K-12 Education

Chemistry Teacher with Students in Class --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis

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STEM teachers are most in need of additional pay

Michael Hansen, Grace Breazeale, and Mary Blankenship

Monday, June 17, 2019

Kindergarten teacher Esenogwas Jacobs tidies her classroom

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Do teachers work long hours?

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is gay and married to another man, is applauded by the crowd as he speaks during the Capital Pride LGBTQ celebration at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. June 8, 2019 REUTERS/Brian C. Frank - RC124D383510

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Do the current Democratic politics spell doom for charter schools?

Monday, June 10, 2019

Students at Miller Elementary School stand in-line in the school library in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC13710DD620

Children & Families

To thrive, American children need a stronger safety net

Melissa S. Kearney

Friday, June 7, 2019

Reports

Boys play at a school in Yemen's capital Sanaa sheltering them and their families after the conflict forced them to flee their areas from the Houthi-controlled northern province of Saada August 4, 2015. A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from exile. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - GF20000013228

Report

How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

A school bus sits parked along a street in the Queens borough of New York January 16, 2013. For the first time in 34 years, New York City bus drivers went on strike, stranding up to 152,000 students in the nation's largest public school system on sleet-soaked Wednesday morning. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E91H00RI01

Education

The opportunities and risks of K-12 student placement algorithms

Matt Kasman and Jon Valant

Thursday, February 28, 2019

A lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

U.S. Politics & Government

Responsiveness and durability: An analysis of the Accountability and State Plans rule

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

pre-k children

Report

The evaluation roadmap for optimizing pre-K programs

Anna D. Johnson, Deborah A. Phillips, and Owen Schochet

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Students at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School use their laptops during a class in Dorchester, Massachusetts June 20, 2008. From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves. To match feature USA-EDUCATION/TECHNOLOGY REUTERS/Adam Hunger (UNITED STATES) - GM1E4770O4801

K-12 Education

Are states providing adequate financial literacy education?

Matt Kasman, Benjamin Heuberger, and Ross A. Hammond

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Blog Posts

Teacher Darcy McKinnon teaches math to her seventh grade class at Samuel J. Green Charter School in New Orleans February 22, 2006.

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Charter schools: Good or bad for students in district schools?

Friday, June 7, 2019

Playful learning landscapes

The Avenue

Imagining playful learning landscapes for every community

Jennifer S. Vey and Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, June 6, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) gestures during a town hall event at Laney College prior to the California Democratic Convention in Oakland, California, U.S., May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1245507DD0

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Teacher unions may be more important than ever in 2020

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

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Events

Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The past, present, and future of democratic education in America

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST

Outcomes and challenges in US cities with public school choice

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST

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Related Books

Teachers for the 21st Century

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2013

Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Paul Manna and Patrick McGuinn

2013

Strife and Progress

By Paul T. Hill, Christine Campbell, and Betheny Gross

2012

Multimedia

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in Washington, D.C.

Education

A progress report on Betsy DeVos’ education agenda

Elizabeth Mann Levesque and Fred Dews

Friday, August 24, 2018

3rd grade class from the W.R. O'Dell Elementary School recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Education

Grading America’s civics education

Michael Hansen and Fred Dews

Friday, July 6, 2018

little girls in science class

Podcast Episode

How should schools measure student success?

Lauren Bauer, Anne Wicks, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

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