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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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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
Union Report

Teachers Unions Prepare for Thousands of Lost Members as New Case Moves Toward the Supreme Court

Mike Antonucci
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Whitmire: Money, Hustle & Good Candidates Won LA Vote for Ed Reformers, but Tougher Fights Lie Ahead

Richard Whitmire
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New Study Finds States Fail to Deliver on Title I Promise of Extra Funding for Low-Income Students

Zahava Stadler
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Williams: Trump’s Ed Budget Masks Cuts as Flatlines and Makes Cuts That Devastate Kids

Conor P. Williams
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When Kids Can’t Attend the Great School Just Across the Street: We Must Break Down the Invisible Walls

Seth Litt
Union Report

Opinion: State Union Rankings Show Strength of Labor Depends on Size of Government

Mike Antonucci
Personalized Learning

Betheny Gross — The Key to Effective Personalized Learning: Rigorous Content, Standards, and Experiences

Betheny Gross
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Chavous & Duplessis: Undoing ‘Separate but Equal,’ Six Decades After Brown v. Board of Education

Kevin P. Chavous & Ann Duplessis
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Williams: The D.C. Enrollment Scandal Shows How Critical It Is to Guard Against Parent Privilege

Conor P. Williams
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Plucker: Gifted Education, Race & Poverty — How Do We Join Forces to Close America’s ‘Excellence Gap’?

Jonathan Plucker
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Tucker Haynes: Proof That Charters Offer Excellence to All Children Goes Beyond U.S. News’s Top 10 Ranking

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Avossa & Chang: As Immigrant School Leaders, We Know That No Immigrant Student Should Have to Live in Fear

Robert Avossa &
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of America’s Education Reform Debate: A Growing Blue-Red Divide

Derrell Bradford
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of America’s Education Reform Debate: Time for a Suburban Strategy?

Derrell Bradford
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Miles & Wiener: In Washington, D.C., a Road Map for Reinventing Professional Development in Schools

Karen Hawley Miles & Ross Wiener
Union Report

Analysis: From ‘Incarceration Pay’ to ‘Rule of 75,’ Surprising Contract Benefits for Teachers Union Staffers

Mike Antonucci
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DeGrow: New Detroit Supe Wants to Compete With Charter Schools. How He Can Start Raising the Bar

Ben DeGrow
Personalized Learning

Lake: Why Personalized Learning Will Ultimately Live or Die on Its Ability to Manage Change

Robin Lake
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of the Education Reform Debate: Why Being ‘Right’ Isn’t Enough

Derrell Bradford
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Rotherham: Why Won’t Betsy DeVos Answer Hard Questions?

Andrew J. Rotherham
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