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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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New Hampshire’s Universal School Choice Expansion Is a Win for Students, Parents

Mullins: Strong policy changes lives, and the Granite State just changed thousands of them for the better. It's not just policy — it’s possibility.

Ashley DeMauro Mullins
Author: Ashley DeMauro Mullins
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School’s Out for Summer. Parents Need Support With Youth Mental Health

Bullock, Contreras and Curbelo: Parents are understandably frustrated by how challenging it is to find the right resources to support their kids.

Steve Bullock, January Contreras & Carlos Curbelo
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Future of High School
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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
Pandemic

Commentary: Short Tutoring Sessions on Demand, Chatbots to Help With Homework Problems — Innovations That Could Get Students Back on Track

Neil T. Heffernan & Cristina Heffernan
Opinion

American Rescue Plan: The United States Finally Invests Serious Resources in Our Children

Bryce Covert
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McKenna: 7 Tips for Parents Who Want to Speak Out at School Board Meetings and Be Effective Advocates for Students

Laura McKenna
4Fams

Adams: Let’s Put Every Student in a Gifted & Talented Lottery. We Could Expand Opportunity to All Kids — and Show How Low a Bar We Actually Set

Alina Adams
Opinion

Nearly Half of Child Care Teachers Leave Every Year — Why Aren’t We Talking About This?

Elliot Haspel
Student Voice

A Student’s View: Teachers Form Unions to Negotiate How Their Schools Operate. Why Shouldn’t Students Do the Same?

Gregory Wickham
Opinion

DeBarger: As Schools Reopen, Teachers Need Materials That Can Keep Their Students Engaged & Learning. Open Educational Resources Can Help

Angela DeBarger
Opinion

Home Grown Launches ‘Leading from Home’ Initiative to Support Provider Leaders Nationwide

Natalie Renew
Pandemic

Lake: We Were About to Face Something Big. We Were Totally Unprepared — A Year Later, Looking Back at 10 Days in the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Education Crisis

Robin Lake
Pandemic

Malipatil: How Education Funders Can Support Nonprofits and Schools Differently to Keep Students Learning During and After COVID-19

Anu Malipatil
Pandemic

Q&A: ‘This Is Crushing Our Children’ — New Jersey Parent Leader Explains Why Some Families Are Suing to Get Their Schools Reopened

Laura Waters
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‘Through The Night:’ An Intimate Portrait of Family Child Care Reveals Deeper Truths About Caregiving

Elliot Haspel
Pandemic

Rotherham: Restaurants Innovated as a Result of COVID-19. Education Largely Did Not. In Our Relief Over the Pandemic’s Coming End, the Opportunity May Slip Away

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

A Parent’s View: 5 Recommendations for the New NYC Schools Chancellor to Get Students on Track After COVID-19

Crystal McQueen-Taylor
Pandemic

Magee: Washington Should Commit COVID-19 Relief Funds to Promote Innovative, Flexible State Exams and Improve Student Learning

Mike Magee
Opinion

Levin: How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Boost the National Campaign #MeTooK12 to End Sexual Harassment In K-12 Schools

Joel Levin
Pandemic

Cooper: COVID-19 is Our ‘Sputnik’ Moment in Education

Taikein Cooper
Pandemic

Erika Sanzi: Parent-Shaming Is Nothing New, But the Pandemic and the Ugly School Reopening Showdown Has Put It On Display In Ways It Never Has Been Before

Erika Sanzi
Pandemic

Tales from the Hallway: What My Search for a Good Wi-Fi Signal Taught Me About Learning and the Value of Listening to My Neighbors

Ilana Drake
Opinion

Blatz: Biden Must Make Student Loan Forgiveness a Priority — Not Just for Graduates, But for the Economy and for Long-Term Fairness

Jennifer Blatz
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