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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
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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
National School Choice Week

Campanella: For National School Choice Week, Celebrating Teachers Who Have Founded Their Own Schools With Passion, Creativity, and Love

Andrew Campanella
Opinion

Reinventing America’s P-16 Continuum: As Technology Surges, We Need to Reconfigure the Traditional High School-College-Career Pipeline

Robin Lake, Georgia Heyward & Tom Coyne
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Bradford: Teachers Are Hugely Important. But I’m Not Only Against the Strikes in L.A. and Other Places, I’m Hostile to Them. Here’s Why

Derrell Bradford
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Eddy & Joseph: There Are Many Roads to a Good Career. Parents Must Keep an Open Mind to Help Their Kids Find the Right Path

Jean Eddy & Jackney Prioly Joseph
Washington D.C.

Gill & Murtagh: Trust, Autonomy, Achievement Gap — 3 Areas Where Ferebee’s Work in Indianapolis Could Help Him Succeed as D.C. Chancellor

Sean Gill & Shannon Murtagh
Washington D.C.

Williams: As Washington, D.C., Considers Ramping Up Dual Language Programs, How the Nation’s Capital Can Use Multilingual Instruction as a Tool to Advance Equity

Conor P. Williams
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Skandera: From 240 Winning Proposals From Around the Country, 4 Key Themes Emerge for Building a Pathway 2 Tomorrow

Hanna Skandera
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Hockley: As a Sandy Hook Promise Parent, I Know That Prevention — Not More Guns — Is the Solution to Our Epidemic of School Shootings

Nicole Hockley
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Book Excerpt: ‘The Make-or-Break Year’ Chronicles How a Simple Research Finding About High School Freshmen Altered the Trajectory of Thousands of Chicago Students

Emily Krone Phillips
Opinion

Williams: ‘The Make-or-Break Year’ About the Transformation in Chicago’s Dropout Rate Argues for Education Reform Done From the Ground Up

Conor P. Williams
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Gizowski: Adopting a New Curriculum? Here’s What Districts — and Teachers — Can Do to Make It Work for Their Students

Dianne Gizowski
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The Shortchanging of Public Charter School Students: Why Do They Get So Much Less Per Pupil Than Students at Traditional Schools?

Patrick J. Wolf, Corey A. DeAngelis, Larry D. Maloney & Jay F. May
Union Report

Union Report: Are Teachers Quitting at Record Rate? Actually, They Leave Their Jobs at Lower Rates Than Almost Everyone Else

Mike Antonucci
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Lake & Pillow: Our Schools Can’t Just Serve the ‘Round Peg’ Students. Here’s How We Can Design an Education System for the Tails, Not the Mean

Robin Lake & Travis Pillow
Washington D.C.

Magee: New Chancellor Lewis Ferebee Is the Transformational Leader the D.C. Public Schools Need

Mike Magee
Opinion

Rees: For the New Year, States and Districts Should Give Public Charter Schools the Facilities & Funding They Need and Deserve

Nina Rees
Opinion

Petrilli: For the New Year, Districts Should Make a Fresh Start on School Discipline Reform

Michael J. Petrilli
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A Parents’ Guide to Finding and Understanding Useful Education Data: 6 Ways to Get More out of Those Confusing School Performance Numbers

Conor P. Williams
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Johnson: Closing School for a Day of Professional Development Isn’t Good for Teachers — or Parents

Sarah Johnson
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Analysis: Average In-State Colleges Now Cost $20,000 a Year. 10 Ways Families Can Plan Ahead to Reduce Those Expenses and Make College More Affordable

Miron Lulic
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