: Addressing Oakland’s Literacy Crisis

Ashley Jochim

Oakland Unified School District has spent the past five years trying to address a severe literacy crisis—one where most Black and Latine students were not reading at grade level.

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Navigating the Math Wars: A Practical Guide to the Divides and Debates Influencing Math Instruction

Alexander Kurz, Shauna Campbell

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