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Seven ways children, and the nation, lose out when school buildings do not open
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Homeschool Happens Everywhere
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Standards, Testing, and Accountability
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.
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What Google Search Data Reveals About Learning During the Pandemic
“Substantially widened socioeconomic gaps.”
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Reopening Resilient Schools
With a hybrid learning model and proper safeguards, schools can successfully open
Charter Schools
“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.
Book Reviews
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why.
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What American Families Experienced When Covid-19 Closed Their Schools
Parents report little contact with teachers and less student learning, but also broad satisfaction; charter and private schools provide more opportunities for student-teacher interaction
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Covid-19 and Education
The novel coronavirus has upended the world of education just as it has radically changed the rest of our economy and our day-to-day lives. Education Next's coverage of the virus and the reaction as it affects education is collected here.
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