States across the country are working to develop their new school accountability systems as required by the new federal education law, the Every Student Su
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For This #NationalBookLoversDay, Let’s Make America Read Again
I recently read an article about a librarian who stood outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland passing out free library books. His mission?
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In the debate about charter school discipline, the voices of people who work in charter schools deserve more attention. Many charter leaders have improved
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As a brand new teacher, I thought I had the tools I needed to teach any students, any place I found a job. But it only took a month for me in my first lice
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Each year, the best part of my job is shaking the hands of our almost 8,000 high school graduates. I get to meet amazing students and their families who ar
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While much of the education conversation focuses on getting kids college ready, the New America Foundation’s Kevin Carey takes a hard look at what it is we
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I woke up, dead. It was tough to make out that it was me, but it was. My body was twisted and mangled. There was blood everywhere. My blue Tottenham Spurs
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Ever since I can remember, each summer has had a theme, an idea that connects events and experience. Sometimes it’s as simple as “the summer of naps” or “t
Read MoreWe Can’t Keep Ignoring the Suburbs and the Black People That Live in Them
L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy first came to my attention at this spring’s Education Writers Association (EWA) national conference in Boston, where he served as a p
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