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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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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
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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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California Shows How States Can Step Up for Young Students With Disabilities

Sarah Johns
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Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

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

Robert Pondiscio
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Head Start at 60: A Legacy Worth Investing In

Emmy Liss & Sarah Gilliland
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How One Rural Elementary School Achieved Over 80% Reading Proficiency

Maggi Lambert
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As DOE and Title IX Are Dismantled, The Promise of Equal Opportunity Is at Risk

Kyra Batté
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College Isn’t Camp. As Enrollment Drops, It’s Time to Take Higher Ed Seriously

Paula White
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To Truly Serve English Learners, Start With Curriculum — and Don’t Stop There

Angélica Infante-Green
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To Strengthen the Early Care and Education System, Funding Reform Is Needed

Elliot Haspel

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Trump, McMahon Claim to Support Education. Funding Cuts Tell a Different Story

Charles Barone
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Diversifying the Special Education Teacher Workforce Could Benefit US Schools

Elizabeth Bettini, LaRon A. Scott & Tuan D. Nguyen
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Teachers Wary of Shuttering the Education Department, More Optimistic About AI

Joseph Tadros, Jennifer López & Carlotta Pope
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Jose Eos Trinidad
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When Students Don’t Show Up, It’s Not the Kids Failing. What Schools Should Do

Khari Shabazz
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NAEP Data Is Critical for Students With Disabilities. It Must Not Disappear

Laura Stelitano & Nicole Fuller
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When Civic Education Starts with Paper, Paint and a Pair of Scissors

Carrie Snyder-Renfro
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We’re Not Protecting Children. We’re Recycling Their Trauma

Mathangi Swaminathan
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Elliot Haspel
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Lea M. Crusey
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