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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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Instead of Banning Cellphones in School, Our Connecticut District Embraced Them

Educators' view: It’s not the device that matters, but access to high-quality digital content. Our students now use phones as learning tools.

Mark D. Benigni & Barbara A. Haeffner
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Artificial Intelligence

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

Sandy Boyd & Michael Gilligan
Union Report

Union Report: Maryland Teacher Union Numbers Show Drop In Membership, Market Share Since Supreme Court’s Janus Ruling

Mike Antonucci
Keeping it 100

Brown: Want to Close the Opportunity Gap? Start by Fixing the Diversity Gap Between Students of Color and Their Majority-White Teachers

Brandon Brown
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Commentary: With 8 Clear Goals and a Public Progress Meter, Arizona Is Improving Education for All the State’s Students

Christine Thompson
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Commentary: My Online School Just Got an ‘F’ on Our State Report Card. Why I’m Proud of My School and What We Do for Our Students

Melissa Brown
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Bradford & Brown: To Imagine the Future, You Need to Discuss What It Could Be. We Must Empower New Voices in Education to Have These Critical Conversations

Derrell Bradford & Brennan Brown
Building Integrated Classrooms

From Troubled School to Turnaround to Texas ‘Teaching Lab’

Emily Langhorne
Building Integrated Classrooms

What Other Cities & School Districts Can Learn From San Antonio’s Classroom Innovations

Robin Lake
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Martin: The U.S. Desperately Needs to Modernize and Elevate the Teaching Profession. Here Are Some Ways to Advance the Workforce for the Next Generation

Carmel Martin
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Mesecar & Soifer — Appreciating the ‘Military Student Identifier’: How America’s New Education Law Will Help Schools Serve the Students Whose Parents Serve the Country

Doug Mesecar & Don Soifer
Union Report

Antonucci: When Is a Teacher Strike Legal, and What Happens If Los Angeles’s Teachers Union Walks Out This Week?

Mike Antonucci
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Glynn: FAFSA Opens Oct. 1. Three Things for Students and Families to Remember When Applying for Financial Aid

Amy Glynn
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Rotherham: Inside a Very Special Summer Camp for Young Burn Survivors — Where Every Kid Gets to Be a Kid for at Least One Week a Year

Andrew J. Rotherham
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Nunes: The Pros and Cons of Homeschooling a Child With Special Needs — and Some Resources That Can Help

Jackie Nunes
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Analysis: Cory Booker Could Have Run Away From School Reform. Instead, He’s Doubling Down on Newark’s Education Revival. That’s a Smart Move

Laura Waters
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Cohen: More States Are Offering Multiple Paths to Graduation. Which One Students Take Can Have Devastating Consequences for Their Future

Michael Cohen
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Aldeman: Teachers Need to Build a Nest Egg. Schools Need Teachers to Stay on the Job. Changing Rules on Vesting in Pensions Can Help Both

Chad Aldeman
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Commentary: Video Classes, Interactive Tutoring, Blended Learning — An Innovative Program Brings AP Courses to Students in Rural Mississippi

Jeff Clay, Todd English, James Henderson, Evelyn Jossell, Tony McGee, Brock Puckett & Val Towner
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Commentary: L.A.’s Teachers Union May Soon Go Out on Strike. They Should Think About the Children and Not Make Them Collateral Damage

Katie Braude
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One Mom’s Fear: Is My Child Already Behind on Day One of School? Probably Not, but It’s the First Thing to Talk About With His Teacher on Back-to-School Night

Kai-Leé Berke
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