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Little Ones Need Summer Learning and Fun. Here's How to Give Them Both.

When the mercury rises, that’s supposed to be family time, relaxation time, playtime for America’s students. It can also be a time of profound learning for the youngest children—if adults approach...

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anti-racism

Betsy DeVos Is Back! She’ll Be Talking With Moms for Liberty on Saturday.

Betsy is back. And she’s making new friends. Trump-era Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will join the far-right group Moms for Liberty at what they’ve dubbed the Joyful Warrior National Summit this...

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anti-racism

My High School Never Talked About Race, and Oh Man Did I Miss Out

I grew up in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; an incredibly white kid in an almost entirely white school. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the education I got in those schools, an education...

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If We Truly Want Equitable Schools, We're Going to Have to Work Together

“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” -Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of...

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COVID-19

New National Partnership Promises 250,000 More Adults in Schools To Support Student Recovery

Today, the White House announced the launch of the National Partnership for Student Success, a three-year, public-private partnership that will recruit and place 250,000 Americans in schools as...

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Black Families Shouldn't Have to Leave America to Know the Privileges of Liberty, But Mine Did

As I sit here and reflect on this Fourth of July, I once again find myself conflicted with the moral and ethical compass of America. Then again, these conflicted feelings have served as a constant...

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