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I have watched my friends struggle with their teens and young adults. Often there is direct conflict with the person your child has become. But sometimes the struggle is merely due to our inability to ...

In another endless season of rankings and scorecards, I marvel at how often we measure everything except what seems to matter most for student learning. Too often, debates about education focus on the ...

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Here are great gifts you can give the dads in your life this Father's Day - so they know how much you appreciate them.