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Want Children to Cooperate? Let Them Swing Together

Researchers found that synchronized movements, such as swinging in time with each other, can promote prosocial behaviors in young children.

K.C. Compton
Author: K.C. Compton
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20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Podcast Explores Evolution of NOLA Schools

Much has been written about the city’s long road to recovery. Behind those headlines is another story that shaped the lives of thousands of children.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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Public School Enrollment Is Declining — But Not Everywhere, or for All Students

Moon: A new analysis shows these trends vary widely by race, grade level, geography, even schools. What that could mean for the future.

Tara Moon
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Summer Reading Can Help Boost Literacy. Why Don’t High Schools Require It?

Cohen: Survey of D.C.-area high schools shows few assign books to incoming 9th graders to read during vacation. That's a lost opportunity.

Liz Cohen
Author: Liz Cohen
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How Do Kids in Top-Spending States Perform on NAEP? Not as Well as You’d Think

Aldeman: New York spends the most, but its results are middling. Mississippi, Texas, Florida get the most bang for their buck.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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Why is Child Care So Expensive? What We Can Do About It.

Rebecca Gale & Dianne Kirsch
Future of High School

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

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

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

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

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

Brandon L. Wright
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4 Things Districts Should Do Right Now — Before the Fiscal Cliff

Chad Aldeman
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Finding a Home for Family Child Care in Publicly Funded Preschool

K.C. Compton
Class Disrupted

Reimagining College — Big Ideas for the Future of Higher Education

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
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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
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Game-Changing Automatic Enrollment Policies Win Our March Math-ness Bracket

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

Lorén Cox & Karen Nussle
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Leadership Is Key, Autonomy Matters: Lessons in Why Tutoring Programs Work

Liz Cohen
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Free School Meals May Reduce Child Obesity, Easing Financial, Logistical Strain

Anna Localio & Jessica Jones-Smith
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If March Madness Women’s Tourney Colleges Won for Boosting Students’ Social Mobility, UC-Irvine Would Be Champion

Jorge Klor de Alva
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