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Los Angeles Chooses Carvalho as Next Superintendent of Schools
Championed choice in Miami-Dade, with “top-tier” results
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The Four-Day Schoolweek Makes a Return
“Parents are furious,” the New York Times reports.
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Baby Bust
The 2020 Census makes newly relevant a column that anticipated the findings
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In the News: Supreme Court May Hear Case about Off-Campus Student Speech
Pennsylvania high school made a "snap judgment" about cheerleader's social-media activity
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s James Madison High School
Six Nobel laureates, three senators, and a Supreme Court Justice from one Brooklyn public high school
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In the News: Oral Arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted a transcript of this week's oral arguments in Espinoza V. Montana Department of Revenue, a closely watched case about a Montana state program that provided tax credits to donors who funded scholarships to private schools, including religious schools.
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In the News: Math Scares Your Child’s Elementary School Teacher — And That Should Frighten You
In the Los Angeles Times, Daniel Willingham tackles a problem of teaching math: "teaching deep understanding to elementary students requires that teachers have that understanding themselves. Studies consistently show many don’t."
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In The News: The Changing Face of School Integration
A new report by the Washington Post shows the overall number of children attending U.S. public schools with students of other races has actually doubled over the past 25 years. At the same time, many urban schools remain deeply segregated. An analysis by Tomas Monarrez, Brian Kisida and Matthew M. Chingos in Education Next examined this issue in the context of charter schooling.
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In the News: How New York’s Elite Public Schools Lost Their Black and Hispanic Students
Black and Hispanic students currently represent 70 percent of New York City's school system, but make up just 10 percent of the enrollment in the specialized high schools.