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The Revolution Will Be Literate: Why We Must Reclaim Truth, Science, and Our Children’s Minds

I’ve spent two decades obsessing about creating better schools. I’ve fought for books, for assessments, for standards, for options—for kids. And lately, I feel like I’m screaming into the void....

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School Funding

Progressives Talk Equity, But Where’s the Plan for Real School Change?

Whatever else the 2024 election results indicated, they did not end the United States’ core political predicament. It’s not asymmetrical polarization or gridlock (etc.), though those are certainly...

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School Choice

2025 Is a Year for Hard Truths and Bold Solutions in Education

Happy 2025! Longtime readers will know that CRPE prides itself on “thinking forward.” We make straight-out predictions from time to time, but we mostly look around the corner at looming trends,...

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whole child

Balancing Act: The Intersection of Faith and Education in America's Public Schools

Recent legislative and judicial developments are significantly altering the role of religion in public schools across the United States. In Oklahoma, State Superintendent Ryan Walters has mandated...

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public schools

Criminal Behavior Rises Among Those Left Behind by School Lotteries

Many major cities around the country, from New York and New Orleans to Denver and Los Angeles, have changed how children are assigned to public schools over the past 20 years and now allow families...

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public schools

New Group Strives to Make Public Education ‘Available to All’

A new, nonpartisan watchdog launched this week with the mission of advocating for the thousands of American kids it said are unfairly or illegally turned away from public schools each year. The...

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