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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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Many Kids Aren’t Ready for School Before Age 5. So Why Do They Have to Go Anyway?

Adams: In D.C., and N.Y., age cutoffs for kindergarten fall far into the school year. Some ways to level the playing field for the youngest students

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
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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
National School Choice Week

Campanella: For National School Choice Week, Celebrating a Decade of Education Options for Students and Families

Andrew Campanella
Opinion

Shuls: With Textbooks Being Rewritten to Woo State Officials, Why We Should Empower Schools to Choose Their Own Texts — and Parents to Choose the Best School

James V. Shuls
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Adams: Forward-Rolling Ahead or Spinning Their Wheels? A Question of Equity vs. Equality for NYC School Kids

Alina Adams
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Powell & Ragsdale: We Were Blocked From Running for School Board in Our Kids’ L.A. Districts. It’s Time to Stop Shutting Out Families

Tunette Powell & Kenchy Ragsdale
Louisiana

Appraisal: As Louisiana School Chief, John White Has Been an Extraordinary Leader for Teachers, Students and Educational Excellence. His Legacy Will Last Far Into the Future

Mike Magee
Opinion

Goldberg: To Address Our National Reading Crisis, Teachers Need More and Better Training, Not a Lowering of the Credentials Bar

Margaret Goldberg
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Aylesworth: We’re Teaching STEM Wrong — but Any Teacher Can Do It Right. It’s About Trial and Error, Doing Things & Watching Them Not Work

Hilary Aylesworth
California

Tribute: Courtney Everts Mykytyn Inspired Countless Parents Seeking Integrated Schools. Her Death Is a Heartbreaking Loss

Conor P. Williams
Keeping it 100

We Need to Teach Young Men of Color Differently. That Starts With Books Where They Are Celebrated

David C. Banks
Opinion

Levin: #MeTooK12 at 2 — the Impact of National Campaign to Stop Sexual Assault in Schools, and What Needs to Happen Next

Joel Levin
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Adams: NYC School Kids Get Some Holidays Off but Not Others. Why Not Give Students Personal Days for Their Celebrations Instead?

Alina Adams
EDlection 2020

Parents Want Debate Moderators to Ask Democrats Whether They Support Black and Latino Families on Public School Choice

Lakisha Young
EDlection 2020

Trivers: As an Educator and a Parent of Color, I Stand Up for Charter Schools Against Politics, Hypocrisy and Inequity

Natasha Trivers
Keeping it 100

Let’s Begin Listening to the Voices That Really Matter in the School Choice Movement: Children

Keith Jacobs
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Hansen: Transforming Our Schools So They Engage Students and Empower Them With a Sense of Purpose

Ulcca Joshi Hansen
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Cohen & Briery: Math Is Everywhere, Not Just in the Classroom. How to Make Your School Playground an Outdoor Math Learning Lab

Jan Cohen & Tiffany Briery
EDlection 2020

Adams: Michael Bloomberg Made Sweeping Changes in NYC Schools as Mayor. What Might He Do as President?

Alina Adams
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Adams: In Making NYC School Districts Develop Diversity Plans, It Turns Out the City’s Idea of Diversity Isn’t So Diverse After All

Alina Adams
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Shuls: What Does It Mean to Hold Charter Schools to the ‘Same Standards’ as Traditional Schools? To Warren & Charter Parents, Very Different Things

James V. Shuls
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Swetland: As a Student of Color, I Feel Unsafe After Incidents of Racial Intolerance on Campus. We Must All Be Protected From Hate and Gun Violence

Jenna Swetland
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