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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
Charlottesville Education Summit, 30 Years Later

Charlottesville Summit, 30 Years Later: Lamar Alexander on the Governors’ Gathering That Changed Education, Leadership, ESSA and How Politics Is Like Kindergarten

Ross Wiener
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Whitmore: In Our Resource-Rich Country, 4 Million Students Have No Access to Music Education. We’re Working to Change That

Lee Whitmore
Charlottesville Education Summit, 30 Years Later

Charlottesville Summit, 30 Years Later: Janice Jackson on the Governors’ Gathering That Changed Education, Common Core, the Role of Principals & Curriculum Equity

Ross Wiener
Charlottesville Education Summit, 30 Years Later

Charlottesville Summit, 30 Years Later: Kaya Henderson on the Governors’ Gathering That Changed Education, Student-Level Accountability & Why Schools Can’t Do It Alone

Ross Wiener
Charlottesville Education Summit, 30 Years Later

Charlottesville Summit, 30 Years Later: Tony Evers on the Governors’ Gathering That Changed Education, the Good & Bad of Testing and What Equity Really Means

Ross Wiener
Social-Emotional Learning

Paetz: From Social-Emotional Training to Help Affording Insurance, How Arizona District Supports Teachers’ Well-Being & Mental Health

Katie Paetz
Charlottesville Education Summit, 30 Years Later

Charlottesville Summit, 30 Years Later: Jeb Bush on the Governors’ Gathering That Changed Education, Creating Aspirations & Why the System Doesn’t Work for Today’s World

Ross Wiener
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Lesaux and Jones: Is This High-Quality Preschool Really Working? To Find Out, Parents Should Ask About These Unseen Things

Nonie K. Lesaux & Stephanie M. Jones
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Union Report: As One Teacher Union Front Group Exposed, Another Takes Its Place

Mike Antonucci
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Adams: New York City Has a Plan for Completely Integrating Its Schools. Great. Now Can We Talk About Why Kids Aren’t Learning?

Alina Adams
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Allen: The Solution to the Nation’s Teacher Shortage? Make Them Entrepreneurs, With Autonomy, Authority and a Salary to Match

Jeanne Allen
EDlection 2020

Stewart: The Democratic Presidential Candidates Have Something for Everyone — Except Classroom Students

Chris Stewart
Student Voice

A Student’s View: To Graduate From College, I Had to Overcome Many Financial Obstacles. Government Can Help Students Like Me

DeJoiry McKenzie-Simmons
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Robinson & Lowery: 65 Years After Brown v. Board, Using the Lens of History to Reassess What We Should Be Expecting From the K-20 Education System in 2019

Gerard Robinson & Marcus Lowery
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Back to School but Nothing’s Normal. Schools Mobilize to Help Children of Immigrants After Traumatic Summer

Conor P. Williams & Rosario Quiroz Villarreal
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Whitmire: Both Fans and Critics of Success Academy’s Remarkable Results Will Find Something to Like in Pondiscio’s New Book. But Don’t Use It to Judge All Charter Schools

Richard Whitmire
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Kimball: Working Together, Universities and Charter Schools Can Achieve More for Students Than They Could Ever on Their Own

Robert Kimball
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Gill: Lebron James’s School Drew Lots of Attention, but It Doesn’t Take an NBA Star for Districts to Forge Innovative Partnerships

Sean Gill
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Coleman: To Solve the Problem Below, Try Using a Tape Diagram. It’s an Example of How Different Ways of Doing Math Can Make Hard Problems Easy

LauraMarie Coleman
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Bharwani: This 14-Year-Old Just Published Her First Alexa Skill. She Used to Think She Wasn’t Good Enough. Now She Knows She Is Exceptional

Sabina Bharwani
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