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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
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

Student’s view: I used to sit in the back of class, trying my best to avoid eye contact with my teacher, but now I sit in the front row every day.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
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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
Opinion

Opinion: $750M Charter Grant a Litmus Test for White Democrats on School Choice

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

COVID Tests, Cold School Lunches & Classroom Chaos After Return From Break

Alina Adams
librarians

Librarians Help Students Navigate an Age of Misinformation — But Schools Are Cut

Karen W. Gavigan
4Fams

I Don’t Know Where My Son Is Applying to College & That’s (Kind of) OK

Alina Adams
Opinion

New Year’s Resolutions for the Early Learning Community

Elliot Haspel
Future of High School

Challenging 5 Big Assumptions About Education: How 232 Schools Are Innovating

Chelsea Waite
Opinion

New Education Research: Small-Group Learning Can Mitigate Effects of Closures

Mark J. Van Ryzin
Pandemic

Kerr & Richie: Solving the K-12 Staffing Crisis

Sara Kerr & Celeste Richie
Curriculum

Curriculum Matters for Everyone — Why Now Is the Time

Heather G. Peske
David Banks

Now's the Time to Get Teaching Reading Right

Juliana Worrell
Pandemic

Why I Left My District to Become an Education Advocate

Shakira Petit
Reading

Some Texas Lawmakers Are Worried About the Wrong Reading Problem

Ross Ramsey
Opinion

New Partnership Looks Toward Better Teacher Professional Development

Sarah Johnson
Curriculum

Teaching Kids to Read —The Right Way. Why One School Changed Its Entire Approach

Victoria Thompson, Elizabeth Wolfson & Mandy Hollister
Opinion

Why GreatSchools Is Adding School Climate Data to our Profiles

Jon Deane
Keeping it 100

Helping Diverse School Professionals Become Teachers

Carlon Howard
dual language

Williams: A New — and Long Past Due — Roadmap for Overhauling How Schools Serve English Learners

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Helping Diverse Kids Succeed in Gifted-&-Talented Programs

Katie Lewis
Union Report

Exclusive: NEA Cancels July Convention in Texas Boycott

Mike Antonucci
Curriculum

Curriculum Case Study: Let the Students Do the Talking, ‘It’s Real Life’

Elizabeth Pawlowski
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