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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
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Parent’s View: School Choice Could Help Texas Families, Just Like It Helped Mine

Alicia Giordano
Union Report

‘Groundhog Day’: Public School Staffing Is Caught in a Time Loop

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

3 Ways Districts Can Find & Develop Leaders to Solve the Superintendent Shortage

Barbara Mullen & Joe Mullikin
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COVID Learning Loss: Virginia Launching Statewide Tutoring Initiative This Week

Maureen Kelleher
STEM

America Is Facing a Shortage of STEM Teachers: Here’s One Way to Solve It

Gerard Robinson
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Why the Kids in My School Move from Class to Class — as Young as Kindergarten

Henry Saylor-Scheetz
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Why Invest in Public Campaigns to Promote Marriage When What’s Needed Are Effective Policies?

Haley Swenson
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Public Charter Schools and the Chipotlification of American Education

Christy Wolfe
Opinion

How Have Schools Improved Since the Pandemic? What Teachers Had to Say

Cory Beets
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Just 3 States Require Teaching Media Literacy. Growth of AI Makes It Essential

Pat Condo
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Schools Are 100K Counselors Short. Here’s a New Approach to Student Mental Health

Joan Wasser Gish
child care

In a Year of Unions Flexing Power, Child Care is a Question Mark

Elliot Haspel
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This Course Uses ‘Climate Fiction’ to Teach About the Perils of a Warming Planet

Debra J. Rosenthal
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Charters Are the Most Popular Form of School Choice. Democrats Must Get on Board

Debbie Cox Bultan & Elena Parent
Opinion

STEM with a Purpose Sparked Better Learning, and a Patent, for My Rural Students

Tom Jenkins
Opinion

As Schools See a Wave of Immigrants, the Past Offers Lessons for NYC & the U.S.

Adam Strom & Meisha Lamb-Bell
Opinion

Wait. Did Education Reform Just Become Inescapable?

Conor P. Williams
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Students Need to Know Teachers Believe in Them. Tracking Undercuts that Message

Katey Arrington
Opinion

Finding ‘Lost Einsteins’ Means Fixing K-5 Science, Especially in Rural Schools

Jeanne McCarty
Future of High School

How D.C. Successfully Modernized a School By Embracing Its Legacy

Tanya Paperny
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