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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
Union Report

FBI and IRS Raid Local Teachers Union Headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Getting High-Quality Math Curriculum to the Students Who Need It Most

Jeff Livingston
Opinion

Involving Young People on School Boards Is Good for Students — and for Democracy

Logan Endres
Opinion

How Are Kids Really Doing after COVID-19? Survey of 500K Students Has Answers

Jen Vorse Wilka
Opinion

The Shakespearean Rise and Fall of Md. Schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury

Kalman R. Hettleman
Opinion

The Future is STEM — But Without Enough Students, the U.S. Will Be Left Behind

Mark Schneider
Opinion

AI Can Grade a Student Essay as Well as a Human. But It Cannot Replace a Teacher

Perpetual Baffour
Opinion

New Charter Schools Need Vetting. But the Process Shouldn’t Shut Good Ones Out

Karega Rausch & David Greenberg
child care

How States Can Prepare to Aid Families Through the Looming Child Care Crisis

Nicole Norvell
4Fams

How a Family COVID Project Became a Fun, Creative Outlet for Children Nationwide

Stacey Gillett
Opinion

Federal Programs and Data Demonstrate the Value of Relative and Neighbor Child Care Providers

Natalie Renew
Opinion

5 Strategies to Help Teachers Continue to Educate for Diversity and Democracy

Christopher Clark & Judith L. Pace
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Video Campaign Gives Chicago Teens a Voice against Gun Violence

Nina Vinik
future of high school

Credit Hours Are a Relic of the Past. How States Must Disrupt High School — Now

Russlynn Ali & Timothy F.C. Knowles
Opinion

Outraged Over Admissions Policies at Harvard? Take a Look at the Public Schools

Tim DeRoche
Opinion

Back-to-School Is Here: It’s Time to Get Kids Caught Up on Their Vaccines

Jill Rosenthal & Michelle Fiscus
Union Report

Most Americans Love Unions — But Not Enough to Actually Join One

Mike Antonucci
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Children’s Savings Accounts Keep Education Aspirations High for Kids of Color

Ginger Young
Opinion

Kids Are Losing Health Care Due to Red Tape. Why Don’t School Leaders Speak Up?

Elliot Haspel
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Helping Teachers Bring the Science of Reading to Life in the Classroom

Bailey Cato Czupryk
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