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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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Why Students and Families Don’t Use Their School Choice Scholarships

Matus and Cherry: About 41,000 students received Florida’s choice scholarships but didn’t use them last year. Availability and affordability were key.

Ron Matus & Dava Cherry
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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
Pandemic

Dear Adult Leaders: Black Students Want to Escape Their Schools’ Oppressive Cultures. Declare Systemic Racism a Public Health Crisis

Cristian Gaines
Pandemic

Dear Adult Leaders: Work with Students to Eliminate Racist Teachings From Our Textbooks & Classrooms

Jazmin Moran
Pandemic

Dear Adult Leaders: We Must Understand Our Country’s Truthful Past to Shape Our Present & Future. Adopt Honest Standards

Lillian Perriello
Opinion

‘Like a Dream Become Reality’: Multnomah’s Preschool For All Effort Showcases Parent Power

Elliot Haspel
Pandemic

Malipatil: In the Face of COVID, Nonprofits Are Stepping Up With Tech-Based Video Instruction, Teacher Support, Parent Training & Tutoring

Anu Malipatil
EDlection 2020

Stepman: The Education Case for Trump — He’s Shined a Spotlight on What Students Are Learning & Empowered Families Through School Choice

Inez Feltscher Stepman
EDlection 2020

Rotherham: This Has Been a Golden Era of Education Spending. Our Aging Population Is About to Put an End to It, Whatever Politicians Do

Andrew J. Rotherham
EDlection 2020

Jeffries: From Title I to Aid for Students With Disabilities to Educational Opportunity to Free College, Biden Is the Clear Choice for Reformers

Shavar Jeffries
Pandemic

Wiener: To Avert Further Learning Loss, States Must Act Now to Gather Data About Students’ Access to Education

Ross Wiener
EDlection 2020

Analysis: Newark Poll Suggests We Can Rebuild a Stronger Bipartisan Coalition to Support Charter Schools & Better Educational Opportunity

Kyle Rosenkrans
KeepingIt100

Anti-Racist Educators in Texas are Building a Movement. It’s Time for Our Colleagues to Get on Board

Joseph Frilot
Opinion

Infante-Green & Santos: English Learners Are Left Out of the Conversation About Educational Equity. It’s Time for That to Change

Angélica Infante-Green & Maria Santos
Pandemic

Singer: Educators and School Staff Are on the Front Lines of Suicide Prevention. Here’s How to Help Students in Distress

Jonathan Singer
EDlection 2020

Botel: As a Former Trump Administration Education Official, I Saw the President Up Close. That’s Why We Need Joe Biden to Win the Election

Jason Botel
EDlection 2020

Chang: Public Education is Missing in Presidential Election Debates. It Must Again Become Part of the National Conversation

Tommy Chang
Opinion

Start at the Beginning: New Report Offers Solutions to Rooting Out Racism in Early Education

Shantel Meek, Rosemarie Allen & Conor P. Williams
Keeping it 100

Otero: By Exposing Diverse Leaders to the World of Policy, Fellowship Programs Can Shape the Country Our Children Will Inherit

Mildred Otero
Opinion

A Universal Preschool Campaign in Oregon Galvanizes Broad Support and Rewrites All the Rules

Elliot Haspel
Pandemic

As LGBTQ Students, Especially Those of Color, Head Back to School, They Must Be Kept Safe — & Not Just From COVID-19

Eliza Byard & Melanie Willingham-Jaggers
Pandemic

Commentary: COVID Upended the Traditional College Search. But Higher Ed Can Partner With Community Groups to Open Doors for Low-Income Students of Color

Stephanie Dupaul & Stephanie Riegle
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