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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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Teachers Wary of Shuttering the Education Department, More Optimistic About AI

Tadros, Lopez, and Pope: Federal and local decisions continue to be made without the voices of teachers who know students and classrooms best.

Joseph Tadros, Jennifer López & Carlotta Pope
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Why Local Education Organizations Matter, and Why They Matter More Now

Trinidad: Three lessons on supporting these local networks amid shifts in the federal landscape.

Jose Eos Trinidad
Author: Jose Eos Trinidad
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When Students Don’t Show Up, It’s Not the Kids Failing. What Schools Should Do

Educator's view: Chronic absenteeism is one of the most urgent signals that students are struggling. It can't be solved with lectures or punishments.

Khari Shabazz
Author: Khari Shabazz
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Why Educators Must Defend DEI in the Face of Political Backlash

Carol Larson
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If McMahon Really Wants to ‘Invest in Teachers,’ She Should Listen to Them

Evan Stone
Opinion

A Rapid Succession of Child Care Closures Calls for Close Scrutiny

Elliot Haspel
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Student’s View: I’m Autistic. Special Education Failed Me

David Rivera
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Whatever Changes the Feds Make, They Must Keep Requiring Annual State Exams

Robin Berkley
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What’s the Best Way to Tell If an Ed Tech Product Works? Science of Learning Can Help

Natalia Kucirkova
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Teacher Preparation Needs to Catch Up with School Reform

Julia Kaufman
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To Make Ed Tech More Secure, Software Companies Need to Step Up

Shannon Pierson & Sarah Powazek
child care

Flipping the Script on Universal Child Care

Elliot Haspel
literacy

Reading Tests Are Out of Step with Reality. There’s a Better Way.

Susan Pimentel & David Liben
Opinion

High Levels of Chronic Absence Affect All Kids, Not Just Those Missing School

Hedy N. Chang & Robert Balfanz
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How Denver’s School Reforms Raised Grad Rate, Got Kids Years of Extra Learning

Parker Baxter
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Will Splitting a School District Segregate Black Families – Or Empower Them?

Haley Taylor Schlitz
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Open Enrollment Is a Public School Choice Policy Blue and Red States Can Embrace

Jude Schwalbach
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How States Can Soften the Fall From the Fiscal Cliff

Thomas J. Kane & Jason Godfrey
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Making HS Grads Pass Citizenship Test Is Fine. But Civics Ed Must Start Earlier

Robert Pondiscio
U.S. Department of Education

Without the DOE’s Institute of Education Sciences, Helping Teachers Learn What Works in the Classroom Will Get a Lot Harder 

Nicole M. McNeil & Robert Stuart Siegler
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Virginia’s Fixing the Gap Between What Report Cards Say & What Kids Really Learn

Bibb Hubbard & Cindi Williams
Opinion

ICE Raids in Schools Yet Another Trauma for Kids Who’ve Already Had Too Many

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

To Be a Black American Educator Is to Be in a Constant State of Hope — and Rage

Sharif El-Mekki & Arthur Everett
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