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What I Learned Editing Education Next

The education landscape may be in better shape than most “experts” think
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To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them

Collaborative methods for handling misconduct make their way to the classroom
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2023 Is the Year of Universal Choice in Education Savings Accounts

“We better get doing our job of implementing well,” says EdChoice’s Enlow
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AI in Education

The leap into a new era of machine intelligence carries risks and challenges, but also plenty of promise
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As Many More States Enact Education Savings Accounts, Implementation Challenges Abound

ESAs increase choice for families but leave administrators asking: Are pizza ovens, pianos permitted expenses?
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The Great Unbundling

Is the parents’ rights movement opening a new frontier in school choice?
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Building Diverse College Campuses Starts in Kindergarten

In the wake of the Students for Fair Admissions, an urgent call to take on the “excellence gap”

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