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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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For Adolescents Struggling With Reading, It’s Not Too Late To Intervene

Quarantello: Schools can make a difference by investing in the right resources and supporting teachers to address students’ reading deficits.

Alice Quarantello
Author: Alice Quarantello
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When Community Colleges Offer Bachelor’s Degrees, Grads Get Leg up on the Future

Kersenbrock & Stout: These programs work with communities to fill employers' needs and put underserved students on pathways to good-paying jobs.

Angela Kersenbrock & Karen A. Stout
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Girls’ STEM Skills Slipped During COVID. Here’s What to Do

Kuhfield: For girls in STEM, moving forward will require renewed attention to addressing achievement gaps, targeted support and careful monitoring.

Megan Kuhfield, NWEA
Brown v. Board

Tucker Haynes — Resisting School Integration Long After Brown v. Board: My Grade-School Memories From the Jim Crow South

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Brown v. Board

Chris Stewart: It’s Been 65 Years. Maybe It’s Time to Stop Expecting the Promise of Brown v. Board to Be Fulfilled

Chris Stewart
Brown v. Board

El-Mekki: Black Folks, Stop Chasing White Integration. It’s Not the Surest Path to Black Student Achievement

Sharif El-Mekki
Brown v. Board

Jeffries: White Supremacy Made Brown v. Board Necessary — and It’s Still the Force Denying Too Many Black & Brown Students an Equal Education Today

Shavar Jeffries
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: Understanding the History of America’s ‘Foundational Test of Racial and Educational Equity’ — Through the Personal Stories of Families Who Took Their Case to Court

John Edgar Tidwell & Harry A. Butowsky
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65 — Ada Stukes Adderley Still Remembers the Power of Protest: ‘Although I Was Young, I Knew That It Was Something Important. I Was Excited and Proud”

Ada Stukes Adderley
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: Nathaniel Briggs on the Deep Roots of Southern Segregation — and Why the Supremacy of the Confederacy Still Stands Today

Nathaniel Briggs
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: Sherrilyn A. Ifill on Why We All Need to Know More About the Brave Black Students Who Integrated Schools in the 1950s

Sherrilyn A. Ifill
Brown v. Board

Lockett: 65 Years After Brown v. Board, Our Fixation on Integration Is Hiding Gross Inequities in Our Schools. We Must Focus Not Just on Whom We Teach — but on How We Teach

Phyllis Lockett
National Charter Schools Week

Dobard: From Strong Accountability to Open Enrollment and Community Engagement, 10 Reasons New Orleans’s Schools Are Succeeding

Patrick Dobard
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A Teacher’s Tip: Want to Foster a Love of Reading? Let Students Pick Their Own Books. Giving My Kids Voice & Choice Changed My Classroom

Beth Jarzabek
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: Brigitte Louise Brown Recalls Her Mother Being Denied a Seat at Her All-White Neighborhood School — and Her Grandmother’s Victory in Fighting Back

Brigitte Louise Brown
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: Joan Johns Cobbs Remembers the Day Her Sister Led a Student Protest That Went On to Change the Course of American History

Joan Johns Cobbs
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: René Michelle Ricks-Stamps Recalls Delaware’s Deep Segregation — and Her Grandmother’s Outrage in Seeing School Buses Skip Her Home

René Michelle Ricks-Stamps
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: Joan E. Anderson, Daughter of Key Plaintiff, Pays Tribute to the Delaware Superintendent Who Defied State Orders to Desegregate Classrooms

Joan E. Anderson
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65 — Anderson Neff Recalls a Peaceful First Day of School Integration: ‘The White Kids Were as Unsure as to How to Behave as I Was’

Carol Anderson Neff
Brown v. Board: The Untold Stories

Brown v. Board at 65: Virginia Tryon Smilack Remembers Her Father Fighting for Integration on the School Board — and Her 1952 Kindergarten Teacher Treating Her Differently as a Result

Virginia Tryon Smilack
National Charter Schools Week

Nina Rees: This National Charter Schools Week, It’s More Important Than Ever to Celebrate the Success of 3.2 Million Charter Kids

Nina Rees
4Fams

NYC Has a Gifted Education Crisis. Amid Calls to Expand and Diversify Testing, a More Shocking Stat: 78 Percent of Kids Who Qualify Are Denied Seats at Top Schools

Alina Adams
Opinion

Vargas & Guerrero: As Superintendents, We Know the Dangers of ‘Opportunity Gaps’ — and Why the Classroom Is Where Educational Equity Starts

Dr. Edward Lee Vargas & Guadalupe Guerrero
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