Research

What does it really take to scale systemwide innovation? This report examines whether and how districts can achieve deep change by scaling a single, districtwide "Bold Idea." In the first phase of our Innovative School Systems Grant project, CRPE followed 11 districts that were piloting innovations designed to dramatically improve students’ learning experiences. In this

Fifty-nine percent of K-12 educators used AI tools last year, and 64% of them say it freed up time for the parts of the job that matter most to them.

98% of US households aren't paying for AI yet More charts in State of Markets II: https://t.co/MTaxKUxa2w

We extend our AI Tells study to Claude Opus 5.5. Its word distribution is closer to human writing than Opus 5’s, while GPT-6 Astra’s is further away than…

What will you find here? This month, new research finds that AI-assisted writing can appear more creative while becoming less conceptually distinct. Meanwhile, classroom observations of 20 AI-powered products show that implementation matters as much as the tool itself, and a new EdReports analysis h

Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated OpenAI's new teen version of ChatGPT an “Unacceptable Risk.” OpenAI disputes the institute’s findings.

HHMI Janelia, Google and partners mapped the brain and central nervous system of a male fruit fly, a key model organism in science.

Anthropic studied how people actually use Claude, hour by hour. Weekend personal use, explanations over code, and why heavy delegators feel…

Two years of survey and focus group data from thousands of AP teachers directly shaped redesigns of AP Computer Science Principles and AP Seminar, launching in the 2027-28 school year. New research from College Board finds that Advanced Placement® (AP®) teachers are navigating a fast-moving shift in how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is appearing in their classrooms, and their feedback is now shaping how two AP courses are being redesigned for an increasingly GenAI-driven world.

Professors are tearing their hair out over AI detectors.

A large study of Khan Academy’s math program found no extra benefits from AI

Last year, a slim majority thought schools that integrated AI would be better for students. Now a majority say schools that ban AI are better, according to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll.

The latest AI tutoring research points to a stubbornly human problem — getting students to engage. “Access was nearly universal but engagement was thin,” a new study found.

Most school districts are using AI cautiously, usually to save teachers and administrators time. But a small group of districts is doing something different: using it to rebuild how school works. CRPE's early 2026 study of AI Early Adopters sorted districts into five categories, from Dabblers to Reimaginers. This brief follows up with four districts

Are large language models (LLMs) biased in favor of communications produced by LLMs, leading to possible antihuman discrimination? Using a classica...

Teachers are rapidly adopting generative AI, yet there is little causal evidence on whether AI-assisted teaching improves or harms student outcomes. We conducte

From medicine to marketing to social sciences, the promise of tailoring interventions to individuals is undeniable. However, practical applications force weighing personalization’s potential benefits with its possible increased cost and fragility. We ...

Our new survey finds that sexual deepfakes often involve friends, exes, and classmates—and parents are barely talking about them. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.

When NASA was designing the Apollo program, one of the most consequential decisions had nothing to do with rockets. It […]

Common Sense Media found that across more than 2,600 test interactions, Google’s two built-in AI search functions routinely failed to recognize risky and harmful behavior.

Researchers detect ‘cognitive surrender’ in answering word problems

By feeding centuries-old nursery rhymes and folklore recordings into their own model, linguists in Louisiana hope to help a community control its digital destiny.

NVIDIA’s latest AI servers can run on coolant warmer than a hot tub — and that counterintuitive choice is one of the biggest efficiency leaps in data center history.

171 emotions. Proven to cause cheating, blackmail, deception — and impossible to remove.

The sensory enchantment of everyday life can upend the bland monotony of our overly optimized, anodyne world.