The push to expand school choice is reorganizing the very purpose of schooling. And in that shift, something essential is being lost — civic education.

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16.09.2025

OPINION: We cannot afford to dismantle Head Start, a program that builds futures, strengthens families and delivers proven returns

For many families, Head Start is the first place outside the home where a child’s potential is nurtured and celebrated. Yet, this program that builds futures and strengthens families is now under threat, and it’s imperative that we protect it.

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16.09.2025

STUDENT VOICE: What National Endowment for the Humanities cuts mean for high schoolers like me

Funding for National History Day, which runs a competition that engages students in original research, was slashed by the Trump administration.

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16.09.2025

Behind the latest dismal NAEP scores

The long-delayed 2024 results for 12th graders in math and reading and for eighth graders in science were finally released.

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OPINION: The push to expand school choice should not diminish civic education

OPINION: We cannot afford to dismantle Head Start, a program that builds futures, strengthens families and delivers proven returns

STUDENT VOICE: What National Endowment for the Humanities cuts mean for high schoolers like me

Behind the latest dismal NAEP scores

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