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40 Years After ‘A Nation at Risk,’ Using Schools as Local Laboratories

Bettinger: Smaller classes, increased teaching time & other innovations work — but scaling local experiments has been difficult.

Eric Bettinger
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Building Bridges Across State Lines Is Set to Transform Education in Connecticut

Commentary: New coalition between groups in Indianapolis, Connecticut aims to accelerate the growth of high-quality charter schools across the state.

Brandon Brown & Lucas Pimentel
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The Rise Of Education Entrepreneurs In Minnesota

These innovative schools in and around the Twin Cities demonstrate the variety and breadth of emerging learning models I am seeing across the U.S.

Kerry McDonald
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When Was the Golden Age of American K-12 Education? And How Can We Tell?

Petrilli: A look at NAEP scores — and the students who took those tests — provides insights into what works in the classroom and where to go from here

Michael J. Petrilli
Author: Michael J. Petrilli
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Is Public Education Actually Public? And How Important Is It for Democracy?

Aldeman: Not really, and the link is tenuous at best. Evidence suggests the best path forward is to simply support good schools, regardless of sector.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman

When Public Schools Keep Certain Students Out — or Make Them Pay to Attend

Jude Schwalbach

How Well Do Schools, Families Communicate? Study Sees Parent-District Disconnect

Jon Deane

What the End of ‘College for All’ Means for the Future of America’s High Schools

Chelsea Waite

Gaps Widening Between Indiana’s Highest- and Lowest-Performing Students

Chad Aldeman

Rural Students’ Access to Wi-Fi is in Jeopardy as Pandemic-Era Resources Recede

Gabriel E. Hales & Keith N. Hampton

40 Years After ‘A Nation At Risk,’ Fixing Our Classrooms Through School Funding

Eric Hanushek

Study: Lengthy School Closures Were Especially Hard on High-Achieving Students

Brandon L. Wright

4 Things Districts Should Do Right Now — Before the Fiscal Cliff

Chad Aldeman

There’s Already a Solution to the STEM Crisis: It’s in High Schools

Michele Cahill, Anne Mackinnon & Talia Milgrom-Elcott

Reimagining College — Big Ideas for the Future of Higher Education

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

189 Innovative School Leaders: Teacher Staffing, AI, Mental Health Top Ed Issues

Chelsea Waite

Improving America’s Schools: Why It’s Long Past Time to Rethink Curriculum

Robert Pondiscio

Game-Changing Automatic Enrollment Policies Win Our March Math-ness Bracket

Jim Cowen

5 Lessons From Civics in How to Achieve Agreement Across the Political Divide

Lorén Cox & Karen Nussle

Leadership Is Key, Autonomy Matters: Lessons in Why Tutoring Programs Work

Liz Cohen

Free School Meals May Reduce Child Obesity, Easing Financial, Logistical Strain

Anna Localio & Jessica Jones-Smith

If March Madness Women’s Tourney Colleges Won for Boosting Students’ Social Mobility, UC-Irvine Would Be Champion

Jorge Klor de Alva

Is College Really Worth It? What Andreseen & Horowitz Get Right (and Wrong)

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Another Year of School Staffing Gains in 9,500 Districts as Fiscal Cliff Looms

Chad Aldeman

Schools' New Normal Post-COVID Must Emphasize Attendance, Tutoring, Summer Class

Lindsay Dworkin
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