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Achievement Gap

5 Education Reports That Defined the Decade

The decade is coming to a close, but don’t expect the issues raised around education in the 2010s to be swept under the rug. Although the world has technically been in the age of information since...

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School Choice

When It Comes to Education, Democrats Need to Think Bigger

I’m a Sam Seaborn Democrat. As the idealistic West Wing character once said: Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes, we need gigantic, monumental...

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student achievement

There Is Nothing We Can’t Fix If We Play to Win on Behalf of Children

When I returned to Education Post in May, my charge was to help us clarify our vision and set us in a new direction. I thought a lot about what would be the cardinal question to help us stay focused...

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California

There's a Face Off Between Parents and Presidential Candidates, And It's Way Bigger Than Charter Schools

In the words of the late, great Notorious B.I.G., “I’m going, going, back, back to Cali, Cali.” A year ago I told y’all a national education movement was building and here we are. Black and Latinx...

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Achievement Gap

Even in a School With an 'A' Rating, Students of Color Are Being Failed

Around the country, schools that initially impress observers with high overall test scores often lose their luster upon closer examination, when inequities in achievement by race and income become...

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Achievement Gap

How English Learners Got Left Behind in the Drive Towards Equity

Many years ago, back in 2014, when the world was young and American politics had not yet gone wholly off the rails, I launched a policy research team to focus on young English learners (ELs). “Around...

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