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Future of High School

We Are High Achievers, But We Were Almost a Statistic

Briauna and Tiauna Black: When tragedy struck, a hybrid school provided the flexibility and support needed to move from high school to career.

Briauna Black and Tiauna Black
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How One Rural Elementary School Achieved Over 80% Reading Proficiency

Lambert: You don’t need a huge budget to transform reading outcomes. You just need a consistent, collaborative, data-based intervention model.

Maggi Lambert
Author: Maggi Lambert
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As DOE and Title IX Are Dismantled, The Promise of Equal Opportunity Is at Risk

Batté: The Trump administration has set the stage for a future in which women and survivors of sexual violence will be left even more vulnerable.

Kyra Batté
Author: Kyra Batté
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College Isn’t Camp. As Enrollment Drops, It’s Time to Take Higher Ed Seriously

White: Treat college as an investment in the future, let HS teens earn credits, use AI to keep graduating seniors on track, focus on in-demand skills

Paula White
Author: Paula White
Opinion

Principal’s View: To Fix Learning Losses, Expand Loan Forgiveness for Educators

Albert Sackey
high school

Inside Rhode Island’s Historic New Equity-Based Graduation Standards

Angélica Infante-Green
testing

Should Kids Be Allowed to Retake Tests? A Parent’s — and a Teacher’s — View

Alina Adams
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We’re About to Find Out If the Pandemic is Really Over. Are Schools Ready?

Conor P. Williams
book review

‘Screaming on the Inside’: How Modern Motherhood Explains the Child Care Crisis

Elliot Haspel
Opinion

Fixing Teacher Shortage Means Confronting Bias & Racism. Philanthropy Can Help

Gislaine Ngounou
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5 State-Level Changes that Teachers Should Advocate for

Jon Alfuth
Opinion

Review: Why You Should Buy into the ‘Sold a Story’ Podcast

Nat Malkus
Opinion

Child Care or Early Childhood Education?

Elliot Haspel
Opinion

Exclusive: L.A. Schools Chief Alberto Carvalho — Our Kids Did Well on the Nation’s Report Card. Why Is That Hard to Believe?

Alberto M. Carvalho
Opinion

Quiet, Consistency, Deep Breaths, Nature: Ways to Create Calming Classrooms

Lo Patrick
Opinion

How ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ Is Spurring Innovation in Springfield Schools

Paul Foster
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A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health

Dr. Danielle Budash Newkam
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Teaching Phonics Alone Won’t Solve the Nation’s Reading Crisis

Matt Bardin
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$10 Million for 31 Groups Working to Make Tutoring More Available & Affordable

Kevin Huffman
A Nation Divided

How Educational Inequities Are Further Tearing Apart the Country

Conor P. Williams & Shantel Meek
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Paid Internships Can Provide HS Students with Something No College Counselor Can

Jeffrey Artis
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Keeping College Hopes and Diversity Alive in a Post-Affirmative Action America

Patty Diaz-Andrade
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Innovative Models Exchange Offers a Roadmap for Reinventing School

Jenee Henry Wood & Saya Taniguchi
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Educator’s View: Charity Election Engaged My Students — & Helped Feed 528 People

Daniel Roeder
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