Schools routinely administer academic assessments to get a handle on what incoming students know, and how best to help them learn more. They should do the same for what’s going …
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BROOKLINE, Mass. — Claire Galloway-Jones stepped up to lead the Brookline school district’s Office of Educational Equity in July 2023 at a time when families, staff and students were losing …
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OPINION: Three-year degrees may become a viable option in the U.S., but questions about their value remain
Three-year bachelor’s degrees are no longer merely a thought experiment. In my home state of Massachusetts, the board of higher education announced in February that it will accept pilot proposals …
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SAN DIEGO — As an 8-year-old boy steered his bicycle in figure eights, his mother piled three plates with pizza and pineapple slices from an outdoor kitchen shared with more …
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Data centers, air pollution, climate math: Lessons from a climate and education conference
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Students who attend schools near data centers are more likely to see their math performance decline than those who don’t. Attending school near noisy airports is also …
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In the last half of 2025, Gertrudis Espinal watched as, one by one, children left the child care program she runs out of her home in the Bronx. The city …
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OPINION: In the rush to adopt new AI technologies, let us not forget about the human touch
Right now, we are asking the wrong questions about AI in education. The conversation is dominated by asking what the technology can do — How fast can it generate content? …
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Career “pathways” have become a big idea in high school reform. The goal is to give all students a structured sequence of courses in a career field, along with early …
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TEACHER VOICE: A districtwide curriculum and group instruction helped turn around middle school math scores in my high-needs district
When I taught middle school math, some of my worst days as a teacher were spent sitting at an uncomfortable cafeteria table, watching someone slog through a PowerPoint about strategies …
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OPINION: As graduation looms, students need pathways that are practical, affordable and connected to opportunity
For too long, higher education has acted as if learning only counts when it happens inside a classroom. Millions of Americans know otherwise. Opportunity should not require relocation, excessive debt …