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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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State Voucher Programs Signal Pitfalls for Trump’s New Education Tax Credits

Toch & DiMarco: Without significant guardrails, the expensive new federal initiative is likely to deliver a scant return on investment for students.

Thomas Toch & Bella DiMarco
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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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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
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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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Cortez: An Infrastructure of Parent Power — The Magnificent 7

Alex Cortez
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Zelinko: Social-Emotional Learning Is Key to Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges, but Many Students Miss Out. It Must Be Taught in Every Classroom

Peggi Zelinko
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Grillo & Marchitello: To Promote Teacher Diversity, Ed Schools Must Look Beyond GPA & SAT Scores. Here’s How Howard University Does It

Lisa Grillo & Max Marchitello
EDlection 2020

Williams: Kamala Harris’s $315B Teacher Pay Raise Has Merit, but Is It the Best Way to Improve Education for Poor Kids?

Conor P. Williams
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Chavous: 4 Ways States Can Help Online Schools Grow to Support Continued Student Success

Kevin P. Chavous
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Analysis: Are Los Angeles High School Students Ready for Tomorrow’s Job Market?

Cameron Sublett & David Griffith
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Smith: Awarding Education Dollars for Student Outcomes May Sound Good, but There’s a Better Type of Performance-Based Funding: School Choice

Aaron Garth Smith
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Lloyd: This Year, 1,722 High Schools Are Receiving College Success Awards. Meet 5 of the Winners Helping Their Low-Income Students Thrive

Carol Lloyd
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Rash: Hear Me Screaming, North Carolina — Fear of Gun Violence Has No Place in Our Schools, at Our Colleges and Universities

Mebane Rash
Keeping it 100

Watch: Students Empowered As They See Themselves and Their Lives Turned Into Art

The 74
New Jersey

Waters: A New Foundation in New Jersey Wants Newark Students to Have Great Schools. Period. District or Charter? It Doesn’t Matter

Laura Waters
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McLaughlin: Traditional 4-Year HS Doesn’t Work for Many Students. Making April Alternative Education Month Would Recognize These At-Risk Kids

John M. McLaughlin
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Margaret Fortune: How California’s Legislation Targeting Public Charter Schools Shows That Blue States Can Oppress Black People Too

Margaret Fortune
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Cortez: If You Believe in Parent Power, What Are Your Values?

Alex Cortez
Kansas

Boody: As a Former Teacher, I Have Big Questions About Education, Technology & Recent Summit Learning Article. You Should, Too

Katie Boody
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Whitmire: Responses to My Media Column Show We Do Have an Issue With Education Journalists and Charter Schools — a Sensitive One That Requires Reflection (and Lots of Data)

Richard Whitmire
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Fisher: Relationships Play an Essential Role in Our Lives and the Lives of Children. 5 Ways to Bring Them to Scale

Julia Freeland Fisher
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Lynch & Hollister: To Empower a Child for Success in School and in Life, Start With an Eye Exam and a Pair of Glasses

Meghan Lynch & Ann Hollister
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