The Lens

CRPE’s blog – a space where we look around the corner, comment on relevant issues, and propose new ideas for the future of education.

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Robin Lake, Chelsea Waite

Tomorrow’s release of the Nation’s Report Card will surely generate abundant hand-wringing among parents, policymakers, business leaders, and educators. While the fine-grained details deserve examination, we can already tell you what the headlines will say: American students are not receiving the educational opportunities they deserve, nor those that will enable them to thrive in an increasingly complex society and changing economy.

Must-Reads

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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. 

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Robin Lake

To CRPE followers, colleagues, and friends: Happy 2025! Longtime readers will know that CRPE prides ourselves on “thinking forward.” We do make straight-out predictions from time to time, but mostly, we look around the corner at looming trends, debates, and developments and consider what it would take to get the best outcomes possible for students.

Latest Publications

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NAEP results come out tomorrow—but we already know what must happen next

Robin Lake, Chelsea Waite

Tomorrow’s release of the Nation’s Report Card will surely generate abundant hand-wringing among parents, policymakers, business leaders, and educators. While the fine-grained details deserve examination, we can already tell you what the headlines will say: American students are not receiving the educational opportunities they deserve, nor those that will enable them to thrive in an increasingly complex society and changing economy.

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What do parents know about Generative AI in schools?

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. 

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Tear Down the Special Education Walls. All Students Will Gain

Karla Phillips-Krivickas

When you picture a student with a disability, what image comes to mind? Is it the student in a wheelchair? Do they have Down syndrome?

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2025: The Year for Hard Truths and Bold Solutions

Robin Lake

To CRPE followers, colleagues, and friends: Happy 2025! Longtime readers will know that CRPE prides ourselves on “thinking forward.” We do make straight-out predictions from time to time, but mostly, we look around the corner at looming trends, debates, and developments and consider what it would take to get the best outcomes possible for students.

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