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Ideas and Solutions

The Latest NAEP Data Is Devastating: What Do We Do Now?

The Nation’s Report Card shows troubling trends in student proficiency in the wake of the pandemic. Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard shares three big lessons to serve as a springboard for reimagining education in this moment.

Ideas and Solutions

Making Up for Lost Time: Many Schools Turn to Tutoring to Help Reverse Pandemic Learning Disruptions

With help from high-dose tutoring, students can make up for the instructional time that was lost due to the pandemic.

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Ideas and Solutions

This North Carolina School Ranked First in Academic Growth. Here’s How.

Henderson Collegiate provides a paradigm of what is possible in public education for disadvantaged children in rural areas.

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Top Issues

School Counselors Just Want to Do Their Job

Since the start of the pandemic, school counselors have been tasked with extra duties that make it harder for them to address students' mental health needs.

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Recent Opinion Essays

DACA Decisions Aren’t Just News; They Affect Lives Like Mine
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María Perales Sánchez

1L, Yale Law School
DACA Changed My Life–But Undocumented Youth Deserve More
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José González Camarena

Senior Managing Director of the DACA Initiative at Teach For America
Children Will Ask Questions About Race. How Will Teachers Answer Them?
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Dawnavyn James

Early Childhood, Elementary, and Black History Educator

One Day Video

The Young Activists Guide to Making Change
After three years of hard work led by youth activists and local organizations, Hawai'i students will have access to something new to meet their essential needs: free period products in school.
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In This Vision of Education, Students Are Empowered to Love Learning and Themselves
Ebony Payne Brown is working to open a charter school in Atlanta with rigorous academics, where students feel loved and their identities are celebrated.
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Recent Stories

Policy and Advocacy

Period Equity Is Expanding Nationwide, Often Thanks to Young Leaders

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Policy and Advocacy

Building Schools Where Students Are Free to Be Their Authentic Selves

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Ideas and Solutions

Students Combat Air Pollution in ‘Asthma Alley’

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Video

Grounded: One Student’s Journey to Afford an Education

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Top Issues

Afro-Latinx Students Navigate Racism and Erasure in the Classroom

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Opinion

7 Non-Negotiables for Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Students in Your Classroom

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