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Analysis about America's education system by researchers, leaders and educators

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Pandemic

5 Years Later: My Pandemic Predictions on Learning Loss, Disengagement and More

Aldeman: What I got right and wrong about learning losses, disengagement from school and income disparities in which kids got hurt the most

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Analysis
Early Childhood

Preschool Enrollment, Spending Hit Record Highs, but Access and Quality Gaps Persist

The national preschool landscape remains uncertain, according to new research from the National Institute for Early Education Research.

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
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Democrats

Matthew Yglesias: Why New Jersey’s Democratic Field Needs an Education Reform

Why not break with the teachers union when you're running against its president?

Matthew Yglesias
Author: Matthew Yglesias
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Public School Pre-K Teachers Are Professionals, But Aren’t Treated That Way

From pay to professional development to coordination with colleagues in higher grades, schools have a long way to go, study finds.

Anna Shapiro, Elizabeth D. Steiner & Jill S. Cannon
Class Disrupted
AI

Podcast: The Challenges AI Poses for Learning How to Write

Harvard College Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig underscores the importance of writing as a process of thinking and warns of an overreliance on AI.

Diane Tavenner
fiscal cliff

Closing Campuses: How Much Money Does It Save School Districts, Anyway?

Marguerite Roza & Aashish Dhammani
Class Disrupted

How Kids Learn: A Gap Between Schools’ Teaching Models & Latest Learning Science

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Analysis

Investing in Education R&D Is Essential — and It’s Not Just About Numbers

Rachel Dinkes & Beth Boulay
Analysis

Microschools Offer Montana Families Creative, Learner-Centered Education Options

Kerry McDonald
A Nation At Risk +40

40 Years After ‘A Nation at Risk,’ Using Schools as Local Laboratories

Eric Bettinger
Future of High School

New York City’s First Hybrid School Gives Students Flexible, Real-World Learning

Andrew Bauld
Analysis

Interactive: In Many Schools, Declines in Student Enrollment are Here to Stay 

Chad Aldeman
Analysis

When Public Schools Keep Certain Students Out — or Make Them Pay to Attend

Jude Schwalbach
Analysis

How Well Do Schools, Families Communicate? Study Sees Parent-District Disconnect

Jon Deane
A Way Forward for Schools After COVID

What the End of ‘College for All’ Means for the Future of America’s High Schools

Chelsea Waite
analysis

Gaps Widening Between Indiana’s Highest- and Lowest-Performing Students

Chad Aldeman
Analysis

Rural Students’ Access to Wi-Fi is in Jeopardy as Pandemic-Era Resources Recede

Gabriel E. Hales & Keith N. Hampton
A Nation At Risk +40

40 Years After ‘A Nation At Risk,’ Fixing Our Classrooms Through School Funding

Eric Hanushek
Analysis

Study: Lengthy School Closures Were Especially Hard on High-Achieving Students

Brandon L. Wright
Analysis

4 Things Districts Should Do Right Now — Before the Fiscal Cliff

Chad Aldeman
Class Disrupted

Reimagining College — Big Ideas for the Future of Higher Education

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
Analysis

189 Innovative School Leaders: Teacher Staffing, AI, Mental Health Top Ed Issues

Chelsea Waite
A Nation At Risk +40

Improving America’s Schools: Why It’s Long Past Time to Rethink Curriculum

Robert Pondiscio
Analysis

Game-Changing Automatic Enrollment Policies Win Our March Math-ness Bracket

Jim Cowen
Analysis

5 Lessons From Civics in How to Achieve Agreement Across the Political Divide

Lorén Cox & Karen Nussle
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