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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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Richmond: Why School Districts Are Walking Away From Authorizing New Charter Schools — and Why That’s Both a Bad and a Good Thing

Greg Richmond
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Parkland Suspect Sought Special Ed Help but Was Derailed by Tug-of-War With School. To Parents of Special Needs Kids, It’s a Familiar Story

Beth Hawkins
Janus v. AFSCME

Rotherham: What Will Teachers Unions Look Like After the Supreme Court’s Janus Decision? Expect Them to Be Smaller but More Political & Hard-Core

Andrew J. Rotherham
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Spiro — Principals Need Coaches Too: What a New Study of 6 Large School Districts Reveals About the Shifting Role, and Value, of ‘Principal Supervisors’

Jody Spiro
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Teacher’s Perspective: How My School’s Chinese Immersion Program Is Paving a Pathway to Global Citizenship for Inner-City Students

Yingling Hsu
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Commentary: Report on Common Core Gives This English Teacher Hope for Student Success in Reading and Writing

Kari Patrick
Opinion

Robin Lake: What Do the Lessons From 2 Innovative Learning Environments Imply for System Change in Education?

Robin Lake
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Commentary: New Searchable Guide to Ed Tech Tools Can Bridge Relationship Gaps and Help Schools Support Students

Julia Freeland Fisher
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Robin Lake: What Does It Mean to Design a System of Learning? At Workspace Education, It’s Creating Radically Individualized Pathways for Kids

Robin Lake
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Commentary: By Ending Advanced Placement Courses, 8 Elite Private Schools Set a Dangerous Precedent That Could Hurt Disadvantaged Kids

Sarah Shapiro
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Commentary: 6 Simple Ways to Use Storytelling as a Teaching Tool for Your Children

Jim Weiss
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Review: In Arne Duncan’s New Memoir, Reflections on Putting Kids First, the State of Our Union, and the Lies We Tell About Our Schools

Conor P. Williams
Personalized Learning

Robin Lake: NYC Autism Charter School Solves for Complex Learners With Intense Dedication & Commitment — Personalized Learning at Its Best

Robin Lake
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Commentary: Great Schools Like LeBron James’s New I Promise School — District or Charter — Are What America’s Kids Need

Neil Campbell
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Commentary: Trauma From Adverse Childhood Experiences Is Harming Students Nationwide. Educators and Parents Must Step Up to Help

Andrew Post
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Fallon: Remembering Doug Kubach — Mentor, Adviser, Champion of Talent & Technology

John Fallon
Denver

Magee: How Tom Boasberg Reimagined Schools — and His Denver District — and Laid the Foundation for More Progress to Come

Mike Magee
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LiBetti: Teacher Residencies Can Help School Districts Flex Their Market Muscle and Get the Educators They Need

Ashley LiBetti
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Brown: When It Comes to Charter Schools, You Can’t Legislate Excellence. Education Leaders Must Look Beyond the Law

Brandon Brown
Denver

Elevating Expectations in the Mile High City: How Tom Boasberg Reshaped Denver’s Schools

Van Schoales
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