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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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As Federal Policies Threaten Special Ed, State & Local Leadership Are a Lifeline

Sandelius: 5 key steps schools and districts can take to protect students with disabilities and enhance learning for all children.

Sarah Sandelius
Author: Sarah Sandelius
mental health
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With Washington Cutting Programs, States Must Step Up on Child Mental Health

Okolo: Five ways for states to take the lead with clarity, courage and strategic precision as federal departments face unprecedented change.

Zainab Okolo
Author: Zainab Okolo
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Teach For America Should Embrace Apprenticeship Model Amid AmeriCorps Cuts

Donaldson: An apprenticeship model would provide the funding and the training needed to bring more teachers into the classroom.

David Donaldson
Author: David Donaldson
Indianapolis

Indianapolis School Leader: I Respect Teachers Unions and Their Right to Rally for Better Working Conditions, but I Don’t Support Their Divisive Rhetoric and Inequitable Practices

India K. Hui
Curriculum

Curriculum Case Study: How an English Language Arts Program Is Leveling the Playing Field in Classrooms Where the Majority of Students Live in Poverty

Angie Baker & Alesia Dinsmore
Opinion

With Threats Looming to Both Food Stamps and the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Providing Students With Healthy Meals Never More Critical

Kristin Groos Richmond & Cynthia Muller
Opinion

Williams: Charter Schools Hurt Their Cause When They Are Lumped In With Other Forms of School Choice

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

In Defense of ‘Paternalism’: Why Choice Schools Need to Get Better at Grappling With The Family Lives of Their Toughest-Case Students

Naomi Schaefer Riley
4Fams

Adams: With Diversity Plans That Shift Kids From ‘Bad’ Schools to ‘Good’ (and Vice Versa), NYC Admits There’s Not Enough ‘Good’ Education to Go Around

Alina Adams
Curriculum

Curriculum Case Study: How a New, Tougher (and Free) Language Arts Program Built Around ELL Supports Improved Literacy in a Town at the Foot of the Great Smoky Mountains

Brandee Hoglund
EDlection 2020

Wise: Iowa’s Education Policies Are Good for Our State’s Students and a Model for the Country. Here Are 10 Reasons Why

Ryan Wise
Curriculum

How One Southern State Is Using the Power of Knowledge-Rich Schooling to Inspire a Passion for Literacy and Learning

Barbara Davidson
San Francisco

Kilduff & Chapman: Our Public School Just Became the 1st in SF to Reserve Seats for Low-Income Kids, Because Equity Requires More Than Good Intentions

Emily Bobel Kilduff & Ryan Chapman
Memphis

Soleo: In Education, the Oldest Form of Discrimination Is the Status Quo. That’s Why Memphis’s Priority Schools Shouldn’t Return to Their Districts

Chad Soleo
EDlection 2020

Bradford: Beware the Democrats’ New Teachers Union Loyalty Test

Derrell Bradford
New York City

Williams: Successful Community Schools — Like Those in NYC’s Rand Study — Are Compatible With Successful Education Reforms

Conor P. Williams
EDlection 2020

Avila & Ponce: Presidential Candidates Need a Primer on What’s Really Wrong With Our Public Schools. Our Education Platform Can Help

Layla Avila & Ana Ponce
4Fams

Super Bowl Special: How Former 49er Tyrone Smith Made It From Poverty to the NFL — With Grit, Determination & Help From His Teachers

Tyrone Smith
National School Choice Week

An ‘Alienated America’ Needs Community-Building Schools — Something Catholic Schools Have Been Doing for Generations

Kathleen Porter-Magee
Opinion

Appreciation: Remembering Clayton Christensen, a Gentle Giant of Innovation and Believer in the Power of Education

Michael B. Horn
4Fams

Adams: An Open Letter to Families Who Don’t Believe in School Choice — Because They Don’t Realize They Already Have It

Alina Adams
National School Choice Week

Romfo: How Scholarships of Just $2,500 Can Open Doors to Private School and Educational Excellence for Low-Income Students

Darla M. Romfo
Louisiana

Petrilli: With Superintendent John White Leaving, Louisiana Needs a New Education Leader — Not a New Education Plan

Michael J. Petrilli
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