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Making Space for Youth Activism

Schools can be safe environments for students to explore ways to improve the world and the communities they live in.

Laura Zingg

Writer-Editor, One Day

Erik Jansen

Illustrator

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Working to Shatter Education's Glass Ceiling

Teaching is one of the most female-dominated professions, with 76 percent of all K-12 teachers in the U.S. identifying as women. So why do women only make up 31 percent of district superintendents?

Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

Two female superintendents talking to each other.

Tearing Down Barriers By Building Up People

For Black History Month, Black educators share how they are embracing culture as they lead, and why that matters.

Marquita Brown

Senior Editor, One Day Digital

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Can a Software Company Help Schools Achieve Equity?

A team of epidemiologists and computer scientists believe the same kind of computational forecasting that predicts the spread of a virus can also help guide the spread of equity and social health.

Susan Brenna

How the Class of 2020 is Persevering Through the Pandemic

Last year’s graduating seniors are doing more than taking 2020 in stride.. They are converting disappointments, surprises, and tragedies into life lessons for the rest of us.

Faviola Leyva

Susan Brenna

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Diary of a Social Worker: Making Mental Health for Students a Priority During a Pandemic

Mobile mental health specialist Esther Kwak is adjusting to working from home while delivering urgent mental health services to Houston area students.

Paula Ann Solis

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Planning for the Unknown Future of School

School and district leaders are looking ahead to what returning to school might look like in the fall, and planning for an unprecedented start to the school year.

Laura Zingg

Writer-Editor, One Day

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Teacher Resilience, Put to the Test

In times of crisis, educators say “resilience” must mean more than bouncing back to the old ways. It asks for a leap into something better.

Leah Fabel

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Hitting Reset for All Kinds of Learners

For educators of students with and without disabilities, distance learning has been a chance to try new tools and practices.

Mary Jo Madda

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Why I Teach, Even (Especially) When There's No School

Teachers are facing the test of a lifetime. Here’s why they’re not backing down.

Faviola Leyva