News: Education policy
The Denial of Dreams: Disproportionate School Discipline is about Discrimination, Not DEI
This article summarizes the latest research that reveals that Black students are suspended from school at 3.8 times the rate of White students—due to systematic racial bias. It reviews research statin...
Read Full ArticleStudents Need "Learner's Permits" for Social Media Access: Decreasing Mental Health, Bullying, and School Shooting Risks
American adolescents are experiencing a mental health crisis of unprecedented proportions, with depression rates more than doubling since 2007, suicide attempts increasing dramatically, and anxiety di...
Read Full ArticleChronic Absenteeism and the “Five Why’s”: Stop Chasing Symptoms and Start Tackling Solutions
This Blog highlights a long-standing crisis in our nation’s schools: chronically-absent students. It documents the incident rates of chronic absenteeism over the past decade, specifies the root causes...
Read Full ArticleBeyond Overwhelmed: How AI Can Empower Administratively-Taxed School Leaders
This Blog recognizes that today’s district and school administrative leaders are overwhelmed with compliance reporting, budget oversight, community outreach, policy preparations, and other administrat...
Read Full ArticleEssential Strategies for Education Leaders During Uncertain Times: Future-Proofing Your School(s) for Today’s Sweeping Changes
This Blog addresses the significant shifts in education policy and practice in the Trump administration’s first two months, and advises education leaders to implement eight "future-proofing" strategie...
Read Full ArticleThe “Charlie Brown” Reality of Race and DEI in Education: How the Trump Administration is Creating Fear by Using “Ready-Fire-Aim” Tactics
This Blog uses fifty years of Charlie Brown lining up to kick a field goal—only to have Lucy pull the ball away—as a metaphor representing President Trump and the U.S. Department of Education’s “Ready...
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