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IDEAS, INSIGHT & CIVIL DISCOURSE issue 6 / December 2019

Reopening Our Schools

Issue 6 Articles

01

Betsy DeVos on Teacher Freedoms

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02

A Graduate Student’s Perspective from the Civil Discourse Dinner at Pepperdine University

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03

Civil Discourse in Action — with John Deasy and Derrell Bradford

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04

Leader Spotlight: Rodney Robinson and Dr. Curtis Jones

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05

Teacher Voices – Attracting and Retaining Qualified Teachers

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06

Is it Time to Retire Traditional Teacher Pension Plans?

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07

Parent Voices

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Social Impact: Changes to the Teacher Workforce in America

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What Cultural Shifts Need to Happen to Professionalize Teaching?

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What is the future of teacher activism?

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Political Discussion in the Classroom: What should educators be trying to do?

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The State of Teacher Talent Practices

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Current State of Teacher Workforce

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A Letter From Mark Gruzin

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How will professionalization impact teaching?

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Hanna Skandera on Understanding Teachers Needs

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Last Word on Coming Together

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Parent Voices

Parents from urban, suburban and rural districts share their ideas for ways parents can work with teachers on behalf of students....

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How will professionalization impact teaching?

Maddie Fennell from the Nebraska State Education Association and National Council on Teacher Quality’s Kate Walsh discuss and agree that more rigorous education programs are a crucial step that's necessary to the trajectory of the profession....

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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 unprepared when they arrive on campus. And traditional remediation efforts designed to get those students up to speed are failing...

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Voices: with Margaret Spellings

Last year, the investigative reporters at ProPublica produced a searing string of articles on inequality in American schools. They chronicled deep racial disparities in access to Advanced Placement classes in Charlottesville, Virginia. They highlighted proficiency gaps in reading and math...

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Educating Good Citizens

John B. King Jr. and Louise Dubé advocate for stronger civics education and solid ELA and STEM programs too....

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The Imperatives and Casualties of College Readiness

Do students need to earn a college degree in order to be successful in life? The answer, of course, is no. There are many household names who have achieved great success in business, for example, who never graduated from college,...

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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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How EdTech Data Can Improve Education Equity & Opportunity For K-12 Students

Despite the explosion of edtech in recent years, we have yet to find a teaching method more effective than one-on-one tutoring. This method is particularly effective when tutors are well-versed in their subject matter, trained and able to provide useful...

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A Snapshot: Equity & Opportunity in Rural, Suburban, & Urban America

An estimated 50.7 million students are enrolled in America's public schools, most in cities and suburbs. Not surprisingly, that's where the ideas and energy around reform are centered....

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Understanding the Rural Student View

The statistics paint a picture of what rural education looks like in smallish districts near tiny towns and those in virtual isolation far from most conveniences of everyday metropolitan life like a grocery store or hospital or reliable internet....

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Rural: Education in Mississippi’s Delta

Historically, Mississippi hovers at the bottom of national rankings for education quality and student achievement. For students in the Delta — home to the state’s very poorest, most rural communities — the outcomes data is especially dire. The reality of...

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Understanding the Urban Student View

What happens when, instead of allowing perceived barriers to education tell a tale of haves and have-nots and drive wedges among communities, we forge human connections that create opportunity to learn and build a more cohesive school environment?...

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Urban: City Districts Demonstrate Agility Amid Evolving Needs

Many urban districts are demonstrating agility amid an evolving environment that has surfaced new and unique needs. For example, when it comes to resources, urban schools also may benefit from outside support from universities, foundations and corporations — more so...

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Suburban: When Challenges to Equity and Opportunity Are Hiding in Plain Sight

A suburban public school in 2019 is part of an education infrastructure and culture vastly different than in times past. Our view of public education in U.S. suburbs is often characterized by what we think of as the suburban America...

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Understanding the Suburban Student View

In spite of a seemingly rich educational experience in most suburbs, evolving demographics and economics have given way to new and, perhaps, surprising challenges from parental communications and engagement to transportation to supporting English Language Learners....

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Leader Spotlight with Mandy Manning, Jorge A. Aguilar and John White

Whether it’s called an equity gap, achievement gap or opportunity gap, these education leaders clearly have nuanced views about what is required to re-focus and improve public education in America, but they share an optimism that we have the power...

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