Plus, a look inside a ‘teacher-powered’ school

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Liz Willen Dear reader,

Increasingly, conversations about education are filled with phrases like “parental choice” and “parental rights.” This week, we published a story with our partner USA Today that talks about how difficult it can be to implement “choice,” with a look at a Florida county ([link removed]) where some are eyeing the state’s recent expansion of school vouchers with wariness.

A second story explores what happens when teachers – who have been increasingly frustrated and burned out since the pandemic – actually take charge ([link removed]) and run schools, an option parents might be able to choose if such “teacher-powered” models continue to grow. The Hechinger Report’s Caroline Preston spent time in a Boston school that has embraced the approach.

Our dual focus on innovation and inequality means we are constantly exploring such trends, and it’s one reason we love hearing from readers, including those who send in opinion pieces ([link removed]) and help take us inside school districts ([link removed]) throughout the U.S. And every week, you can count on columnist Jill Barshay to dig deep into the latest studies ([link removed]) on topics like the reading wars for a thorough explanation.

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** Florida just expanded school vouchers — again. What does that really mean? ([link removed])
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‘Who doesn’t want choice? But that is not what this is about. It is about privatizing public education.’
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Reading List


** What happens when teachers run the school ([link removed])
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In a time of slumping educator morale, a model that gives teachers greater control over their professional lives — and of entire schools — is winning attention



** PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz ([link removed])
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Reading debates shift from phonics to what kids need to know



** Community college students get double the support through unusual dual-teacher program ([link removed])
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I-BEST, a Washington community college program that pairs two teachers in the classroom to help students master academic fundamentals while training for a career, has a record of success



** OPINION: How schools can find common ground in an era of education wars ([link removed])
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Emphasizing meaningful careers, good jobs and active citizenship can move us all forward



** TEACHER VOICE: Don’t say you aren’t a math person. Let’s help students develop positive math identities. ([link removed])
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The current narrative is that kids are behind in math post-pandemic, but what we need to focus on is building their confidence in their own math abilities



** With emergency funding drying up, child care is once again on the precipice ([link removed])
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State leaders are looking for other sources of revenue


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