This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has unlocked a groundswell of possibility around youth activism. After nearly a million students walked out of school on March 14…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Newark top schools chief, she was horrified at the strict discipline policy she saw in one of her high schools. Since then, Cami Anderson has left the district and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Champions of the Every Student Succeeds Act have long argued that the newest law would swing the pendulum of control back to the states, and, by doing so, unleash the…
A persistently large number of children in the U.S. live in poverty, despite sustained economic growth. Growing up in poverty not only harms children in the short run, but by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As outrage over the Parkland school shooting persists, lawmakers are looking for actual policy solutions. The Trump administration and its supporters are latching onto school discipline reform as the solution. But by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We recently released a report about The Future of Learning and Work. It recommended that communities hold conversations about the implications of artificial intelligence and that school districts and networks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Y Combinator’s event this week also came with heavy machinery and special snacks. Outside the Computer History Museum, where its 26th demo day was held, an autonomous tractor drove in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School reform has been predicated for most of the past two decades on a simple premise: rising test scores mean that students will lead better, more productive lives after graduation.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I’m working currently on a book about why people choose college. In the course of the research, I’ve listened to hundreds of students tell their story about how they made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a small enclave of West Seattle, there are youth who are speaking up. They may not be garnering headlines, but they’re talking about issues that matter and helping to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ashley Lamb-Sinclair donned her entrepreneurial hat and started an online space where educators can go to discover, curate and collaborate. She landed on her business idea after receiving an email…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2014, Sara Cotner, the founder of Magnolia Montessori For All, purposely placed her school in an economically disadvantaged part of Austin, Texas with hopes of bringing a unique model…