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Support for Testing and Accountability Is Waning. Is Politics to Blame?

Hartney: It reflects the unwillingness of the political class to make holding schools accountable for learning the cornerstone of American education.

Michael Hartney
Author: Michael Hartney
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AI Literacy: What It Is, What it Isn’t, Who Needs It and Why It’s Hard to Define

Schiff, Bewersdorff and Hornberger: AI literacy is a lot more than simply knowing how to prompt an AI chatbot.

Daniel Schiff, Arne Bewersdorff & Marie Hornberger
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K-12 Education Alone Can’t Disrupt the Poverty Cycle. My School Is Fixing That

Bonilla-Santiago: Students at my New Jersey school start prepping for college in K-8, earn credits in HS & get tuition assistance toward a bachelor's.

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Author: Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
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What California Teachers Are Trying, Building, and Learning with AI

Waite, Chu and Weiner: AI tools can be powerful when supporting a clear, consistent instructional strategy and strong teacher-student relationships.

Chelsea Waite, Lisa Chu & Steven Weiner
Opinion

Petrilli: The 7 Key Storylines in This Year’s Disappointing NAEP Results

Michael J. Petrilli
A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

We Are Still a Nation at Risk, but We Can Avert by Listening to Consumers

Bill Hansen
Opinion

Opinion: Student Loan Borrowers Need Help Now, or Their Debt Could Hurt Them, and This Country, for Decades to Come

Scott Thompson
A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

3 Ways ‘A Nation at Risk’ Gave Voice to a New Generation of Education Advocates

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach
A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

35 Years Later, Blockbuster Reagan-Era Education Report Has Remarkable Durability and Resilience

Bruno V. Manno
A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

Landmark 1983 Report Faced Backlash but Changed U.S. History by ‘Changing the Way We Look at Education and Putting It Back on the American Agenda’

Milt Goldberg
A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

To Save Our Democracy and Economy, the Future of American Education Must Start Now

John Heubusch
A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

The Workplace of Today Is Not What It Was 35 Years ago. Computational Thinking Is the New Basic Requirement

Mary Snapp
Denver

Tony Lewis: Denver’s 2020 Student Goals Could Take up to 30 Years to Meet. Time for an Urgent New Strategy — or for City Education Leaders to Step Aside

Tony Lewis
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A Father’s Wisdom: How Performing For My Baby Accelerated His Development — and Taught Him About Resilience Too

Mitchell Trinka
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Williams: Americans Love Simple Solutions, but the ‘English All the Time’ Approach to Teaching ELL Students Doesn’t Actually Seem to Work Very Well

Conor P. Williams
Union Report

Analysis — A Reality Check About the Education Labor Arms Race: Oklahoma & W. Virginia Are Not Game Changers. Neither Is Janus

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Opinion: Charter Schools Can Take the Lead in Creating a New Vision for Discipline. Here’s How We Do It at My Washington School

Dwaine Carr
Keeping it 100

Jeffries: Fighting for Educational Equity in Martin Luther King’s Name Means Battling White Supremacy — and Facing the Consequences

Shavar Jeffries
Los Angeles

Lake: Los Angeles Doesn’t Need a Superhero Superintendent. It Needs Empowered Principals to Make Decisions for Their Schools

Robin Lake
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Jessica Bobo: To Give Our Youngest Students a Boost, Social-Emotional Learning Should Come First — Even Before Academics

Jessica Bobo
Opinion

Eden: Teachers Nationwide Say Obama’s Discipline ‘Reform’ Put Them in Danger. So Why Are the Unions Fighting DeVos on Repeal?

Max Eden
Opinion

Fuller: To Truly Honor Dr. King, Teachers Must Fight for Justice Beyond the Schoolhouse Doors for Their Poor Black Students

Dr. Howard Fuller
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Williams — Transparency, Accountability, Bipartisanship: How Colorado Built One of America’s Strongest Charter School Sectors

Angela Williams
Curriculum

Innovation Road Trip: From the Wreckage of Detroit, a Curriculum Rises to Teach Science, Social Studies — and Integrity

Silas Kulkarni
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