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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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Tucker Haynes: Racist Taunts at Robotics Champs Go Deeper Than Trump Immigrant-Bashing

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Petruzzi: As ESSA Scales Down Federal Oversight, Educators & Local Leaders Must Rise to the Challenge

Marco Petruzzi
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Marchitello: Why Betsy DeVos Could Be a Boon for Progressive Education Advocates

Max Marchitello
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State Sen. Van Taylor: Why Texas Should Kill Taxpayer Pensions for Teachers Who Victimize Children

Van Taylor
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Opinion: Teachers in an Opportunity Culture: Well-Paid, Powerful, and Accountable

Emily Ayscue Hassel & Bryan C. Hassel
Union Report

Analysis: Internal Documents Show Few Union Members Volunteered for Massachusetts Anti-Charter Campaign

Mike Antonucci
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Williams: Lord, What Fools These Ed Reformers Be! A Requiem for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Conor P. Williams
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Gonzales — Education After the ESSA Rollback: What States Can Do Now to Lead the Charge on School Equity

Danielle M. Gonzales
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Ortega: Charter Schools, IDEA, and What Happens When You Give Parents of Special-Needs Kids More Choices

Israel Ortega
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Whitmire: Why the Charter Cap Fight in Massachusetts May Have Sparked a Tidal Wave of New Parent Applications

Richard Whitmire
Union Report

Analysis: Have the Unions Benefited From the DeVos Confirmation Fight?

Mike Antonucci
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Pendergrass: The Great, Misleading Debate Over the Growth of America’s Charter Schools

Susan Aud Pendergrass
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Harris: For School Choice to Work Nationally, the Trump Administration Must First Invest Locally

David Harris
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Lake: As Charter School Growth Slows, Time to Re-examine Bureaucratic, Funding, Political Hurdles

Robin Lake
Union Report

Analysis — New York’s Teachers Unions Are Millions in the Red: A Look at the Numbers

Mike Antonucci
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Analysis: The New Politics of the Los Angeles School Board Race, as More Families Prefer Charters

Laura Waters
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Analysis: The Real Reason Teachers Unions Pump Millions of Dollars Into School Board Races

Aaron Churchill
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Williams: Congress Moves to Kill ESSA Accountability Rules, Giving States Lots of Room to Do as They Please

Conor P. Williams
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Rotherham & Schmitz: 1 Million Teachers Don’t Get Social Security. Trump Can Make It Great Again By Letting Them In

Andrew J. Rotherham & Kirsten Schmitz
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Kisida: Fresh Calls to Eliminate the National Endowment For the Arts — Now With Alternative Facts

Brian Kisida
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