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Schooling vs. Learning: How Lax Standards Hurt the Lowest-Performing Students

Aldeman: When it comes to how kids are really doing in school, leniency may be easier, but honesty is the best policy.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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America Must Recommit to a Learning Recovery Moonshot With High-Dosage Tutoring

Towns: Funding, curriculum integration and accountability are key areas for state and district leaders to focus on to get students back on track

Nakia Towns
Author: Nakia Towns
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Who Is Being Chosen for State Superintendent — and What Voters Need to Know

Nevins: Selections made by governors and boards can provide important information about the potential direction of statewide education politics.

Art Nevins
Author: Art Nevins
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ESSER Funds: NC Districts Played It Safe on Teacher Pay & May Avoid Fiscal Cliff

DiMarco: Analysis shows many school systems used relief funds for bonuses, not salary commitments they'll be on the hook for when the money runs out.

Bella DiMarco
Author: Bella DiMarco
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Chronic Absenteeism

Confronting Chronic Absenteeism: Why Parents Are Picking New Schools For Kids

Most coverage of America’s persistent absenteeism crisis has failed to ask the more important question: Why don’t kids want to go to school?

Kerry McDonald

How Do Teachers Feel About Their Jobs & the Impact of AI? New Survey Has Answers

Francie Alexander

10 Teens Talk Mental Health, AI & What It’s Like to Be a Student in 2023

Cara Pangelinan

Charters Yield More Learning, Higher Earnings than District Schools Per $1 Spent

Patrick J. Wolf

AI & Education: A Classroom Perspective on Looming Possibilities and Challenges

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Revolutionizing the Way States Inform the Public About Education & the Workforce

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger

More Students Need Great Tutors — But Here’s Why Our Tutoring Moment Could Fail

Mike Goldstein

New Report Finds Charters Deliver More Bang for the Buck than District Schools

Chad Aldeman

Future of High School: Engaging Students & Careers Via Modern Apprenticeships

Marie Mackintosh

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Mike Antonucci

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America’s Evolving Definition of Success: Where Do Schools Fit In?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

The 50 Very Different States of American Public Education

Chad Aldeman

Military Service Should Count as a Successful Pathway for High School Students

Chad Aldeman

Back in Conversation: New Beginnings on Class Disrupted

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Fixing Child Care: What We Can Learn From the Military

Erica Phillips

In the 1960s, the Push for Parental Rights Was Led by Black and Latino Parents

Jerald Podair

What Autistic Students Can Teach Us About Focusing on Assets, Not Deficits

Kristie Patten

California Teachers Association Continues to Lose Members and Raise Union Dues

Mike Antonucci

Why Your State Should Automatically Enroll Top Math Students in Advanced Classes

Brenda Berg & Jonathan Plucker

The Fine Print: Why Some New York City Parents Are Against Smaller Class Sizes

Alina Adams

How 2 Exceptional Illinois Schools Are Propelling Academic Growth for Students

Chase Nordengren
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