WORKFORCEINNOVATION RETHINKING THE TEACHING PROFESSION The pandemic exposed and amplified longstanding challenges within the teaching profession. School districts nationwide continue to struggle with recruitment and retention of effective educators and with diversifying their teaching staff. ...
In the U.S. and around the world, young people in the wake of the pandemic are struggling with depression, anxiety, stress and other mental health challenges, and schools are often unable to find enough counselors...
Imagine a time traveler from 1924 arrives in 2024. She’s overwhelmed by how the world has changed, from ubiquitous smartphone use to widespread vaccine access. Then, she steps into a typical school, and she’s confused....
Concerns about student math performance in the U.S. have grown in recent years, driven by persistent disparities, pandemic-related disruptions, and stagnating or declining national achievement scores. In response, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)...
Depending on where you sit in the education ecosystem, 2025 has felt either deeply discouraging or full of possibility. On one hand, earlier this year, the federal government signaled retreat from its commitment to education...
Seattle, Wash. – The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), together with the RAND Corporation, Chiefs for Change, and Kitamba, announced they will collaborate on the American School District Panel, a study of the policies...
During the 2020–21 school year, a large share of students opted to enroll in established, full-time virtual schools. Our analysis of federal enrollment data suggests parents, perhaps dissatisfied with remote schooling or concerned about the...
Divisions about mask and vaccine mandates, in-person vs. remote learning, student discipline, and racism and anti-racism in the curriculum will make it difficult for schools to serve anyone well this year. In some localities, district...
This is the second blog post in our Notes from the Field: Special Education blog series. In the early days of the pandemic, schools scrambled to address new and daunting priorities like distributing meals to...
For nearly a year, schools’ unpredictability has created stress and suffering for kids and families, especially in Black and brown communities where jobs and lives are also most at risk from the virus. We’ve seen...