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Issue 05 / Leadership
Leader Spotlight: Robert Runcie and Hadi Partovi
Robert Runcie leads Broward County Public Schools in Broward County, Florida. Hadi Partovi is founder and CEO of Code.org. Each cares deeply about kids and is fiercely dedicated to making education better. They think Americans want quality education too, but...
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Issue 05 / Value of Education
About the Value of Education
Aaron Pallas, Eric A. Hanushek and Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst explore what has shaped American beliefs about education....
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Hanna Skandera on the Promise of Education
Issue 05 / Letters
Within these pages we will reflect on the goals and values of education throughout our history, wrestle with what our...
read moreLeader Spotlight: Robert Runcie and Hadi Partovi
Issue 05 / Leadership
Robert Runcie leads Broward County Public Schools in Broward County, Florida. Hadi Partovi is founder and CEO of Code.org. Each...
read moreAbout the Value of Education
Issue 05 / Value of Education
Aaron Pallas, Eric A. Hanushek and Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst explore what has shaped American beliefs about education....
read moreVoices: with Margaret Spellings
Issue 05 / Opportunity
Last year, the investigative reporters at ProPublica produced a searing string of articles on inequality in American schools. They chronicled...
read moreLeading Change: Empowering Students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Issue 05 / Leadership
The Fourth Industrial Revolution poses new demands on leaders to make schools more relevant. Education leaders need to develop a...
read moreInfographic: Delivering on the Promise of Education
Issue 05 / Insights
Here’s a look at what some of the data says about the promise of American education....
read moreEducating Good Citizens
Issue 05 / Curriculum
John B. King Jr. and Louise Dubé advocate for stronger civics education and solid ELA and STEM programs too....
read moreCan One System Prepare Students to be Ready for Both College and Career?
Issue 05 / Curriculum
David Coleman and Ryan Craig agree that students are not prepared for whichever comes next....
read moreVirginia CTE Program Embraces Multiple Pathways to Success After High School
Issue 05 / uncategorized
With increasing expectations for high school seniors, the pressures over what comes next are mounting. Those that choose to continue...
read moreDo the Fundamentals of K-12 Education Still Matter?
Issue 05 / Civil Discourse
So, do the fundamentals still matter? Ruszkowski and Hoffman would agree that the answer is “yes.” But what exactly are...
read moreWhere Do You Stand?
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Q&A with Deborah Gist
Deborah A. Gist is the superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools and a proud graduate of Memorial High School. She holds...
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Q&A with Derrell Bradford
The Line is proud to have an exceptionally talented group of education leaders serve as advisors to the publication....
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Civil Discourse in Action — with Sam Cole and Carol Burris
The purpose of the Civil Discourse in Action” series is, to bring together education leaders with different perspectives, to listen,...
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A New Approach to College Readiness
Remarkably, more than half of incoming community college students, and approximately 20% of incoming students at four-year institutions, are academically...
ReadEmpowering Students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Issue 05 / Leadership
The Fourth Industrial Revolution poses new demands on leaders to make schools more relevant. Education leaders need to develop a shared vision that aligns ambitious goals with an expanded set of expectations for what students should learn in school and to translate such a vision into more relevant curriculum and more robust teacher capacities. Central...
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Teacher Evaluation Under ESSA
Issue 01 / Web Exclusive
The impossibly high aim of the No Child Left Behind Act, all students proficient by 2014, paved the way for...
read moreA Letter from the Editor
Issue 01 / Insights
This publication, an initiative of the Frontline Research & Learning Institute, is neither left, right nor center. Instead, it stands...
read moreThe Genesis of The Line
Issue 01 / Insights
Dear Readers, It may seem odd that a technology company that espouses efficiency and effectiveness has taken up the cause...
read moreStates Take the Wheel
Issue 01 / Federal Policy
With the Every Student Succeeds Act in place for more than a year, what does the evolution to a more...
read moreWalking the Line with Kaya Henderson
Issue 01 / Curriculum
On October 1, 2016, Kaya Henderson stepped down from six years as chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools. Shortly...
read moreCommon Ground on School Funding
Issue 01 / Funding
In a time when American society seems more polarized than at any time in the recent past, the question of...
read moreSolutions: Boston Public Schools
Issue 01 / Charter Schools
It’s mid-winter in the Bay State and Boston Public School (BPS) teachers are participating in a district-wide institute comprised of...
read moreCivil Discourse in Action
Issue 01 / Curriculum
Not terribly long ago, letter-writing was a cornerstone of our communication. It was a genre that nurtured the expression of...
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I thoroughly enjoyed this article. It’s the first time I’ve read from your publication, however ;it won’t be the last. I can agree that we need to return to creating citizens in our schools again. I do not believe that…
In Response to: About the Value of EducationI like that you suggest the purpose of education is to provide an equal shot at the American dream for everyone. However, I am not sure that is really accepted. Frankly, today’s public education system is fundamentally the same as…
In Response to: Voices: with Margaret SpellingsWhy are the guns always to blame? It’s the person behind the gun that is responsible for these tragic deaths, they merely use guns to live out their sick and twisted fantasies. Why are we not wanting to ban knives…
In Response to: Is Safety in the Eye of the Beholder?Opportunities and choices are NOT the same things. I had lots of choices- few good ones. Living in a poverty stricken home, in rural America, we had few great choices. I had talent- but little opportunity. Living in the sticks,…
In Response to: Do More Choices Mean Better Choices?Agreed. How communities choose to define "disruptive" will influence the process that local districts define in terms of how to address this issue.
In Response to: Superintendent or Constitutional Scholar?How do we embrace the voice of students as a learning opportunity for all versus trying to silence student voices which is a form of oppression that likely escalates to more extreme forms of expression?
In Response to: Superintendent or Constitutional Scholar?"Virgin Territory" is an opportunity for students and educators alike to engage in dialogue so as to understand the reasons behind the chant and also a teachable moment to present how that impacts others – do we stop to have…
In Response to: Superintendent or Constitutional Scholar?To what extent is "Silence" i the problem? When we repress the voice of students, we miss the opportunity to learn from and explore different perspectives – this is how we create opportunities for transformation. If we silence voices, we…
In Response to: Superintendent or Constitutional Scholar?