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Why Teachers Don’t Use the High-Quality Instructional Materials They’re Given

Steiner: Educators don’t believe their students can manage the rigor of grade-level instruction, and they're not wrong. What can be done about it

David Steiner
Author: David Steiner
math equity
algebra

Three Reasons Why So Few Eighth Graders in the Poorest Schools Take Algebra

Surveys find access to algebra is only one problem in schools where teaching quality is ‘less optimal.’

Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report
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What Happens When Large Numbers of Teachers Quit a School? And What Can Be Done?

Jabbar & Holme: Our 4-year study of teacher turnover examined team dynamics, reform efforts and what schools are doing, or could be doing, to cope

Huriya Jabbar & Jennifer Holme
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Big-City Districts Are Beset by Financial Dysfunction — and Kids Pay the Price

Roza & Cicco: Students need adults to figure this out with strong district leadership, state guidance and brutal honesty about what's really going on.

Marguerite Roza & Maggie Cicco
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Chicago Is Running Out of Money. Its Teachers Union Wants 9% Raises Anyway

Aldeman: The district has hired 2,000 teachers since 2018 and is paying them 16% more even as enrollment dropped by 38,000 students.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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How a Real-Time Dashboard & Statewide Push Are Cutting Chronic Absenteeism in RI

Liz Cohen
A Nation At Risk +40

Improving Schools: Focus on What’s Best for Kids, Not Most Convenient for Adults

Michael T. Hartney
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Last Year, 200K Colorado Kids Used Open Enrollment to Pick Their District School

Jude Schwalbach
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To Maximize the Impact of Curriculum Mandates, Follow the Science of Reading

Gary Willow
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California Lost 420K Public School Kids in 4 Years — & May Drop 1M More by 2031

Chad Aldeman
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Why America Is Lagging Behind in Catching Students Up After COVID

Thomas J. Kane
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Who Should Be Allowed to Cross the School District Line: Bureaucrats or Parents?

Derrell Bradford & Tim DeRoche
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Amid Book Bans and Board Elections, Maryland Schools Embrace Science of Reading

Frederick Briggs
Future of High School

Students Speak Out: How to Make High Schools Places Where They Want to Learn

Beth Fertig
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Building Bridges Across State Lines Is Set to Transform Education in Connecticut

Brandon Brown & Lucas Pimentel
microschools

The Rise Of Education Entrepreneurs in Minnesota

Kerry McDonald
Future of High School

There’s Already a Solution to the STEM Crisis: It’s in High Schools

Michele Cahill, Anne Mackinnon & Talia Milgrom-Elcott
Analysis

When Was the Golden Age of American K-12 Education? And How Can We Tell?

Michael J. Petrilli
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Is Public Education Actually Public? And How Important Is It for Democracy?

Chad Aldeman
Class Disrupted

As Schools Push to Recover from COVID, Turbulent Days for Education Philanthropy

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
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How Districts Can Keep High-Impact Tutoring Going After ESSER Money Expires

Susanna Loeb & Alan Safran
school choice

Inside Maine’s Microschooling Movement

Kerry McDonald
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Want to Close America’s Learning Gaps? First, Strengthen Students’ Relationships

Aaliyah Samuel
Future of High School

NYC High School Reimagines Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century

Andrew Bauld
covid learning loss

COVID & Schools: How England Is Researching the Pandemic’s Deep Impact on Kids

Jake Anders
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