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AFT & NEA Issue Joint Statement on Actions Needed After the Pandemic to Benefit All Students

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 9, 2021March 10, 2021

March 9, 2021March 10, 2021019

WASHINGTON, DC – Today the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation’s two largest educators’ unions, released a bold, shared agenda to ensure that all...

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Leonie Haimson: What Mitt Romney Needs to Know About Class Size

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 6, 2021February 7, 2021

February 6, 2021February 7, 2021018

Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, has some advice for Mitt Romney: Class size matters! Romney criticized President Biden’s plan to reduce class...

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Andy Hargreaves: After the Pandemic, Austerity or Prosperity?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 9, 2020December 10, 2020

December 9, 2020December 10, 2020019

Noted education scholar Andy Hargreaves questions the alternatives that are likely to follow the end of the pandemic: Will government impose deep cuts and austerity,...

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New York City: Parents Press DeBlasio to Support Outdoor Classes

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 27, 2020November 26, 2020

July 27, 2020November 26, 2020015

Chalkbeat reports that many parents are calling on Mayor DeBlasio to endorse outdoor classes. A Brooklyn lawmaker has joined the growing chorus of parents and...

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Laurie Garrett: Most Schools Will Not Be Able to Open

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 26, 2020November 26, 2020

July 26, 2020November 26, 2020016

Laurie Garrett is a Pulitzer Prize winning science writer. This article in Foreign Affairs explains why Trump and DeVos’s demand to reopen the schools for...

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New York City: How Does a District with More than One Million Students Plan to Reopen?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 14, 2020November 26, 2020

July 14, 2020November 26, 2020016

Leonie Haimson writes here how New York Coty hopes to reopen its public schools, which enroll more than one million students. Haimson has chided the...

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Peter Greene: How to Replace Distance Learning with Genuine Personalized Learning

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 16, 2020November 26, 2020

June 16, 2020November 26, 2020013

Peter Greene knows, as do we, that the tech industry has stolen and misused the term “personalized learning,” which to them means a student in...

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Leonie Haimson: Yes, NYC Can Pay for Smaller Classes: Here Is How

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 13, 2020November 26, 2020

May 13, 2020November 26, 2020017

Leonie Haimson is a tireless advocate for small class size. At the drop of a hat, she will recite the research showing the value of...

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Europe Begins to Reopen Schools, Cautiously

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 12, 2020November 26, 2020

May 12, 2020November 26, 2020014

The New York Times has an interesting story today about the varied approaches to reopening schools in Europe. The common threads are testing, smaller classes,...

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The Teacher Strikes: Teachers Speak Out about Their Activism

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 30, 2019November 26, 2020

December 30, 2019November 26, 2020013

California Sunday Magazine published interviews with teachers about their role in striking, walking out, negotiating, bargaining. It begins: On February 22, 2018, some 20,000 teachers...

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