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To Prepare Kids for the Future, Bring Back Shop and Home Ec

We’ve reached that lull in the school year when the excitement of Back to School has worn off and the…

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ACT Reports Record Low Scores as Admissions Landscape Shifts

For the high school class of 2023, the average score was the lowest since 1991, and 43 percent of students…

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Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change

A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common,…

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Teachers Can’t Hold Students Accountable. It’s Making the Job Miserable.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how America’s teacher pipeline is drying up. According to education researchers, the proportion…

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New York Schools Weathered a Crisis. Now They Face a Fiscal Cliff.

The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nation’s largest…

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I Read Banned Books. So Does Almost Everybody Else.

During my grade school years in the early 1970s, I read everything. Books, of course — books about dogs and…

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An Ancient City, Now in Ruins, Struggles to Keep Its Soul

The businessman fondly recalled his bakery and cafe in the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, where his staff made bread,…

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Astoria, Queens: ‘A Mix of Traditional and Trendy’

With relatively affordable prices and an easy commute to Manhattan, the area is attracting new residents, but it still has…

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We Can Only Fight Learning Loss With Accountability And Action

The bad news about U.S. schools just keeps coming. We already knew from federal studies that students lost significant ground…

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Tulsa Schools, Under Threat of Takeover, Retain Control for Now

The Latest The Oklahoma Board of Education imposed strict oversight over Tulsa public schools on Thursday, but it allowed the…

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