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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Legg: With Nearly Half of Florida Students Now Exercising School Choice, Distinctions Between ‘Private’ and ‘Public’ Matter Less Than Customization

Bradford: Integration Is the New Poverty — at Least When It Comes to Crafting Excuses for America’s Underperforming Schools

Derrell Bradford

Reville: 9 Places Where Communities & Families Are Working Together in a New Social Compact for Student Success

Perspective: After Spade & Bourdain, America Grapples With Surge in Suicides. But Students With Depression Won’t Seek Help; It’s Up to Us to Reach Out

André-Tascha Lammé

Whitmire: As Success Academy Graduates Its First Class of 16 College-Bound Seniors, Don’t Bet Against It Someday Being Thousands

Richard Whitmire

Commentary: Minnesota’s New, Common-Sense Approach to School Discipline Policy Should Be a Model for Other States

Lauren Morando Rhim

Commentary: I’m an Ignored Student at an Ignored School in Bridgeport, Connecticut — but I’m Reclaiming My Voice

Union Report: NEA Members Want More Say in How Union Decides Presidential Endorsements. But Leaders Are Refusing to Loosen Their Grip

Aragon: New Mexico Is First State to Approve School Turnaround Plans Under the Every Student Succeeds Act. But Will Adult Politics Now Keep the Kids Waiting?

Commentary: Open Resources Are a Huge Help for Students, but Cost, Quality & Access Can Be a Challenge. The Feds Can Help

Hernandez: When Challenges Are Too Big for Any One Educator, All Teachers Need to Row Together

Magee: As Paymon Rouhanifard Prepares to Leave Camden, Some Lessons in Equity and Innovation From the Turnaround He Led

Desmond: 9 Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Graduate From High School and Achieve Their Higher Education Goals

Charlie Desmond

Commentary: What to Consider When Choosing a College If Your Child Learns Differently

Commentary: 10 Lessons From Indianapolis in Reforming Education in Our Nation’s Cities

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