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NYC Parents Sound Off About Plan to Ban Cellphones in Schools

Adams: Social media addiction, student mental health, anonymous nastiness online, teachers as smartphone cops: why families say a ban is a good idea.

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
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No Textbooks, Times Tables or Spelling Tests: Things My 6th Grader Didn鈥檛 Learn

Aldeman: Schools emphasize isolated skills like critical thinking or reading comp rather than teaching students a coherent body of knowledge and facts

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
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From CA to DE, 17 Districts Are Working Together to Battle Chronic Absenteeism

Davis: Cohort will develop an action blueprint by analyzing data, identifying ways to improve attendance and engaging students in creating solutions.

Baron R. Davis
Author: Baron R. Davis
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How to Talk to Kids About the Trump Assassination Attempt and Other Scary Topics

Engelbrecht: Limit the flow of news, answer questions honestly, avoid graphic details, emphasize safety and monitor children's emotional well-being.

Carla Engelbrecht
Author: Carla Engelbrecht

‘Just a Mom’ Starts Nonprofit to Help Kids 鈥� Like Her Daughter 鈥斅燣earn to Read

Sandra Bermudez

Some Lessons from Britain’s New Push for Education and Workforce Training

Bruno V. Manno

School Interventions Offer Best Shot At Reducing Youth Violence

Laura Voith

‘Gap Busters’: Lessons from Charter Authorizers in Helping All Kids Achieve More

Karega Rausch

In South Florida, Parents Are Building Their Children’s Education a la Carte

Ron Matus

‘Brown’ Devastated the Black Teaching Force. It’s Long Past Time to Fix That

Tequilla Brownie & Marc Morial

For Youth Job Training Programs to Work, Employers Must Have Skin in the Game

Peter Sloane

High-Poverty Schools in Colorado, Massachusetts Defying the Odds for Students

Rianna Saslow & Charles Barone

Most Philly Students Have College Ambitions, But Prep Varies by High School

Joseph Sageman

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Raphael E. Rogers

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