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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”
State Policy
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.
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“It Felt Like Guerrilla Warfare”
Student achievement levels in the Nation’s Report Card: a brief history of “basic,” “proficient,” and “advanced”
The Top 20 Education Next Articles of 2021
The pandemic and race dominate the discussion—for a second year.
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State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
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