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California

It’s Time for Parents to Speak UP

When parents at Broadway Elementary School’s Mandarin immersion program in Venice, California, wanted the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to reverse its decision to cut the incoming...

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Parents

Let’s Not Bypass Latino Parents in Fight Over the Common Core

The Common Core State Standards were voluntarily adopted by Massachusetts almost six years ago, unfortunately EducationNext's most recent poll shows that Latino parents are less likely to be aware of...

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Parents

New York City Must Stop Hiding Its Weakest Teachers

A couple of months ago, the mayor of New York City snuck out a press release about his failure to rid the city of some its poorest performing teachers. What his administration has done instead is...

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Parents

It's Time for a Unified Public School System in New Orleans

The path to meaningful and lasting change in our public schools system is often difficult, driven by successes and slowed by setbacks along the way. Nevertheless, as anyone fighting for this effort...

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Parents

Here's How This School Is Preparing Students for Success at Home and School

Long after the last school bell rang, the halls and classrooms of Pascual LeDoux Academy were bustling. More than 80 families in this primarily Latino community had gone back to school to learn about...

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Parents

How One Charter School Is Stepping Up Its Leadership Game

Successions are often tough times for schools of all kinds. When one principal leaves and another takes over, everything changes—for good or bad. Making the right leadership change can be especially...

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