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Schools Must Know If Their Learning-Loss Programs Work — Before ESSER Funds End

Anu Malipatil
Opinion

Helping Schools and Districts Address Mental Health Crisis among their Students

Anne Brown
Opinion

Peer-to-Peer Counseling Can Help Schools Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Alison Malmon
Opinion

‘Achievement Gap’ vs. ‘Education Debt’: Why the Language of Testing Matters

Jennifer Randall
Opinion

Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Schools Must Do to Help

Simone Marean & Takai Tyler
Opinion

What it Takes to Become a Spelling Bee Champ

Pawan Dhingra
Opinion

Superintendent’s View: Being a Mentor for the Leaders of Today — and Tomorrow

Alena Zachery-Ross
commentary

AI Will Not Transform K-12 Education Without Changes to 'the Grammar of School'

Joel Rose
Opinion

School Districts Often Oppose Open Enrollment. Why That’s a Mistake

Jude Schwalbach
Teacher Appreciation Month

Better Pay, Better Materials, Training, Respect — What Survey Says Teachers Want

Sydney Morris
Opinion

Teachers Want to Innovate. Schools that Don’t Let Them Are Losing Out

Chelsea Waite
Opinion

To Bolster Civics Knowledge & Reading Skills, Why Not Do Both at the Same Time?

Ross Wiener
Opinion

Black Community College Enrollment is Plummeting. How to Get Those Students Back

Karen A. Stout & Francesca I. Carpenter
opinion

Case Study: Delivering K-16 Outcomes with K-12 Dollars

Kevin Teasley
Opinion

With New Grants, 5 States Could Lead the Way to Widespread, Effective Tutoring

Kevin Huffman
Opinion

How CT FAFSA Challenge Closes Opportunity Gaps and Promotes Access to Higher Ed

Charlene M. Russell-Tucker & Emily Pallin
4Fams

NYC’s New Gifted & Talented Admissions Brings Chaos — and Disregards Research

Alina Adams
Opinion

Bullying, Teen Mental Health, Suicide: How School Choice Could Save Lives

John Kristof
Teacher Appreciation Week

It’s Time to Make Working In Schools One of the Most Desirable Career Paths

Katy Knight
Opinion

This Teacher Appreciation Week, Celebrating Charter School Educators

Nina Rees
Opinion

Inclusion, Equality and Honors Classes in Name Only

Scott Peters
Opinion

1 in 5 Indiana 3rd-Graders Struggles to Read. How the State Is Going to Fix That

Bob Behning
commentary

Educators Must Take a Stand Against Racism & Teach Black History All Year Round

Taryn Fletcher
commentary

How Information, Navigation and Options Can Transform Education Beyond K-12

Alex Cortez
Opinion

‘This Changes Everything’: AI Is About to Upend Teaching and Learning

Robin Lake
opinion

Educating Kids in Foster Care: Lessons Learned from a Unique School in the Bronx

Jessica Nauiokas & Melanie Hartzog
Opinion

Is Wikipedia a Good Source? 2 College Librarians Explain the Online Encyclopedia

Bridget Retzloff & Katy Kelly
commentary

Lessons from a 9-Month Design Sprint in How to Link K-12, College & Work

Sara Allan & Ryan Reyna
Opinion

Case Studies: 6 Principles for Using Student-Powered Improvement in Your School

Kari Nelsestuen
commentary

Education is One Area Where ‘Domestic Realists’ Agree. Let’s Build on That

Bruno V. Manno
Opinion

Innovations That Reinvent the Role of Teacher — and Boost Job Satisfaction

Tequilla Brownie & Jamie Candee
commentary

Defeating a Shooter at a School Should Be the Very Last Line of Defense

Andrew J. Rotherham & Drew Pache
commentary

What if 2 Types of Education Reform — Charter Schools and ESAs — Merged?

Shaka Mitchell
Opinion

Don’t Overlook Families when Implementing SEL Strategies in School

Polly Stansell
commentary

Virtual Reality & Other New Technologies Pose Risks for Kids. It’s Time to Act

Andrew Buher & Hal Friedlander
4Fams

My Humbling Education in What Families Really Want from their Kids’ Schools

Alina Adams
book bans

Story of 1939 VA Library Sit-in Reinforces Today’s Fight for Access to Books

Lisa Guernsey & Jazmyne Owens
commentary

Educator’s View: What Good is Technology if Teachers Aren’t Trained to Use It?

