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Reading Time: 4 minutesOver the past two years, I have noticed that when I teach students about any issue in the U.S. or around the world, they express

Reading Time: 4 minutesEmily Musil reviews her 11- and 13-year-old children’s report cards, scanning through the typical categories: language arts, math, social studies. But one day she is

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen Seth Walker first walked into Lincoln High School’s new cybersecurity class, he felt out of place. “I didn’t have any IT experience, and everyone

Reading Time: 3 minutesLate last month, Hurricane Melissa pummeled Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean. It was one of the strongest Category 5 storms on record, and

Reading Time: 6 minutesJosh Grenier got a powerful lesson in the benefits of revitalization when he was a high school art teacher in Edina, Minnesota. He was teaching

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe frantic speed of the Trump Administration’s education policy changes is leaving K-12 school officials confused about what orders are legal, whether they need to

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Mr. Seevers’ English class, the air feels different today. A quiet student draws an unexpected connection between “The Odyssey” and modern migrant stories. The

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. One of my students has ADHD. In a traditional

Reading Time: 5 minutesSusan Popkin has a brother-in-law who was kept out of traditional education until high school. David Bateman has a brother-in-law who couldn’t enroll for the

Reading Time: 4 minutesA student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.”

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. I turn the key to my classroom before sunrise

Reading Time: 4 minutesPhysical and mental health. Economic status. ZIP code. These are just a few of the factors that impact student learning every day. For district leaders,