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Support for Testing and Accountability Is Waning. Is Politics to Blame?

Hartney: It reflects the unwillingness of the political class to make holding schools accountable for learning the cornerstone of American education.

Michael Hartney
Author: Michael Hartney
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Young People Have Something to Say. We Should Be Listening

Pineda: We can engage young people by lowering voting ages, redesigning civic education, and extending opportunities for civic involvement.

Jordan Pineda
Author: Jordan Pineda
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Let’s Rethink How We Teach Early Math – Starting with Teacher Prep

Nelson and Zhou: Ensuring future teachers know how to teach math to young children is one of the most powerful steps we can take.

Gena Nelson & Cece Zhou
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Congress Needs to Protect Resources for Homeless Students in Next Year’s Budget

Erb-Downward: A proposal to roll McKinney-Vento money into a block grant would effectively strip support from vulnerable children.

Jennifer Erb-Downward
Author: Jennifer Erb-Downward
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
National School Choice Week

Campanella: For National School Choice Week, Celebrating a Decade of Education Options for Students and Families

Andrew Campanella
Opinion

Shuls: With Textbooks Being Rewritten to Woo State Officials, Why We Should Empower Schools to Choose Their Own Texts — and Parents to Choose the Best School

James V. Shuls
4Fams

Adams: Forward-Rolling Ahead or Spinning Their Wheels? A Question of Equity vs. Equality for NYC School Kids

Alina Adams
4Fams

Powell & Ragsdale: We Were Blocked From Running for School Board in Our Kids’ L.A. Districts. It’s Time to Stop Shutting Out Families

Tunette Powell & Kenchy Ragsdale
Louisiana

Appraisal: As Louisiana School Chief, John White Has Been an Extraordinary Leader for Teachers, Students and Educational Excellence. His Legacy Will Last Far Into the Future

Mike Magee
Opinion

Goldberg: To Address Our National Reading Crisis, Teachers Need More and Better Training, Not a Lowering of the Credentials Bar

Margaret Goldberg
4Fams

Aylesworth: We’re Teaching STEM Wrong — but Any Teacher Can Do It Right. It’s About Trial and Error, Doing Things & Watching Them Not Work

Hilary Aylesworth
California

Tribute: Courtney Everts Mykytyn Inspired Countless Parents Seeking Integrated Schools. Her Death Is a Heartbreaking Loss

Conor P. Williams
Keeping it 100

We Need to Teach Young Men of Color Differently. That Starts With Books Where They Are Celebrated

David C. Banks
Opinion

Levin: #MeTooK12 at 2 — the Impact of National Campaign to Stop Sexual Assault in Schools, and What Needs to Happen Next

Joel Levin
4Fams

Adams: NYC School Kids Get Some Holidays Off but Not Others. Why Not Give Students Personal Days for Their Celebrations Instead?

Alina Adams
EDlection 2020

Parents Want Debate Moderators to Ask Democrats Whether They Support Black and Latino Families on Public School Choice

Lakisha Young
EDlection 2020

Trivers: As an Educator and a Parent of Color, I Stand Up for Charter Schools Against Politics, Hypocrisy and Inequity

Natasha Trivers
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