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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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equity

The Real Cost of Equity Backlash in Schools Is Student Safety

With the arrival of the second Trump administration this January, a host of new dynamics and realities will emerge in education politics. The incoming president has made it known that he intends to...

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Diversity

The Anti-DEI Crowd is Anti-Black Educator

Every child deserves an excellent education—every child. That’s a principle, presumably, no one would argue with, and I’ve spent my entire career working toward it. Yet, critiques of culturally...

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Always Smile at Babies: Lessons From My Father

Editor's note: this post was originally written in 2018, and has been updated to celebrate our CEO Chris Stewart's birthday. Perhaps the most important act a father can do for their child, is to...

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Achievement Gap

It's a New Year, But My Mission Remains the Same

As we enter 2025, I reflect on the state of education in America with equal parts concern and determination. The political landscape is shifting again, and Donald Trump's return to office introduces...

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