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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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SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Case Raises Questions About Judicial Authority

Supreme Court is considering whether a single federal judge should have the power to temporarily halt presidential policies across the entire country.

Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation
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Teletherapy Can Be Even Better Than In-Person Counseling for Kids’ Mental Health

Chen: After shifting online during COVID, I was surprised that patients were more engaged and less shy than in person. Those benefits continue today

Juliana Chen
Author: Juliana Chen
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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
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Lee: Black History Demands We Break Down Barriers and Build Up Kids. How One School Network in Newark Answers the Call

Dominique Lee
Curriculum

Curriculum Case Study: How One Rural Tennessee School District With 25 Percent Student Literacy and Nearly a Quarter of Kids Living in Poverty Is Turning the Tide

Shawn Kimble
Opinion

Jeb Bush: Students Need Robust CTE Pathways to Fill America’s Skills Gap. Here Are 3 Things States Must Do to Make This Happen

Jeb Bush
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Bertelli: Charter Schools Lose When They Don’t Remind People Why They Exist in the First Place. California Proves the Point

Chris Bertelli
Opinion

Rotherham: Phonics. Whole Language. Balanced Literacy. The Problem Isn’t That We Don’t Know How to Teach Reading — It’s Politics

Andrew J. Rotherham
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
Maryland

Goldson: In Prince George’s County, Maryland, a Workforce Development Model for Our 21st Century Students

Monica Goldson
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
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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
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