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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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New Hampshire’s Universal School Choice Expansion Is a Win for Students, Parents

Mullins: Strong policy changes lives, and the Granite State just changed thousands of them for the better. It's not just policy — it’s possibility.

Ashley DeMauro Mullins
Author: Ashley DeMauro Mullins
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School’s Out for Summer. Parents Need Support With Youth Mental Health

Bullock, Contreras and Curbelo: Parents are understandably frustrated by how challenging it is to find the right resources to support their kids.

Steve Bullock, January Contreras & Carlos Curbelo
Future of High School
Future of High School
Future of High School

Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

Student’s view: I used to sit in the back of class, trying my best to avoid eye contact with my teacher, but now I sit in the front row every day.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
Los Angeles

Horn: A Teachers Strike, a Call for Civility From Both Sides for the Sake of Our Children and the Country’s Political Future

Michael B. Horn
Los Angeles

Marquez: With Strike, L.A. Teachers Union Came Out Strong Fighting for Its Members. But Who’s Fighting for Our Kids?

Alma V. Marquez
Los Angeles

Bertelli: Los Angeles School District Board Retreats From Fiscal Challenge Again — and Teachers Union Boss May Be the Big Winner

Chris Bertelli
New Orleans

Dobard: How 3 Key Forces — Regulators, Innovators & Collaborators — Are Driving Stronger Outcomes for New Orleans Students

Patrick Dobard
Opinion

Shuls: Accountability Has Built a Regulatory Iron Curtain Around Schools That Shuts Out a Child’s Most Important Teachers: Parents

James V. Shuls
Opinion

Bradford: Are Democrats Really Soured on Education Reform? Or Is it Just a Battlefield for Deeper Policy Conflicts Within the Party?

Derrell Bradford
Los Angeles

Rush to Pass ‘Backroom’ Deal Banning New Charters Would Be Bad for L.A. Students, Transparency Calls Should Be for All Public Schools

Seth Litt, Katie Braude & Ben Austin
National School Choice Week

Lake: The Future of School Choice Isn’t About Schools at All — It’s About Empowering Students With a Wider Array of Flexible Learning Opportunities

Robin Lake
National School Choice Week

Lewis: How New Orleans’s Unique School System Is Working for Our Students, Families & Neighborhoods and Reclaiming the Future for Our City

Henderson Lewis Jr.
Florida

Hiner: Florida Supreme Court’s Ruling That 2 School Choice Programs Are Constitutional Eases a Huge Burden for Disadvantaged Students

Leslie Hiner
Union Report

Union Report: Why Both the L.A. Teachers Union and the District Needed the Strike to Happen

Mike Antonucci
Future of Work

Commentary: In Our Changing Economy, We Need New Flexible Education Systems to Usher In an Age of Agility for Tomorrow’s Workforce

Cheryl Oldham, Tim Taylor & Tom Vander Ark
Union Report

Union Report: Local Government Unions Grew Post-Janus — but News Wasn’t So Good for States or Feds in Just-Released Federal Stats

Mike Antonucci
National School Choice Week

Roland Martin: Want to End the ‘Death Match’ Debate Over School Choice? Accept That There Is More Than One Way to Educate Our Children

Roland S. Martin
Keeping it 100

Cultural Identity Is Crucial. How to Spot It in Your Child’s Classroom and What to Do About It If It’s Not There

Tanzi West Barbour
Opinion

Commentary: For MLK Day, a Case for Citizenship Education as a Key to Stopping the Contagion of Hate That’s Plaguing Our Country

Mehrdad Baghai
Union Report

Union Report: NEA and Its State Affiliates Are a $1.62 Billion Enterprise. Here’s a Breakdown of Their Membership and Finances

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Osborne: Public School Choice — Charters — Boosts Equal Educational Opportunity. Private School Choice — Vouchers — Destroys It. Which Do We Want?

David Osborne
National School Choice Week

Fuller: Call It ‘Ed Reform’ or Don’t — the Fight to Make Schools Work for Our Poorest Families Must Go On. To Stop Is to Dishonor King’s Memory

Dr. Howard Fuller
Keeping it 100

Barnes: Changing School Start Times Detracts From More Pressing Issues and Poses Serious Challenges for Some Families

Shawnta Barnes
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