D'Andre J. Weaver
Opinion

Educators’ View: What Teachers Need to Succeed and Stay in the Classroom

Nell McAnelly & Maria Neira
commentary

Educator’s View: 5 Strategies for Incorporating Joy in the Classroom

Cricket Heinze
commentary

Excellence and Empowerment: A Philanthropic Approach to Education Reform

Erica Haines
commentary

Broken Kid, Bad Kid: Schools & Foster System Must Do More for Students in Need

Chantal Hinds & Michael Zink
commentary

3 Steps School Districts Can Take to Address the Student Mental Health Crisis

Laura Smith
4Fams

NYC Mayor’s Comments on Charter Cap a No-Confidence Vote in District Schools

Alina Adams
commentary

Ye, Kyrie Irving Show Why Schools Need to Teach Black History of the Holocaust

Jessica Trisko Darden
learning loss

Relationships, Recognition, Shared Vision: Principals Can Ease Teacher Stress

Alyssa Gallagher & Tara O’Brien
National School Choice Week

School Choice Works in Rural America — Just Take a Look at Florida

Ron Matus
Opinion

Focusing on the Right Fit Makes the College Search Easier — and More Fun

Adam Weinberg
Opinion

NYC Could Find Out if ‘Gifted & Talented’ Is Good for All Kids. But Will It?

Alina Adams
Opinion

Why 2023 Might Be the Year for Universal School Choice in Indiana

Andrea Neal
Opinion

‘DARPA for Education’ Is a Good Start. Now, Congress Must Do More

Dan Correa
ChatGPT

From COVID Recovery to AI Chatbots, Moving Quickly to Reinvent Education in 2023

Robin Lake
Opinion

School Board Openings Are an Opportunity for Equity

Justin McCorkle
Opinion

Why Other States Should Be Studying ‘Blueprint for Maryland’s Future’

Kalman R. Hettleman
Best of 2022

Big Ideas About America’s Schools: The Year's Most Memorable Education Essays

Bev Weintraub
Cybersecurity

Three Ways Schools Can Fend Off Ransomware Attacks

Barb Dawson & Rocco Grillo
child poverty

Will Congress Care Enough to Restore the Expanded Child Tax Credit?

Keri Rodrigues
opinion

Call to Action: Union, Management Must Blow Up Providence’s Broken School System

Steven F. Smith & Susan F. Lusi
Opinion

Principal’s View: To Fix Learning Losses, Expand Loan Forgiveness for Educators

Albert Sackey
testing

Should Kids Be Allowed to Retake Tests? A Parent’s — and a Teacher’s — View

Alina Adams
Opinion

Fixing Teacher Shortage Means Confronting Bias & Racism. Philanthropy Can Help

Gislaine Ngounou
Opinion

5 State-Level Changes that Teachers Should Advocate for

Jon Alfuth
Opinion

Review: Why You Should Buy into the ‘Sold a Story’ Podcast

Nat Malkus
Opinion

Exclusive: L.A. Schools Chief Alberto Carvalho — Our Kids Did Well on the Nation’s Report Card. Why Is That Hard to Believe?

Alberto M. Carvalho
Opinion

Quiet, Consistency, Deep Breaths, Nature: Ways to Create Calming Classrooms

Lo Patrick
Opinion

How ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ Is Spurring Innovation in Springfield Schools

Paul Foster
Opinion

A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health

Dr. Danielle Budash Newkam
Opinion

Teaching Phonics Alone Won’t Solve the Nation’s Reading Crisis

Matt Bardin
Opinion

$10 Million For 31 Groups Working to Make Tutoring More Available & Affordable

Kevin Huffman
Opinion

Science of Reading Gives Kids the Best Chance to Close the Literacy Gap

John B. King & Jacquelyn Davis
charter schools

Charter Schools at 30: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Chester E. Finn, Jr. & Bruno V. Manno
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