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Achievement Gap

Why Eliminating the MCAS Graduation Requirement Hurts Students and Undermines Education in Massachusetts

Massachusetts, the state with America’s oldest school system, has always topped public education rankings. That achievement is partly due to its rigorous standards and high expectations. That’s why...

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Diversity

Reset Your Algorithm, Reset Your Biases By Following These Education Activists

Hey, white educators, stop your doom-scrolling and reset your algorithm in a way that can reduce your biases. If you follow Black teachers and education activists, I promise several things will...

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Parents

Centering Parents in Education Innovation

What does “education innovation” mean to parents, and what do they hope it will look like? Earlier this month, Imagine Network hosted a roundtable discussion, “Centering Parents in Education...

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anti-racism

Black Panther Party's Legacy: Empowering Education for Black Youth

The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense turned 58 this October. Its Ten-point Platform and Program, written by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, is as vital as ever. As a Black man who grew up as one...

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Learning loss

Is Extended Time the Key to Solving Chronic Absenteeism?

Chronic absenteeism has nearly doubled in public schools across the country since the pandemic. Better than a quarter of students are missing 10% or more of school days. According to recent data,...

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Social Emotional Learning

Here's Why We Must Teach Democracy in Public Schools

We believe in the more perfect union described in the soaring opening sentence of this country’s Constitution. We all must believe in it for the country to endure. And for it to endure, we in...

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