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Charter Schools
Challenge Index 2020
Please see “What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools,” by Jay Mathews, for a fuller account of the reasoning behind and history of these rankings.
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Focus on Instruction and Intervention, Not Testing, in 2021
Forum: Statewide Assessments in 2021
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A chance to break free of seasonal, location-centric learning.
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State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
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Can schools narrow the gap?
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Adding new sizzle to education about slavery—but at a significant cost.
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Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
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