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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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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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Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

Student’s view: I used to sit in the back of class, trying my best to avoid eye contact with my teacher, but now I sit in the front row every day.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
Opinion

Analysis: ESSA, Like NCLB, Encourages Schools to Fudge Graduation Rates. Here’s How to Make the Numbers Really Count

Laura Jimenez
Union Report

Union Report: The National Education Association Assails Corporations … When Not Making Money From Them

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Analysis: Teaching, Technology, Transformation — 5 Ways to Talk (and Think) About Personalized Learning

The 74
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What Sort of Coaching Works Best for Early Childhood Educators? New Report Offers Some Clues

Bonnie O'Keefe
Opinion

More Personal, More Equitable, More Just: Inside the Educational Efforts of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Jim Shelton
Opinion

Analysis: Testing. Suspensions. College-Level Work. 3 Areas Where ESSA Could Mean Big Changes for Teachers and Students

Lane Wright
Union Report

Analysis: Inside the Financial Collapse of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Response: An Off-Target Analysis of Schools and Segregation Is Yet Further Evidence That Charters Are Gaining Ground — and Opponents Are Getting Desperate

Amy Wilkins
Opinion

Lake: In a Deeply Flawed ‘Analysis,’ the Associated Press Blames Public Charter Schools for America’s Segregated Cities

Robin Lake
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Analysis: Why Are All the Stories About Boys Falling Behind Girls at School Ignoring the Forces Keeping Them There?

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

‘Weeding Is Hard Work’ — Charter School Authorizers and the Promise of Educational Excellence for All Kids

Sarah Tantillo
Union Report

Analysis: Five Common Teachers Union Arguments — That Rely on Half-Truths

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Analysis: In Rethinking the Role of High School, One New York District Shows the Way to Becoming Future-Ready

Anthony Kim
Every Student Succeeds Act

Williams: As Florida Flouts America’s New Education Law on English Language Learners, Will the Feds Take a Stand?

Conor P. Williams
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Teacher Commentary: The House Tax Cut Will Force Educators Out of the Classroom

Idalmi Acosta
Opinion

Analysis: By 2022, America Will Need 1 Million More College Grads With STEM Training Than We Are on Track to Produce

Blair Blackwell & Talia Milgrom-Elcott
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A School Turnaround Success Story: How This Kentucky HS Just Sent Its First Graduate to the Ivy League

Brad Weston
Opinion

Rethinking Civics Education: Global Nomads Is Helping Kids Learn About Their Lives by Learning About Others’ Lives

Sandra J. Stein
Opinion

A Parent’s Plea: My 8-Year-Old Wants to Ride the Big Yellow Bus With Her Friends, but Her School District Says That’s Impossible

Beth Hawkins
Union Report

Antonucci: New Jersey’s Teachers Union Doesn’t Care What You Think

Mike Antonucci
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