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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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Why Students and Families Don’t Use Their School Choice Scholarships

Matus and Cherry: About 41,000 students received Florida’s choice scholarships but didn’t use them last year. Availability and affordability were key.

Ron Matus & Dava Cherry
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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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Boser & Frank — Forgetting Can Be an Important Part of Learning: How ‘Summer Slide,’ and the Process of Relearning, Can Actually Help Students Master a Subject

Ulrich Boser & Chris Frank
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Cunningham: How New York Times Op-Ed Got It Wrong on School Choice and Segregation

Peter Cunningham
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Commentary: A Mom Wonders — I Never Enjoyed Math, but My Kids Love It. When Did Doing Math Become Fun?

Tally Bernard
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Sahm: New NYC Computer HS Pairs Charter School Flexibility With Career & Technical Education. Charter Leaders Should Take Notice

Charles Sahm
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A Mom’s Plea: My Charter School Child Deserves Access to Special Education Services. New York City Is Standing in His Way

Johanna Castillo
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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’

The 74
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A Mother’s Crusade: My Special-Needs Daughter Is Thriving in a School Committed to Inclusion. I’m Fighting So More Kids Have That Chance

Karla Phillips
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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
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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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