Opinion

Opinion: NYC Teachers Believe Many Kids Are Gifted & Talented. Why Doesn’t the District?

About 3,500 incoming kindergarteners in New York City were determined to be qualified for a gifted-and-talented program in public schools in 2020. That figure ...

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Opinion: Fixing Michigan’s Teacher Shortage Isn’t Just About Getting More Recruits

In the fall of 2023, nearly 500 of Michigan’s 705 school districts announced a teaching vacancy. At the start of the 2012 academic year, ...

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Opinion: AI Literacy: What It Is, What it Isn’t, Who Needs It and Why It’s Hard to Define

According to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump on April 23, 2025, the United States is committed to fostering AI knowledge and ...

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Opinion: K-12 Education Alone Can’t Disrupt the Poverty Cycle. My School Is Fixing That

Because it gave me a crucial safety net of security, I have appreciated higher education throughout my career. Failure was not an option in ...

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Opinion: The Science of Reading and Play Go Hand-in-Hand. Schools Must Make It Happen

In many kindergarten classrooms, you can find children acquiring vocabulary terms through interactive read-alouds or sounding out letters in phonics lessons. The science of ...

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Opinion: How Well Do Middle Schools Prepare Students for HS? Here’s a New Way to Find Out

Texas education savings accounts. Enrollment is open in Missouri. For American kids, there seems to be a new narrative and more educational possibilities every ...

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Opinion: Why the Traditional College Major May Be Holding Students Back in a Rapidly Changing Job Market

Universities and colleges are having a hard time surviving. There are several reasons for this, including a decline in the number of students in ...

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Opinion: Truly Shifting to Science of Reading Sometimes Takes ‘Balanced Literacy Rehab’

Recently, I accompanied an elementary school principal on field trips to schools in a racially diverse Virginia district that largely serves students from low-income ...

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Opinion: We Were Born on Social Platforms. Now We Want a Healthier Internet

I grew up on the internet. Before they ever made it to a trusted adult, my friendships, anxieties, and concerns about identity and wellbeing ...

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Opinion: The Future of Children’s Programming After Federal Cuts to Public Media

Register right away. My grandson Henry easily and purposefully browses through aMs. Rachelvideo on his tablet when I drop him off at preschool. Digital ...

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