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Dismantling Ed Dept. Will Harm More Than 26 Million Kids — and America’s Future

Flores: Students in poverty & rural areas, kids with disabilities, English learners and homeless children will all suffer without federal protections.

Yolie Flores
Author: Yolie Flores
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America’s Investment in Education Is Lagging — and the Workforce Pays the Price

Brown: America once led the world, but the global economy is evolving and other nations are surging ahead. We must recommit to innovation & training.

Courtney Brown
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Colorado

Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed

Saslow: 53 school leaders agree that data is key in areas ranging from daily instruction and extra help to absenteeism and family engagement.

Rianna Saslow
Author: Rianna Saslow
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The Power of ‘Precovery’: Building Safer, More Resilient Schools

Wong: With violent episodes increasing and natural disasters intensifying, schools need more proactive safety measures in place.

Marleen Wong
Author: Marleen Wong
Opinion

Letters to the Editor: Readers React to MLK Column, College Admissions News, and More

The 74
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Social Entrepreneurship: Connecting the Worlds of Education and Health Care

Richard Barth & Jonathan Jackson
School Choice 2016

Whitmire: The Secret to Building the Next Gen High School? Forget All Your Middle School Successes

Richard Whitmire
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Sibilia: Flint’s Water Crisis, Failing Schools, and the Lines That Divide Us

Rebecca Sibilia
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For 14 Months Now, I’ve Begged NYC to Help My Son’s Failing School — and No One Will Listen

Jonathan Rudolph
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Bradford: Have All Those ‘White Moderates’ Martin Luther King, Jr. Decried From Jail Become Today’s Anti-School Choice Progressives?

Derrell Bradford
The Friedrichs Case

Mehlhorn: How the Unions Lost Three Swing Votes and Pushed the Supreme Court Towards Historic Friedrichs Ruling

Dmitri Mehlhorn
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Viewpoint: Professor Responds to Article About Minnesota School Integration and Charter Autonomy

Myron Orfield
WA Charters

Actions Louder Than Words: Why Washington Lawmakers Must Save State’s Charter Schools

Lisa Macfarlane
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Mehlhorn: Student Rights, Judicial Precedent and Why 2016 Could See a Profound Shift in Education Law

Dmitri Mehlhorn
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Williams: The Fight to Boost Student Literacy Is Happening Years Too Late

Conor P. Williams
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One Way to Boost Student Success: Get Serious About Sex Education — and Teach the IUD

Michael J. Petrilli
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Rees: How ESSA Elevates Public Charter Schools In Its Push For Higher Standards

Nina Rees
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I Kept My Little Girl Out of Kindergarten — and It Made My Family Stronger

Rachel Jardine
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Opinion: Even as ESSA Backpedals on Federal Accountability, Charters Set Tougher Standards

Greg Richmond
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Diversity, Desegregation and Why Affluent Brooklyn Parents Should Embrace Their School’s Rezoning

Molly Vollman Makris & Allison Roda
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Williams: Education Politics vs. Practice (Or Why So Many VERY BIG IDEAS Rarely Make It to the Classroom)

Conor P. Williams
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First-Person: One Newark Mother Explains How School Choice Saved Her Kids — and Why She’s Sharing Their Story With NJ Lawmakers

Rasheedah Dollar
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New York Votes to Delay Tying Scores to Teacher Evals: Inside Cuomo’s Perfect Political Storm

Bill Hammond
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Chris Cerf Reviews ‘The Prize’: The Book Was More Balanced Than the Book Tour

Chris Cerf
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