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Here’s a radical idea: What if students were in charge of hiring teachers?Not that long ago, it would have been inconceivable to envision stude...

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the nation’s new education law, dramatically alters the landscape of K12 accountability.Not only does th...

When the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) passed late last year, the legislation signaled a significant departure from its predecessor. After a de...

It’s the heart of summer, and for many students that means vacation and sports—and, of course, camps.Family and community-run activities allow ...

You see it on the news almost daily. Footage of some kid (or some adult) wandering across the street, holding a smartphone, arms open wide, reachin...

It’s a fact of public school life: Senior staff turnover happens.In urban school districts, the average superintendent tenure is 3 years, and t...

Let’s be clear: Education is not a business—at least it shouldn’t be.Our public schools serve an important purpose—maybe the most important pur...

“Do your homework.” “Get good grades.” “Think about your future.”We all remember the chorus of demands our parents and teachers heaped on us gr...

Do me a favor. Pull your strategic plan down off the shelf and flip to the section on community engagement. When you wrote this months ago, everyth...