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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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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

A Mom’s View: Shameful Shaming of Parents Who Only Want What’s Best for their Kids — Being Back in School

Liz Cohen
Pandemic

Dobard: Educational Innovation Isn’t Just the Technology, It’s the Teaching. How Educators Are Getting Creative in the Pandemic

Patrick Dobard
4Fams

Adams: The Lottery — Parents Fear the Looming Horror of NYC’s New School Admissions Process

Alina Adams
Pandemic

Starting My Teaching Day at 3:30 PM and Sharing Friday Movie Nights With My Students: Bringing Joy To Remote Learning in Rural North Carolina

Amber Rawlins
Opinion

Williams: Biden’s Proposed Child Tax Credit Is Smart Fiscal Policy, But That’s Not the Real Reason America Should Take Better Care of its Children

Conor P. Williams
Pandemic

An Educator’s View: Virtual Teaching Takes Work. 5 Remote Learning Lessons from an Online High School Principal

Megan Bowen
Opinion

Hamre: Universal Pre-K Isn’t Enough — the Programs Must Be of High Quality. Here Are Some Ways to Make That Happen

Bridget Hamre
Pandemic

Crean Davis: To Move from Pandemic to Progress, the U.S. Should Establish an Institute for Education Improvement

Allison Crean Davis
Opinion

Here Come The Tired Arguments Against Universal Child Care — Reject Them

Elliot Haspel
California

Opinion: As Biden Signs Orders Addressing Systemic Racism, Why Isn’t He Listening to What Black Parents Have to Say About His No. 2 Ed Department Pick?

Margaret Fortune
Opinion

Allen: Young People Came Out to Vote in Large Numbers This Past Election. Here Are Some Ways to Keep that Civic Engagement Going

Hilary Allen
Opinion

Mabry & McCray: No Child Left Behind Showed How Education Policy Can Lead the Way to Bipartisanship. Biden Should Follow That Model

Senegal Alfred Mabry & Carlos R. McCray
Opinion

LePage: Rolling Back DeVos’s Title IX Guidance on Sexual Harassment Won’t Be Easy. But It’s the Right Thing to Do to Protect the Victims

Brooke LePage
Opinion

Eakin: Cardona Used to Authorize Charter Schools. If He’s Confirmed as Education Secretary, He Can Transform Public Education

Terry Eakin
Pandemic

O’Leary & Justice: Denying Early Educators Priority for the COVID-19 Vaccine Devalues Our Children’s Most Important Teachers

Jamie O’Leary & Laura Justice
Opinion

The Era of Child Care Incrementalism is Over

Elliot Haspel
National School Choice Week

Howard University is a Center of Black Excellence: Here’s Why I Almost Didn’t Get the Chance to Attend

Kadija Marshall
National School Choice Week

Romfo: In New York, Parents Want and Need School Choices for their Kids. So Why Are the City and State Putting Up Roadblocks?

Darla M. Romfo
Pandemic

Lake: With New COVID-19 Variant, Reopening Schools in Next 100 Days May Not Be Possible. We Must Plan Accordingly, Not Put Our Heads in the Sand

Robin Lake
Pandemic

Kimball: To Accelerate Innovation in Our Schools, the Nation Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Public Education

Robert Kimball
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