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Don’t Ban Virtual School. Improve It.
Insist on an in-person adult to supervise remote learning
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For Minority Families, Returning to In-Person Learning Might Be More Complex than Just Re-Opening Schools
Choosing remote or hybrid learning over in-person instruction is associated with parents’ political partisanship and students’ school type
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There’s Insurance for Homes or Cars—Why Not College Degrees?
Entrepeneur offers colleges a way to guarantee their graduates' future income
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Testing, SpaceX, and the Quest for Consensus
A hoped-for revolution in assessment confronts practical obstacles
Charter Schools
Betsy Appleseed and School Choice
Choice initiatives and expansions in Florida, Arkansas, West Virginia and elsewhere show that eventually, trees blossom
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Baby Bust
The 2020 Census makes newly relevant a column that anticipated the findings
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Can Teaching Be Improved by Law?
At least twenty states have passed or are considering measures related to the science of reading.
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An Ode to Elementary Schools
These schools have the greatest potential impact on kids’ academic, social, and emotional progress
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The Government Is Paying Public School Parents Billions of Dollars to Keep Their Children Home
Family would lose $409 a month in Pandemic-EBT benefits by moving 3 children to in-person from remote
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When Does Educational Equity Become Educationally Unethical?
"The push for equity stumbles into a truly gruesome place when educators are being trained or directed to shortchange some students based on how they look or where they live."
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