When my three older children learned to read, it seemed to us as natural a process…
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Tell Joe Biden We Need to See Some Black and Brown Parents On His So-Called Education Task Force
Earlier this year Joe Biden posed in a picture with members of the Powerful Parent Network.…
Public-School Attendance Zones Violate a Civil Rights Law – by Tim DeRoche
The Covid-19 pandemic has drawn renewed attention to inequality in K-12 education in the United States.…
Senator Lamar Alexander on the Response to the Coronavirus – by Frederick Hess
Sen. Lamar Alexander Sen. Lamar Alexander, chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor,…
Literacy Needs to Be at the Forefront of Instruction When Schools Reopen
According to the most recent report by the National Association for Educational Progress, 64% of all…
Students Who Are Homeless Need Us Now More Than Ever. And It Starts at the Top.
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, public schools identified 1.5 million children and youth experiencing homelessness. Tom*, a…
EdNext Podcast: Jeb Bush on Adjusting to Distance Learning During the Pandemic – by Education Next
The 43rd governor of Florida and the president and chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in…
Justices Hear Arguments in L.A. Catholic Schools Case – by Joshua Dunn
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas The Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday on two of this…
The Grade-Level Expectations Trap – by Joel Rose
Imagine a 6th-grade math teacher with high hopes for her students. Let’s call her Ms. Rodriguez.…
Education Reform and the Coronavirus – by Martin R. West
The corner of my suburban Boston bedroom, where I write this letter, has by necessity become…