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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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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
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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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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

Christine Thompson
4Fams

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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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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