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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
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

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
Union Report

Analysis: The NEA’s 5 Financially Shakiest States

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Bradford: Teachers Unions Exploited Ed Reform Split Over DeVos While Never Losing Focus

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Essay: Running for Change, South Dakota High Schooler Protests Pipeline, Meets the President (Twice)

Tariq Brownotter
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Allen: Advice to Secretary DeVos — Lean In, Be Bold, Talk About Power, and Rethink Twitter

Jeanne Allen
Opinion

Opinion: Why I’m Taking My Child Out of Our Renewal School

Lucy Garner
Union Report

Analysis: Was Hillary’s Union Support Limited to (Some of) the Public Sector?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Barber: Transformation — The Time Is Now

Michael Barber
Advice for Betsy DeVos

KIPP Leaders: 4 Critical Areas Secretary DeVos Should Focus on to Ensure All Students Succeed

Richard Barth, Mike Feinberg & Dave Levin
Opinion

Opinion: Now More Than Ever, Diverse Charter Schools Are Essential

Alex Medler, Nora Kern & Dianne Piché
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Whitmire: Dear Secretary DeVos, If You Want to Grow Great Charter Schools, Do This, Not That

Richard Whitmire
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Hernandez: DeVos Should Tell Her Critics All Kids Deserve School Choice — Just Like Theirs Have

Alex Hernandez
Opinion

Sahm: Found in Yonkers

Charles Sahm
Opinion

Marnie Kaplan: Sometimes Government IS the Solution — Reauthorizing Head Start, 10 Years Later

Marnie Kaplan
Union Report

Analysis: The One Senator Teachers Unions Might Have Swayed on DeVos Is the One Who Couldn’t Vote ‘No’

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Analysis: Facing Threats, Can Public-Sector Unions Learn From the Demise of Industrial Workers?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Bradford: Dangerous for Charter Advocates to Embrace Elizabeth Warren and Trash School Vouchers

Derrell Bradford
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Eden: When the New York Times’s Reporting on DeVos and Detroit Charters Looks Like ‘Alternative Facts’

Max Eden
Opinion

Open Letter: What the NAACP Should Know About Florida’s Charter Schools Ahead of Tonight’s Orlando Hearing

Christopher Norwood
Union Report

Analysis: The Strange Disappearance of 69,000 AFT Members

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Ashley Berner and Charles L. Glenn: America’s Muslim Schools and the Common Good

Ashley Berner & Charles L. Glenn
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