EXPLAINED: What Are Standardized Tests and Why Do We Need Them?

Few issues in education spark more tension and debate than standardized testing. Are they a tool for equity or a burden on students? A necessary check on school systems or a flawed measure of learning? To understand what’s at stake, we first have to...

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Teacher Diversity Explained: Why It Matters, and How We Got Here

The Reality—Students Need More Teachers of Color While America’s student body has grown more diverse over time, the teachers working with them have remained overwhelmingly white. More than half of...

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