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college and career

What’s the Right Goal for Student Achievement? Is 50% Proficiency Enough? 63%?

Wakelyn: Aim for 'difficult but attainable,' and match goals for K-12 and higher ed to the projected needs of the economy.

David Wakelyn
Author: David Wakelyn
commentary
Black teachers

‘Brown’ Devastated the Black Teaching Force. It’s Long Past Time to Fix That

Brownie & Morial: 70 years after landmark school desegregation ruling, all students must have the chance to learn from diverse, effective educators

Tequilla Brownie & Marc Morial
commentary
college and career

For Youth Job Training Programs to Work, Employers Must Have Skin in the Game

Sloane: First-of-its-kind workforce program is using $7.6 million in grants to increase employer investment and commitment in talent development.

Peter Sloane
Author: Peter Sloane
Opinion
Colorado

High-Poverty Schools in Colorado, Massachusetts Defying the Odds for Students

Saslow & Barone: New report highlights strategies to boost achievement: 'obsession' with data, tiered supports, teacher development, family engagement

Rianna Saslow & Charles Barone

Austin Finally Bans Windowless Rooms For College Students

Juan Miró

How Community Colleges Kept Students Engaged During and After the Pandemic

Xueli Wang

New Initiative Is Creating Evidence-Based Guidelines for Educators

Douglas Carnine

Will AI Be Your Next Principal? Probably Not. But It’s Here to Stay

Gene Pinkard

5 Thoughts for New Grads Who Want to Balance Meaningful Work With Making Money

Christopher Wong Michaelson & Jennifer Tosti-Kharas

Supe’s View: Keeping Educators Happy, Successful — and Around for a Long Time

Monique Darrisaw-Akil

New Survey Shows Teachers Want Change. Their Contracts Could Help Make It Happen

Evan Stone

Promising Mississippi Pilot Program Offers a New Pathway to the Classroom

Kim Oliver

Financial Literacy Is Great. Mandating It With a Ballot Initiative Is Not

Morgan Polikoff

Segregation Forever? What Supreme Court Failed to Do in ‘Brown v. Board’ Ruling

Tim DeRoche

Meet 7 Changemakers Who Are Raising Their Voices for Public Education

Debbie Veney

Superintendent’s View: Designing a Learner-Centered Ecosystem in Kansas City

M. Jeremy Tucker

NYC-Based Mentoring Program Gives First-Gen Students a Boost at 75 Colleges

Michael Coughlin

How Rhode Island Is Tapping Career & Technical Ed to Help Every Student Succeed

Angélica Infante-Green

Can School Choice Improve Civil Society? New Study Shows It Can

Denisha Allen

5 Questions Schools Should Ask Before Purchasing AI Tech Products

George Veletsianos

Education Reform as Social Justice: The Legacy of Washington’s Ramona Edelin

Linda Moore

This Earth Day, Make Sure Every Child Learns Key Lessons About the Environment

Lilly Howard

D.C. Needs More Than Phonics to Lift its Students’ Reading Scores

Natalie Wexler & Allister Chang

Denying Education to Immigrant Children is Morally Wrong — and Practically Dumb

Conor P. Williams & Alejandra Vázquez Baur
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