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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
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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

Whitmire: Welcome to the Trump Presidency — and the Hazy New Battle Lines of the Education Debate

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Robinson: Obama Redefined School Reform for Democrats

Gerard Robinson
Opinion

Williams: The Temptation to Compromise With Trump on Schools — and Why It Might Kill Education Reform

Conor P. Williams
Union Report

Antonucci: How Representative Are NEA’s Representatives?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker Haynes: Obama’s Embrace of Education Reform Freed Progressives to Do the Same

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Barnum: Obama’s Education Legacy Mirrors the Rest of His Presidency — Accomplished but Polarizing

Matt Barnum
Opinion

Bradford: How Obama’s K-12 Schooling Drove His Education Policy — and May Also Shape His Retirement

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Cunningham: Obama’s Rich Education Legacy, and What’s Possible When You Challenge Political Allies

Peter Cunningham
2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Merriweather: My Grad School Stats Say I Beat the Odds. A Private School Scholarship Let Me Do It

Denisha Merriweather
Opinion

Eden: “The Citizen Academy Way” — Why a Cleveland Charter Succeeds in a Failure Zone

Max Eden
Every Student Succeeds Act

Noltemeyer and Saultz: Why States Should Focus More on School Climate Under ESSA

Amity Noltemeyer & Andrew Saultz
Union Report

Analysis: The U.S. Department of Education — Born in the NEA

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker Haynes: As Trump Ascends, Lessons for Our Daughters on Knowing Their Worth

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Opinion: Pensions, Politics and the New Jersey Education Association

Mike Lilley
Opinion

Analysis: What the Media Have Gotten Wrong About Betsy DeVos and Detroit’s Schools

Max Eden & Ben DeGrow
Opinion

Campbell Brown: A Note About My Role at The 74

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Romy Drucker: Campbell Brown, The 74 and Why Education Should Be Front-Page News Every Day

Romy Drucker
Opinion

Berner: How Rethinking Classroom Instruction May Have Boosted Student Achievement in Louisiana

Ashley Berner
Opinion

Campbell Brown: A Brief Primer on Bullying

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Bradford: Water for Accountability, How the Post-NCLB Coalition Must Be Both Fluid and Strong

Derrell Bradford
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