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“When Choice Really Works, It Lifts Up Everyone”
State Rep. Robert Behning on Indiana’s voucher program
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How to Decide How to Spend Elementary and Secondary School Relief Funds
The timing and rules may be less tricky than many think
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“Reopening Hesitancy” Threatens Fall 2021
"It's been absolutely wrong to keep schools closed."
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The Tarnished Shield of Qualified Immunity
Cases involving teachers, principals, and school board members have been central to the evolution of a legal doctrine that also often protects abusive police from financial liability.
State Policy
States Grapple with Standardized Testing during Pandemic
“Teaching without testing is talking”
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The Title IX Spotlight Shifts from the Campus to the Schoolhouse
New federal rules aim at preventing sexual harassment and assault in elementary and secondary education
State Policy
Public-School Attendance Zones Violate a Civil Rights Law
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 may offer creative litigators a strategy to redraw school-assignment maps.
State Policy
Statewide Standardized Assessments Were in Peril Even Before the Coronavirus. Now They’re Really in Trouble.
To survive bipartisan backlash, tests will have to “actually help kids learn”
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Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
Testing Backlash Could Hurt American Global Competitiveness
As U.S. college admissions go test-optional and K-12 standardized testing comes under pressure, China and India loom
Schools Can Help with the Youth Mental Health Crisis
“Terrifying” shortages of counselors mean “students coming to their educators with urgent mental health problems are told to wait three months to get 20 minutes of help.”
The Stubborn Myth of “Learning Styles”
State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
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Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
Testing Backlash Could Hurt American Global Competitiveness
As U.S. college admissions go test-optional and K-12 standardized testing comes under pressure, China and India loom
Schools Can Help with the Youth Mental Health Crisis
“Terrifying” shortages of counselors mean “students coming to their educators with urgent mental health problems are told to wait three months to get 20 minutes of help.”
The Stubborn Myth of “Learning Styles”
State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
