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School Choice

How School Districts, Funding Policy, and Housing Affordability Add Up to Inequitable Systems

What sits at the intersection of school district boundaries, school funding policy, and housing affordability? Inequity for students and families. Lack of affordable rental housing effectively prices...

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student support

Here's How Parents and Teachers Can Help in the Battle Against Bullying

Mean girls. These two words perfectly described my fourth period speech class. The class culture I had worked so hard to create was crushed overnight with the addition of three female transfer...

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COVID-19

Yes, We Should Require Teachers to Be Vaccinated

While children becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus is exceedingly rare, it is imperative for teachers to be vaccinated in order to keep schools open and add an extra layer of protection for...

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student support

After the Last Year and a Half, We Must Never Forget How Resilient Students Are

Kids today are too fragile. We’re raising a generation of snowflakes! It’s a universal truth: As long as there are young people, there will be older people who complain about them. Today’s youth are...

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whole child

When We Let Go of Assumptions About What School Should Look Like, We Can Better Support the Whole Child

The Center on Reinventing Public Education has been a leader in tracking school districts’ responses to the pandemic and in showcasing innovations that could help public schools emerge from this time...

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COVID-19

We Don't Have to Choose Between Relationships and Rigor. Our Students Need Both.

Know your why, and it will sustain you. Dr. Adam Saenz When I read this quote from Dr. Adam Saenz, licensed psychologist and author, it resonated deeply with me as an educator working through a third...

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