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Why the Reading and Math Wars Keep Coming Back | Jon Star

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Why Half of College Students Feel Alone and How to Fix It | Alexis Redding

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Why Moving Ahead in Math Isn’t Always the Right Move | Jon Star

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The Pressure to Chase Prestige in College Admissions | Jeff Selingo

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What Mississippi Got Right About Reading | Kymyona Burk

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What Students Really Need from Sex Education | Shafia Zaloom

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How Questions Can Transform Student-Centered Learning

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Why Teachers Stay: What Research Reveals About Retention

9

How to Disagree Better: Strategies for Constructive Conversations

10

Civics at 250: Teaching Democracy in an Unfinished Nation

11

Understanding the Lives of Migrant Children in America

12

Race, Power, and the Making of America's Schools

13

Is Education Research Becoming Partisan?

14

How High-Impact Tutoring Is Reshaping Post-Pandemic Learning Recovery

15

Can Universities Teach Us to Talk Again?

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How Curiosity Can Unlock Learning for Every Child

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The Rural Promise: Pathways to Opportunity for Every Student

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Teaching Students to Think Critically About AI

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School Vouchers Explained: What the New Federal Program Means

20

Banning Cell Phones: Quick Fix or False Hope?

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What It Really Means to Be a Strategic Leader

22

Why Invest in Global Education Now

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What Textbooks Teach Us — And What They Don’t

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The Words We Choose: How Language Shapes Children's Emotional Lives

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How to Educate for Social Action

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Cybersecurity: The Greatest Threat Schools Aren’t Ready For

27

Empathy, Dignity, and Courageous Action in Schools

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Reducing Stress in Schools

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How the History of Black and Native Education Can Inform Our Future

30

Unpacking the DoEd: What Do They Actually Do?

31

Want a Better School? Invest in the People

32

Portraits of a Better High School Graduate

33

How Schools Make Race

34

The Untold Truths of the Superintendency

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Think You're Creative? Think Again

36

The Problem Schools are Ignoring

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Fixing Childcare in America

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Boys & the Crisis of Connection

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The Impact of AI on Children's Development

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Teaching the Election in Politically-Charged Times

41

Summer Unplugged: Navigating Screen Time and Finding Balance for Kids

42

Reshaping Teacher Licensure: Lessons from the Pandemic

43

Discipline in Schools: Why Is Hitting Still an Option?

44

Combatting Chronic Absenteeism through Family Engagement

45

Getting to College: FAFSA Challenges for First Gen Students

46

Why Math is the Greatest Equalizer in School

47

Why Emotional Intelligence Matters for Educators

48

Meddling Moms: The Movements Making Change in Public Schools

49

Independent Play Key to Countering Children’s Declining Mental Health

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Navigating Literacy Challenges, Fostering a Love of Reading

51

The Cultural Power of Report Cards

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Brightening Schools' Futures with Solar Innovation

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Talking to Kids When the World Feels Scary

54

Higher Education's Resistance to Change

55

How to Raise Grateful Children

56

Unveiling the Invisible: Pro-Asian American and Intersectional Perspectives in the Classroom

57

The Case for Early Dyslexia Screening

58

What it Takes to Change a School

59

The Future of DEI in Higher Education

60

Get on Board with AI

61

The Power of Out-of-School Learning

62

Where Have All the Students Gone?

63

HBCUs, Higher Ed, and Democracy’s Future

64

To Weather the "Literacy Crisis," Do What Works

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Creating Trans Inclusive Schools

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How to Support Your Child’s Digital Life

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A Crisis of Belonging

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What Do Immigrant Students Need? It Isn't Just ELL

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Parental Rights or Politics?

70

Educating in a World of Artificial Intelligence

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Equality or Equity?

72

Humanizing Education Through Hip-Hop

73

The Case for Anti-Oppressive Social Studies in Elementary School

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Empowering Schools to Take Climate Action

75

Making Up the Difference in Math

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The Nature of Imagination

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The Superintendency and Culture Wars

78

How White Parents Challenged Ethnic Studies

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Leading in the Aftermath of Gun Violence

80

The Complex World of Teens and Screens

81

The COVID Catch-up Challenge

82

Why We Need Asian American History in Schools

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How We Can Better Support Refugees in Education

84

What Global Innovations Changed Education During the Pandemic

85

Creating Educational Spaces Full of Joy and Justice

86

What it Takes to Be a Great University

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Will Teachers Stay or Will They Go?

88

Is the College Enrollment Decline Really a Crisis?

89

What is Happening with Critical Race Theory in Education?

90

How Remote Learning Negatively Affected Children and Why it Matters

91

How to Be a Social Justice Parent and Raise Compassionate Kids

92

Why Have College Completion Rates Increased

93

Getting Back to Education in Developing Countries

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Giving Thanks in the Classroom

95

Embracing the Whole Student, Being Ratchetdemic

96

How Climate Change is Taught in America

97

Learning from Mistakes in Kindergarten

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Reclaiming Higher Ed for All Students

99

The Need for School Nurses

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The State of School Boards