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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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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
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Family Structure Matters to Student Achievement. What Should We Do With That?

Pondiscio: The presence and engagement of a child’s father has a powerful effect on their academic and emotional well-being, new research shows.

Robert Pondiscio
Author: Robert Pondiscio
Pandemic

Berens: With Students Learning Remotely From Home, Now Is a Great Time for Parents to Teach Their Children a Better Work Ethic

Kimberly Nix Berens
Keeping it 100

An Educator’s View: My Charter School Network Was Founded to Battle Racism and Injustice. That’s Why We Shut Down Last Week for a Day of Action, Healing & Connection

Julie Jackson
Student Voice

Student Voice: Decades After My Great-Grandmother Was Tear-Gassed, Taking Fresh Stock of the Land of the ‘Free’

Jimmy Rodgers
4Fams

A Mom’s View: I Believe Teaching Children to Be Kind, Caring and Aware of Diversity Can Change the World. That’s Why I Founded a School

Rebecca Nurick
Pandemic

Balow & Rivera: DeVos Is Trying to Benefit Private Schools by Changing the Rules on Aid to Low-Income Students. This Must Not Happen

Jillian Balow & Pedro Rivera
4Fams

Gordon Parks Showed America the Rage Behind Decades of Racial Unrest. On Thursday, Minneapolis Rioters Burned the School Named for Him

Beth Hawkins
Coronavirus

Student Voice: Student, Sibling, Mentor, Mess. Pandemic Has Me Juggling Roles and Craving Sleep

Bridgette Adu-Wadier
Pandemic

I Rode the Bus for 93 Miles and 6 Hours So My Students Could Have Instructional Packets — and Food for Their Families

Amber Rawlins
Coronavirus

Student Voice: Two Weeks, Five Siblings and One Working Laptop. How I Navigated the Nation’s Largest School System in Search of an iPad and What It Taught Me About America’s Digital Divide

Brandon Yam
Pandemic Notebook

Teaching Nemo: How I Learned to Juggle Community College While Instructing My 9-Year-Old Nephew From Home

Safiya Al-Samarrai
Keeping it 100

McClellan: On the Anniversary of Brown v. Board, Celebrating the Unsung Female Heroes of the Landmark School Desegregation Ruling

Cara McClellan
EDlection 2020

Open Letter to Joe Biden: The Votes of Black and Brown Charter School Parents Matter. Ignore Us at Your Own Peril

Dr. Howard Fuller
Pandemic

Worst. Summer Break. Ever. How One D.C. Third-Grader Is Bracing for the Pain of Quarantine Without the Pleasure of School

Owain Williams
Pandemic

What Happens If NYC Eliminates Screened Schools? Amid a Pandemic and Canceled State Tests, Parents Worry About Equity in the District — and Being Locked Out of the Discussion

Alina Adams
Pandemic

Schwartz & Soifer: Reading, Writing and Respect — Today, We Celebrate 84 National Schools of Character

Arthur Schwartz & Lori Soifer
Opinion

Three Lessons the U.S. Can Learn From International COVID-19 Child Care Responses

Elliot Haspel
Pandemic

Vallas: When Schools Reopen, It Will Be Our Responsibility to Make Sure It Happens Safely. Here Are 10 Key Steps to Follow

Paul Vallas
Pandemic

Dual Enrollment Means My Gary, Indiana, High Schoolers Didn’t Have Their College Careers Derailed by Coronavirus

Kevin Teasley
Pandemic

Student Voice: The Joys of Reading in Quarantine. At a Time Dominated by Technology, I’m Getting Lost in Books

Talia Natterson
4Fams

Munson: Are the Math Lessons Your Kids Are Doing at Home Good Enough? Here Are Some Things for Parents to Look For

Lynne Munson
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