How Is the Opioid Crisis Affecting Schools and Students?

The opioid crisis facing our nation is both significant and complex. In 2016 alone, approximately 11.5 million Americans misused...

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Reimagining Credit Accumulation for Adult Students

Many high school students know they can earn college credit by taking Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams. However,...

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Who Makes Ed Policy in Your State?

State education governance can be complex and a bit of a mystery to even the most experienced policy wonks. While education policy...

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Shaking Up the Decision-Making Channels in Postsecondary Education

Decisions about postsecondary education priorities, policies and practices are largely driven by how states divvy up authority and...

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Broadband’s Impact on Education

Broadband access discussions are increasing across the country. At the state and local levels, leaders are expressing the need for adequate...

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Charter School Legislation: What to watch for in 2017

This is a guest blog post by Todd Ziebarth, senior vice president, State Advocacy and Support at National Alliance for Public Charter...

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ESSA: Various perspectives

Following the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015, and with the newly released ESSA regulations from the U.S....

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Where You Live Rather Than What You Know? The Problem With Education Deserts

This post was co-authored with guest author Nicholas Hillman, an assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the...

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Education for Democracy. Education is Democracy. Education as Democracy.

I was fortunate enough to spend the day last Friday at the Ford Foundation as a participant in a daylong symposium on civic education and...

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