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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
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Litow: Revised Perkins Act Is Key to Getting Great Technical Programs Like P-TECH to More Needy Kids

Stanley Litow
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Erquiaga: Why Trump’s ‘America First’ Budget Puts Children in Poverty Last

Dale Erquiaga
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Open Letter: Illinois’s Legislature Must Reject Bill That Creates Moratorium on New Chicago Charters

Andrew Broy
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Arnett: Trump May Have Stripped Back Regulations on Teacher Preparation, but Many States Are Moving Forward

Thomas Arnett
Union Report

Analysis: My Union Has More Money Than Your Union

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Chris Cerf: How Newark’s Public Schools — Both Traditional and Charter — Are Working Together to Lift All Boats

Chris Cerf
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Korman: How ESSA Is Driving States to Create Education Transition Policies for Incarcerated Students

Hailly T.N. Korman
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Whitmire: Is DeVos Still Planning a School Tour With Weingarten? Here’s the First Place They Should Go

Richard Whitmire
Union Report

Antonucci: Can Nevada’s Teachers Union Survive?

Mike Antonucci
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Whitmire: Charter Leaders Saw Too Much Damage to Students (and Their Own Future) to Embrace Trump’s Budget

Richard Whitmire
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Opinion: New California Accountability Dashboard Provides Little Light for Poor Families

Seth Litt
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Bradford: Why Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Faith in Public Schools Loses Sight of Some Harsher Truths

Derrell Bradford
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Cami Anderson: The Left-Right School Discipline Debate Misses the Point. We Need a Third Way

Cami Anderson
Personalized Learning

Lake: At Last, a Court Says Kids (Like Mine) With IEPs Deserve a Top Education. But More Fights Loom Ahead

Robin Lake
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Arons: 3 Reasons New York Was Right to Drop Its Teacher Literacy Test

Elizabeth Arons
Union Report

Analysis: Are NYSUT’s Finances a ‘Ponzi Scheme’? Former Financial Analyst Sounds the Alarm

Mike Antonucci
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Stewart: Charter Advocates Must Not Forget the First Commandment of Politics — It’s All About Your Base

Chris Stewart
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Drucker: Time to Stop Misrepresenting Charter Gains on Special Education

Romy Drucker
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Cook: Charter Activists Know How to Walk the Walk but Not How to Talk the Talk

Peter Cook
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Bradford: Charter Schools’ Best Allies May Be the Parents Who Don’t Know Anything About Them — Yet

Derrell Bradford
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