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  • The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future

    Given America’s long and sordid history of extreme inequity in schooling, rolling back federal oversight would be a mistake.

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  • Not just any test

    Today, teachers are using higher standards in their classrooms. It's time to measure student learning in a new way. Here's how to identify a good test from a bad one. 

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  • Teacher Appreciation: My teacher was tough, but...

    To all of the teachers who have helped shape our lives and pushed us to follow our dreams, we say thank you. 

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  • Involved Parents Making a Difference

    Strong family engagement has been proven, time and time again, to lead to increased student achievement.  Learn more about Stand UP (Stand University for Parents), a research-based, ten-week family engagement course for parents of elementary school children.

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Stand Gets Results

Harlem Children's Zone founder and Stand for Children's first board chairman Geoffrey Canada explains how Stand gets results.
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We work at all levels - community, district, state, and national - to make the biggest possible impact.

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