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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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The True Impact of School Meal Funding Cuts: More Hunger, Less Learning

Wilson: Reductions that Congress and the White House are considering would make it harder for students to learn and thrive.

Katie Wilson
Author: Katie Wilson
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Millions of Kids Learn Through Public Media. Why Take That Away?

Pasnik: Research shows children learn key reading and math skills from watching PBSKids programming. The Trump administration wants to cut funding.

Shelley Pasnik
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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
Janus v. AFSCME

Chris Cerf: When Support Is No Longer Mandated, It Must Be Earned. How Will the Unions Rise to That Challenge Under Janus?

Chris Cerf
Janus v. AFSCME

Commentary: This Is a Tough Time for Teachers. What One Educator Thinks Unions Must Do to Survive Under Janus

Nicole Manning
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Commentary: Leader of the PIE Network Passes the Baton, Setting the Stage for a New Chapter in Collaborative Education Policy Innovation

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach
Janus v. AFSCME

Weisberg: By Forcing Unions to Confront Some Deep-Seated Problems, Janus Loss Could Prove a Win for Them and Their Members

Daniel Weisberg
Janus v. AFSCME

Walsh: The ‘Veil of Destitution,’ Increased Activism, and Proving Their Relevance — Union Strategies for Retaining Members Post-Janus

Kate Walsh
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Williams: We Are Rightfully Moved by the Suffering of Immigrant Children Taken From Their Parents, but It Shouldn’t End There

Conor P. Williams
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Rotherham: 3 Things to Consider About Trump’s Risky, but Not Necessarily Bad, Idea to Merge the Education & Labor Departments

Andrew J. Rotherham
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Barone: Trump’s Bid to Merge Education & Labor Depts Is a Bad, Old Idea With Little Chance of Happening. But It’s the Perfect Shiny Thing to Distract the Media

Charles Barone
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Williams: As Immigration Issues Roil the Nation, One Georgia Community and School Welcomes Refugees

Conor P. Williams
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A Parent’s Perspective: Excuse Me, What Did You Call My Child? When the ‘Belief Gap’ Cuts a Little Too Close to Home

Chris Stewart
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Boyd: Newly Formed Seek Common Ground Is a Backbone for Local Advocates Working to Positively Change Public Education

Sandy Boyd
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Hiler — No College Left Behind: 5 Lessons From the Pitfalls of NCLB to Keep in Mind As We Reform Higher Education

Tamara Hiler
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Commentary: To Improve Education in Our Technological World, Put Teachers in Charge of ‘Doing Different’ and Empower Them to Innovate

Ted Kolderie
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Public Schools For a New Generation: 5 Reasons Why Millennials Will Bend the Arc of American Education

Romy Drucker
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New Jersey Teeters on the Brink of Shutdown as Top Democratic Leaders Engage in a Barnyard Brawl Over Education

Laura Waters
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Rees: 4 Ways America’s Charter Schools Must ‘Dream Big and Act Big’ to Keep Making Progress for All Students

Nina Rees
Union Report

Antonucci: In California, Mixed Signals From One Teachers Union Stalls a Ballot Initiative to Gut Prop 13 & Boost Education Funding, Punting Fight to 2020

Mike Antonucci
Student Voice

Student’s Perspective: How High School Speech and Debate Empowered One Immigrant to Embrace Her Voice & Regain Her Identity

Oluseyi Olaose
Student Voice

Student’s Perspective: Getting Around New Orleans Is Dangerous for Me & My Fellow Students With Disabilities. We Need Public Officials to Make Our Transportation System Safe

Jewel Dauphin
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Rotherham: What the Washington Capitals Just Taught a Whole Generation of Young Hockey Fans About Embracing Your Emotions — and Living in the Moment

Andrew J. Rotherham
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