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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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Reading Reform Will Fail Without Families

Schools are trying to raise the bar on reading — but they need parents to hold it up.

Maya Payne Smart
Author: Maya Payne Smart
ed tech
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The Road to Educational Equity: Can Ed Tech Solve the Digital Divide?

Prakash: Ed tech is not a short-term fix or an optional add-on, but rather a core element of a broader equity agenda prioritizing student outcomes.

Aditya Prakash
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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.

Bill Hite
Author: Bill Hite
diversity

To Stop the Rise in School Segregation, Empower Leaders of Color

Mike Bland
4Fams

Parents Tell What It Would Take to Get Their Kids Back into NYC Public Schools

Alina Adams
Don’t Say Gay

McGuire: 4 Principles to Help Educators Teach Politically Charged Topics

Kent McGuire
Opinion

Teacher’s View: Feds’ New Discipline Guidance Can Help Kids With Disabilities

Rachael Goeler
4Fams

NYC Parents Rage: With No G&T Qualifying Test, Selection Process Is Chaos

Alina Adams
Montana

Thiel: Expanding Access to Higher Education for Montana’s Rural Students

Joe Thiel
California

Educator’s View: How My School’s Care Corps Helps Our Students and Community

Maricela Guerrero
Ohio

Educator’s View: How My Ohio District is Recruiting and Retaining Black Teachers

Marlon Styles
COVID-19

Walking in the Shoes of a School Superintendent in 2022

Caitlin Sullivan
achievement gap

From Playing the Game to Slaying the Game: Why I Wrote ‘Tangible Equity’

Colin Seale
achievement gap

‘Tangible Equity’: Excelling at — and Then Dismantling — an Unfair System

Colin Seale
opinion

School Readiness and the Tyranny of Merit, Part 1

Elliot Haspel
Opinion

School Readiness and the Tyranny of Merit, Part 2

Elliot Haspel
learning loss

Lessons from TFA’s Virtual Tutoring Program in Battling Learning Loss

Elisa Villanueva Beard
charter schools

Why Actually Working Isn’t Enough to Defend Effective Education Ideas

Conor P. Williams
4Fams

5 Tips for Parents of New Kindergartners Who Are Younger Than Their Classmates

Gregory Fabiano
congress

Students’ View: Three Ways Congress Can Support Students With Disabilities — Now

Anna Higgins & Claire Robinson
4Fams

When Grades and Test Scores Don’t Add Up, Who Can Parents Trust?

Alina Adams
learning loss

How Summer Camps & Afterschool Programs Can Step Up to Stem Learning Loss

Aaron Dworkin & Tom Rosenberg
absenteeism

Student Voice: Pandemic Attendance Crisis is About More Than COVID

Andre Young
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