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Hired Today, Fired in ‘22: Are Relief Funds Setting Schools Up for Fiscal Cliff?

The political impact is increasingly seen in state and local elections, where many school board members have faced a historic spate of recall attempts

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Making School Choice Available to All Families

The political impact is increasingly seen in state and local elections, where many school board members have faced a historic spate of recall attempts

Christian Barnard

Back to School — After 18 Months of COVID: Before Kids Can Learn They Must Heal

The political impact is increasingly seen in state and local elections, where many school board members have faced a historic spate of recall attempts

Author: Conor Williams

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Commentary: Instead of Calling for a Charter Pause, Los Angeles Needs to Leave Labels Behind and Put Students First

Ana Ponce & John Ildefonso

A Mom’s View: College Bribery Scandal Shows the Parent’s Dilemma — When to Step In & When to Let Kids Succeed, or Fail, on Their Own

A Parkland Teacher Speaks Out: After the Shooting, the District Did Not Help Us Deal With the Trauma. With 2 New Suicides, We’re Still Suffering the Consequences

Kimberly Krawczyk

A Board Member Speaks Out: Why California’s Assembly Is Wrong to Even Consider Banning Teach for America Instructors From the Schools That Might Need Them Most

Alma-Delia Renteria

Shaw & Erquiaga: Charlotte Is Investing in Social Capital to Help Students Move Up the Economic Ladder. Other Cities Should Follow Suit

Molly Shaw & Dale Erquiaga

Antonucci: As Strike Fever Sweeps California, Something New in Sacramento: Teachers Union Has a Contract But May Walk Out Anyway

Let’s Not Forget Native American Students When Speaking Up for Underserved Students of Color

Williams: On Testing, Meritocracy and Educational Equity: How Exams Forced Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s School to See Beyond Stereotypes

Regenstein: Early Learning Is the Best Way to Close the Achievement Gap. 5 Reasons Districts Prefer to Play Catch-Up Instead

Elliot Regenstein

Jochim & Lavery: Can Teachers Bridge the Divide Between Unions and Charter Schools? Strikes in Chicago and L.A. Are Test Cases

Ashley Jochim & Lesley Lavery

Miller: Texas’s Bold Plan Linking Funding to Academic Outcomes Should Yield Big Gains for Students, Especially Those at Risk

Union Report: Job Cuts, a Strike Threat and a Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit — Union Updates From California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon and D.C.

Why They Leave: New Book Explores the Reasons Teachers Give for Quitting the Profession. (Hint: It’s Not Students)

A Black, Queer Female Mentor Fights for Funding and Respect So She Can Keep Helping Marginalized Students

Jonathan Higgins

Analysis: A Proposed Parcel Tax in Los Angeles May Give to the City’s Teachers With One Hand — While Taking From Them With the Other

Arnett: 3 Things Ed Tech Can’t Do That Illustrate Why Teachers Matter More Than Ever

Whitmire: Elite Colleges Empower First-Generation Students to Succeed Just By Letting Them Enroll. They Must Admit More of Them

Richard Whitmire

Analysis: How Engaging At-Risk Parents With Early Home Visits Can Teach Them to Work With Their Schools for Their Kids’ Success

Libby Doggett & Constance Gully

Ajmera: America’s Schools Are Starved for Funds, and Teachers Are Paying the Price. Recent Strikes Are Only a Symptom of This Disease

Petrilli & Ragland: At a Tough Time for Education Reform, Colorado Defeat of Charter School-Defunding Bill Offers a Ray of Hope

Michael J. Petrilli & Luke Ragland

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