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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Amber Oliver

For decades, students of color and those from low-income communities have faced persistent achievement gaps in our education system. Despite countless reform efforts, these students continue to encounter barriers to accessing high-quality, personalized instruction that builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Now, the emergence of generative AI represents an unprecedented opportunity to transform this inequitable system into one that truly serves all students.

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Amber Oliver

For decades, students of color and those from low-income communities have faced persistent achievement gaps in our education system. Despite countless reform efforts, these students continue to encounter barriers to accessing high-quality, personalized instruction that builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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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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Embracing AI in Education Can Move Us Toward a New Era of Learning

Amber Oliver

For decades, students of color and those from low-income communities have faced persistent achievement gaps in our education system. Despite countless reform efforts, these students continue to encounter barriers to accessing high-quality, personalized instruction that builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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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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