5 Tips From States Leading the Way on Learning Recovery

5 Tips From States Leading the Way on Learning Recovery

With students back in classrooms and the true measure of missed learning during the pandemic becoming apparent, we at Zearn are often asked for “the one th

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We Send Our Kids to School Knowing There's a Chance They'll Be Murdered in Their Classrooms

We Send Our Kids to School Knowing There’s a Chance They’ll Be Murdered in Their Classrooms

I was lying on the floor in the hallway scrolling through my phone waiting for my youngest child to fall asleep when I saw that there had been another scho

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You Shouldn't Have to Be an Educator To Critique Education

You Shouldn’t Have to Be an Educator To Critique Education

If I had a nickel for every time a school official uttered the phrase “unprecedented times” in the past year and a half, our schools wouldn’t need the Amer

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Why the Oxford Shooter’s Plea for Help Went Unanswered

Why the Oxford Shooter’s Plea for Help Went Unanswered

As more information on the events leading up to the Oxford school shooting came to light, journalists and the prosecutor in the case began publicly questio

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Want to Stop the Spread? Close Bars and Let Kindergartners Eat Inside

Want to Stop the Spread? Close Bars and Let Kindergartners Eat Inside

As we enter the second winter of COVID, we know that cases will rise as people spend more time indoors and gather for the holidays. Even with extremely eff

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POLL: L.A. Families Want Equity and Accountability From Next Superintendent

POLL: L.A. Families Want Equity and Accountability From Next Superintendent

Sometime this winter, a new superintendent will take the helm of the Los Angeles Unified School District. According to a new poll commissioned by Great Pub

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The Gifted and Talented Debates Aren't About Rigor They're About Access

The Gifted and Talented Debates Aren’t About Rigor They’re About Access

An interesting, complicated, and rather polarizing trend is going around in American education, and it has to do with special admission schools and the des

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When Charters Grow From Communities, They Can and Do Increase Equity

When Charters Grow From Communities, They Can and Do Increase Equity

BES (Build, Excel, Sustain) started its Fellowship program 20 years ago to support school leaders with the preparation and professional development they ne

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Principals Must Be Hope Dealers In Schools and Communities

Principals Must Be Hope Dealers In Schools and Communities

During a recent conversation, Murleen Coakley, principal of Greenfield Union in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, reminded me how much being a

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