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Future of High School

We Are High Achievers, But We Were Almost a Statistic

Briauna and Tiauna Black: When tragedy struck, a hybrid school provided the flexibility and support needed to move from high school to career.

Briauna Black and Tiauna Black
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New Hampshire’s Universal School Choice Expansion Is a Win for Students, Parents

Mullins: Strong policy changes lives, and the Granite State just changed thousands of them for the better. It's not just policy — it’s possibility.

Ashley DeMauro Mullins
Author: Ashley DeMauro Mullins
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School’s Out for Summer, Parents Need Support With Youth Mental Health

Bullock, Contreras and Curbelo: Parents are understandably frustrated by how challenging it is to find the right resources to support their kids.

Steve Bullock, January Contreras & Carlos Curbelo
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Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

Student’s view: I used to sit in the back of class, trying my best to avoid eye contact with my teacher, but now I sit in the front row every day.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
Pandemic

Adams: NYC’s Mayor and Chancellor Want to Reopen Schools. The City’s Teachers Union — and Parents — Aren’t So Sure

Alina Adams
Opinion

The Aunt Bees of America

Natalie Renew
Pandemic

Three Pieces of Advice for White Teachers Who Want to Be Accountable Allies

LaTrina Johnson
New Orleans

Book Excerpt: 15 Years After Katrina, New Orleans School Miracle Emerges as a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Free Market Choice and Strong Government Accountability

Douglas N. Harris
Pandemic

COVID-19 Crisis Offers Chance to Challenge the Status Quo, Including the Persistent Lack of Teacher Diversity

Cassandra Herring
Pandemic

‘A Bird Trapped in a Golden Cage’: Amid the Pandemic, One Student’s Story of Abuse During Quarantine

The 74
Opinion

Hettleman: Most Students in Special Education Don’t Need to Be There. It’s Time to End the Broken Promises and Reinvent the Process

Kalman R. Hettleman
Pandemic

A Principal’s View: Social-Emotional Learning Is More Important Than Ever. Here’s How We Do It Virtually at My Denver School

Sara Carlson Striegel
Keeping it 100

Commentary: As Education Leaders Plan for Fall, They Must Look Beyond COVID Toward Making Dramatic Changes to Protect Students of Color

Nancy Gutiérrez & Mary Rice-Boothe
Pandemic

Soares: Substitute Teachers Are Unsung Heroes in Reopening Schools. They Deserve Better Pay and Professional Development

Nicola Soares
Pandemic

Boser: From Math to Music, There Are Great Online Supports for Nearly Every Subject. So Where Are All the Great Writing Apps?

Ulrich Boser
Pandemic

Bergen: Too Many Schools Lack a Student Newspaper. When Schools Reopen, However They Reopen, Every School Should Have One

Lara Bergen
Pandemic

Heinze: How to Give Kids a Quality Education While Tending to Their Social & Emotional Needs in This Pandemic? Some Lessons From Districts Nationwide

Juliette “Cricket” Heinze
Opinion

Cami Anderson: ‘Police-Free Schools’ Vs. ‘Chaos’ Is a False Choice. Here’s What Districts Must Do to Implement Real Discipline Reform

Cami Anderson
Pandemic

A Tutor’s View: 4 Things I Learned About My Students, Their Families and Myself During COVID-19 Online Learning

Kyle Forth
Keeping it 100

For Black Lives to Matter, Black Minds Must Matter

Sharif El-Mekki
Pandemic

Schoales: Would I Send My Kid to School This Fall? Some Things to Think About, and Some Advice, for Families Facing This Dilemma

Van Schoales
Keeping it 100

So, You Want to Run for School Board. First Ask Yourself If You Believe in the Genius of Black Children and Are You Willing to Fight to See It Realized

Krystal Hardy Allen
Pandemic

Young & Rosenberg: 4 Major Concerns School-Based Mental Health Professionals Have for Students This Fall

Duncan Young & Linda Rosenberg
Pandemic Notebook

Pandemic Notebook: 13 Students Across America Write About COVID-19, Their Disrupted School Year and the Disorienting New Normal

Andrew Brownstein
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