The Price Students Pay When Schools Are Closed
Seven ways children, and the nation, lose out when school buildings do not open
Homeschool Happens Everywhere
Less formal instruction, but more family and community activities
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“The 1619 Project” Enters American Classrooms
Adding new sizzle to education about slavery—but at a significant cost.
Reopening Resilient Schools
With a hybrid learning model and proper safeguards, schools can successfully open
The Rise of AltSchool and Other Micro-schools
Combinations of private, blended, and at-home schooling meet needs of individual students
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The Price Students Pay When Schools Are Closed
Seven ways children, and the nation, lose out when school buildings do not open
The New Accountability Assignment
Post-Covid, judge schools based on what they ask students to read, write, and do, in addition to how much students learn.
What Google Search Data Reveals About Learning During the Pandemic
“Substantially widened socioeconomic gaps.”
Reopening Resilient Schools
With a hybrid learning model and proper safeguards, schools can successfully open
“No Excuses High,” Trapped by Its Own Success?
Highly regimented charter schools deliver the test results, but their methods may be ill-suited to the independent realities of college life.
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why.
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Steer Federal Stimulus Money to Poor Students
Fund direct services to individuals, not "schoolwide" Title I programs
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What a Democratic Sweep This Fall Would Mean for Education
"The most momentous education election in American history."
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Reimagining Civic Education for the Digital Age
"Justice O'Connor and video games may seem an odd couple, but she bought in."
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SEC Announces $40 million Settlement in Florida Teacher Pension Case
“Fraud or deceit” in a case involving a money manager’s payments to a for-profit company owned by teachers unions
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Focus on Teaching, Not Just Masks and Hand-Sanitizer
Make schools better than they were by relying more on the best teachers
Make Covid-Era K-12 Local Education More Like Daycare
Small-scale “nurture centers” can support remote learning for children of parents who aren’t available to homeschool
The Dos and Don’ts of Distance Learning in a Pandemic
“The more we can simplify things, the better.”
Pandemic Offers Opportunity to Extend Learning Time
A chance to break free of seasonal, location-centric learning.
Covid-19 Closed Schools. When Should They Reopen?
Expect more closures in fall 2020
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