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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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New Interactive Map Showcases Personalized Learning in All 50 States

Hammonds & Hite: The adoption of policies to support competency-based teaching & learning marks a significant shift in how student success is viewed.

Virgel Hammonds & Bill Hite
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Texas Law Targets Education Emergency of Uncertified Teachers in the Classroom

Hostetter: Too many teaching jobs are filled by people who aren't fully qualified. Capping the number will lead to greater professionalism & standards

Mayme Hostetter
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Chronic Absenteeism Is a Vital Sign for Kids’ Health. New Framework Seeks a Cure

Sharfstein & Choucair: Health & education professionals can boost attendance with community-driven approach focused on data, partnerships, prevention.

Joshua Sharfstein & Bechara Choucair
Best of 2022

Big Ideas About America’s Schools: The Year's Most Memorable Education Essays

Bev Weintraub
Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift 101: This College Links Her Music to Works By Shakespeare & Plath

Elizabeth Scala
Keeping it 100

Student Essay: Young People Being Pushed Out of School Need an Advocate

Tiffany Santos
Cybersecurity

Three Ways Schools Can Fend Off Ransomware Attacks

Barb Dawson & Rocco Grillo
child poverty

Will Congress Care Enough to Restore the Expanded Child Tax Credit?

Keri Rodrigues
Keeping it 100

To End Child Poverty, We Need to Seed Generational Wealth

Stephanie J. Hull
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Call to Action: Union, Management Must Blow Up Providence’s Broken School System

Steven F. Smith & Susan F. Lusi
Opinion

Principal’s View: To Fix Learning Losses, Expand Loan Forgiveness for Educators

Albert Sackey
high school

Inside Rhode Island’s Historic New Equity-Based Graduation Standards

Angélica Infante-Green
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Should Kids Be Allowed to Retake Tests? A Parent’s — and a Teacher’s — View

Alina Adams
Opinion

We’re About to Find Out If the Pandemic is Really Over. Are Schools Ready?

Conor P. Williams
book review

‘Screaming on the Inside’: How Modern Motherhood Explains the Child Care Crisis

Elliot Haspel
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Fixing Teacher Shortage Means Confronting Bias & Racism. Philanthropy Can Help

Gislaine Ngounou
Opinion

5 State-Level Changes that Teachers Should Advocate for

Jon Alfuth
Opinion

Review: Why You Should Buy into the ‘Sold a Story’ Podcast

Nat Malkus
Opinion

Child Care or Early Childhood Education?

Elliot Haspel
Opinion

Exclusive: L.A. Schools Chief Alberto Carvalho — Our Kids Did Well on the Nation’s Report Card. Why Is That Hard to Believe?

Alberto M. Carvalho
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Quiet, Consistency, Deep Breaths, Nature: Ways to Create Calming Classrooms

Lo Patrick
Opinion

How ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ Is Spurring Innovation in Springfield Schools

Paul Foster
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A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health

Dr. Danielle Budash Newkam
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