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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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AI Tool Shows Teachers What They Do in the Classroom — and How to Do It Better

Educators' view: Teacher coaching app scans classroom video and maps who is speaking, for how long and whether discussion is respectful and on topic.

David Adams & Michael Middleton
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Federal Enforcement of Open Enrollment Law Is Good News for Students & Families

Enlow: By letting kids cross school boundaries to escape bullying and other threats to learning, Ed Dept. is empowering parents with freedom of choice

Robert Enlow
Author: Robert Enlow
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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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Robin Lake: On the 25th Anniversary of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a Look at Lessons Learned & New Imperatives Ahead

Robin Lake
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Ravi: My District of Long Beach, California, Doesn’t Deliver an Equitable Education to All Students. That’s Why I’m Opening a Charter HS

Anita Ravi
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Glass: Bringing Your Kids to the Polls, and 6 Other Ways Parents Can Help Democracy by Changing America’s Culture of Not Voting

Russell Glass
Keeping it 100

Matching First-Generation, Low-Income Students to the Right College Is Complicated: Here’s What Happened to Me

Kei-Sygh Thomas
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Martinez: As a Teacher, I Know Students Need Challenging Coursework to Thrive. Here’s What Happened When I Tried It in My Classroom

Joshua Martinez
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DeGrow: Resistance to DeVos Has Obscured the True Record of Michigan’s Strong Charter Schools

Ben DeGrow
Future of Work

Bailey: Income Share Agreements Are an Innovative Way of Financing Tuition — and an Investment in the Workplace of Tomorrow

John Bailey
Future of Work

Jewell: To Transform the Path to the 21st Century Workplace, Schools & Businesses Must Get Together and Teach the Skills Employers Need

Leah Jewell
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Bouygues: From Philly to Uganda to Australia, Teaching Critical Thinking Is the Best Defense Against Fake News & Misleading Information

Helen Lee Bouygues
New York City

Domanico: Racial Integration Isn’t the Answer to a Better Education for NYC’s Black & Latino Students

Ray Domanico
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Buffett & James: 4 Lessons About Social-Emotional Learning From the Winners of This Year’s Teacher Innovation Awards

Jennifer Buffett & Kelly James
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Lane Wright: If America’s Public Schools Are a Family, Charter Schools Are the Unwanted Adopted Child

Lane Wright
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Lim: Technology Can Break Down Barriers Between Schools and Families, No Matter What Languages They Speak

Heejae Lim
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Petrilli: From Report Cards to Parent-Teacher Conferences, Schools Must Do a Better Job of Telling Families How Their Kids Are Doing

Michael J. Petrilli
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Borrello & Hernandez: Making Family Engagement a Real Partnership for Boosting Student Achievement and Improving Schools

Vito Borrello & Reyna Hernandez
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Williams: I Lived — and Transcended — the Opportunity Myth. But for Students in National Study, It’s Much Harder

Conor P. Williams
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Fernandez: My Parents Weren’t Engaged With My School, and It Hurt Me as a Student. I’m Breaking That Cycle for My Kids & for Families Like Mine

Socorro Fernandez
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Keeling: 4 Ways That Students and Families Are Getting Lost in an Avalanche of Confusing Information From Their Schools

David Keeling
Massachusetts

Book Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Weld & State Sen. Birmingham on Lessons Learned From the Fight Over America’s Best Charter Schools

William Weld & Thomas Birmingham
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Boyd & Gilligan: Change Done ‘to’ — Not ‘With’ — Communities Doesn’t Last. You Need to Build a Movement Instead

Sandy Boyd & Michael Gilligan
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