I’d never say conservatives, especially those in education reform, have been cowed into silence. Conservatives tend to run the game, be quick to assume pow
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Conservatives argue that markets will solve social problems more efficiently and effectively than the public sector while liberals insist that markets leav
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This is part one of a three-part series by Education Trust’s Karin Chenoweth on the remarkable turnaround of Artesia High School in Southern California. Re
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One of my favorite articles makes me laugh and cringe. What Corporate America Can’t Build: A Sentence describes the plight of top companies spending billio
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On the morning of Tuesday, April 16, 2016, the first day Santee Education Complex’s gender-neutral bathroom officially opened, things kicked off quietly. “
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I’m not bragging when I say, “My daughter is smart.” I started reading to her when she was a newborn. At four months old, she could turn the pages on a boo
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From preschool till my freshman year of high school, my grandma and I would commute about 30-40 minutes each day to a different city so I would be able to
Read MoreDon’t Let the Party Poopers Ruin Your #SchoolChoiceWeek
It’s National School Choice Week, an annual celebration of all the forms of school choice. More than 16,000 separate events will take place as families, st
Read MoreRef Rodriguez: Reimagining Middle School in Los Angeles and Beyond
Middle school can make it or break it for a student. Close to 200,000 students in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are middle-grade students. Th
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