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Reading Time: 5 minutesDuring our focus group, a middle school media and library specialist from New York sighed and said: “We don’t need another policy about what not

Reading Time: 4 minutesPublic school districts across the country are facing declining enrollment and shrinking budgets. This reality is forcing district leaders to make difficult decisions about how

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. It was the first week of school. I was

Reading Time: 5 minutesFor the last six years, patrons of the Brown County Public Library, nestled in rural Ohio, checked out portable Wi-Fi hot spots in droves. The

Reading Time: 8 minutesAnyone who regularly cooks knows that feeling when you realize you’ve gotten in over your head. Maybe a pot of pasta is boiling over on

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn high school, back in the mid-1990s, I stood before a full auditorium. When asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe rate of U.S. adults who are happy with the quality of K-12 education has hit an all-time low, according to recent polling data, but

Reading Time: 5 minutesVery few people want to be stuck doing the same thing for the rest of their lives. Even if educators view their career as a

Reading Time: 5 minutesLast year, journalism students at Lawrence High School, a public school in Kansas, convinced the district to exempt them from the watchful eye it paid

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat happens when schools restrict students’ access to their cellphones? A massive experiment has been underway in recent years, as an increasing number of schools

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. I’ve spent more than a decade as a special

Reading Time: 5 minutesIf Cain Sandoval hadn’t earned a full-tuition scholarship through the Kalamazoo Promise, he likely would’ve debated whether attending college was worth the financial burden. Sandoval,