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Dismantling Ed Dept. Will Harm More Than 26 Million Kids — and America’s Future

Flores: Students in poverty & rural areas, kids with disabilities, English learners and homeless children will all suffer without federal protections.

Yolie Flores
Author: Yolie Flores
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literacy

How do Kids Learn to Read? There Are as Many Ways as There Are Students

Literacy expert: Not all children learn to read in the same way, but schools tend to adopt a single approach to literacy.

K. Dara Hill, The Conversation
Future of High School
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Future of High School

What Employers Want, Project-Based Learning Can Deliver

Lenz and McCutchen: More states and districts are focusing on such skills as communication, problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration.

Bob Lenz & Alprentice McCutchen
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AI

STEM’s Grand Challenges — And Opportunities

Weld: With focus shifting to AI, changes in federal data and grant programs, and a lack of public awareness, STEM education must adapt and expand.

Jeff Weld
Author: Jeff Weld
Brown v. Board

Segregation Forever? What Supreme Court Failed to Do in ‘Brown v. Board’ Ruling

Tim DeRoche
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Meet 7 Changemakers Who Are Raising Their Voices for Public Education

Debbie Veney
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Superintendent’s View: Designing a Learner-Centered Ecosystem in Kansas City

M. Jeremy Tucker
Elliot's Provocations

‘When You Care’ Illuminates the Philosophy of Caregiving

Elliot Haspel
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NYC-Based Mentoring Program Gives First-Gen Students a Boost at 75 Colleges

Michael Coughlin
Opinion

How Rhode Island Is Tapping Career & Technical Ed to Help Every Student Succeed

Angélica Infante-Green
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Can School Choice Improve Civil Society? New Study Shows It Can

Denisha Allen
Opinion

What’s the Right Goal for Student Achievement? Is 50% Proficiency Enough? 63%?

David Wakelyn
Child Care Crisis

‘The End User Is a Dollar Sign, It’s Not a Child’

Elliot Haspel
edtech

5 Questions Schools Should Ask Before Purchasing AI Tech Products

George Veletsianos
in memoriam

Education Reform as Social Justice: The Legacy of Washington’s Ramona Edelin

Linda Moore
climate change

This Earth Day, Make Sure Every Child Learns Key Lessons About the Environment

Lilly Howard
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D.C. Needs More Than Phonics to Lift its Students’ Reading Scores

Natalie Wexler & Allister Chang
immigration

Denying Education to Immigrant Children is Morally Wrong — and Practically Dumb

Conor P. Williams & Alejandra Vázquez Baur
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Creating a Climate-Literate Workforce in Colorado, Starting in Middle School

Taylor Maag
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Helping Schools and Districts Expand Their Definition of Student Success

Devin Vodicka & Katie Martin
Solar Eclipse

3 Ways to Use the Solar Eclipse to Brighten Your Child’s Knowledge of Science

David Purpura, Lauren Westerberg & Sona Kumar
Rhode Island

How Rhode Island College Went to the Head of the Class on Reading Instruction

Julia Steiny
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Building a New Accountability System for Truly Student-Centered Education

Mark Elgart
child care

Avoiding the Implementation ‘Valley of Death’

Elliot Haspel
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