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student achievement

Eliminating the Department of Education Won’t Fix Education’s Dysfunctions, But Neither Will Denying They Exist

Proposals to eliminate the Department of Education (ED) have been a Republican talking point since Ronald Reagan first suggested it in the early 1980s. The Trump administration’s executive order to...

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Teaching

Awfulizing Kids Won’t Make You a Better Educator

“They behave like addicts.” That’s the assessment of one educator of kids these days. It’s all dopamine and dead eyes—our students are lost to screen time, social media, and a digital world that’s...

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student achievement

3 Boston High Schools Are Getting It Right. Here’s What We Can Learn.

Today’s high school students are navigating competing priorities, rapidly evolving social and digital landscapes, and myriad post-secondary pathway options. However, today’s high schools are much the...

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Teaching

Teaching Critical Thinking? Start with Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Performance

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance gave America the discussion starter it needs right now, and it reminded many educators of the best ingredients for a lesson plan. Rich in...

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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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Charter Schools

So, How Did I Do? A Response to My 2024 Predictions on Education

Last February, I went out on a limb and made ten predictions about what we’d see this year regarding policy and practice. At the time, I said: “Unlike cable news pundits, who rarely hold themselves...

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