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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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Family Structure Matters to Student Achievement. What Should We Do With That?

Pondiscio: The presence and engagement of a child’s father has a powerful effect on their academic and emotional well-being, new research shows.

Robert Pondiscio
Author: Robert Pondiscio
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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
school shooting

Tips for Parents on Talking to Kids About School Shootings

Michael Strickland
Arizona

Opinion—In Arizona’s Historic ESA Expansion, a Blueprint for Educational Freedom

Matt Beienburg
Elliot's Provocations

The Many Cases for Child Care

Elliot Haspel
civics education

Teachers Have 2 Hours a Week to Teach Social Studies, Prepare Informed Citizens

Kenneth Anthony
Albuquerque Indian School

The Dark Legacy of the Indian Boarding School System All Americans Need to Know

Trip Jennings
Desegregation

US Schools Are Not Racially Integrated, Despite Decades of Effort

Pedro A. Noguera
discrimination

LGBTQ Teachers Face Discrimination, Hate — and Their Own Fears

Ferial Pearson
Opinion

School Mental Health Resources Critical to Ensuring Safe School Environments

Amy Briesch & Sandra M. Chafouleas
Opinion

How Schools & Communities Can Work Together for the Betterment of Both

Katy Knight
Opinion

Educator’s View: As a Teacher, I Feel More Powerless and Stressed Than Ever

Kris Sanchez
Curriculum

Quality Curriculum Is Not Enough: Committed Educator Supports Are Key

Michelle Hawley
education reform

Fuller: L.A. Offers Lessons for Helping Kids Recover from COVID Learning Loss

Bruce Fuller
collective action

In Yet Another March For Our Lives, Fresh Despair, But Defiant Hope in Democracy

Conor P. Williams
Gun Safety

School Chiefs’ POV: Arming Teachers & ‘Hardening’ Schools Reckless, Toxic Ideas

Cami Anderson, Eric S. Gordon & William R. Hite
Curriculum

In Delaware, How a District ‘Started Slow to Go Fast’ on a New Math Curriculum

Gina Robinson & Rebecca Feathers
Pandemic

Adams: What NYC’s New Remote-Only Schools Could Mean for Educational Choice

Alina Adams
student voice

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock
slavery

Here’s What I Tell Teachers About How to Teach Young Students About Slavery

Raphael E. Rogers
testing

Dougal: What’s the Cost of a Bad Test? Much More than $7 Per Student

Jason Dougal
english learners

What Barring Immigrant Students from School Would Mean for Them — & the Country

Carola Suárez-Orozco
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