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Equity & Access
Global STEM Alliance Engages Youth and Mentors In Grand Challenges
There's a global STEM learning opportunity gap. Here's what the New York Academy of Sciences is doing to try and close it.
Leadership
EdLeader Advice: Get Serious About Goal-Setting
University Academy’s board sets specific, clear and measurable goals each academic year to ensure they continue working toward the founder's vision of it becoming the best K-12 college preparatory charter public school in the country.
Leadership
Closing the Opportunity Gap at University Academy
K-12 charter school University Academy in Kansas City has become one of Missouri's most elite public schools by focusing on bridging both the opportunity gap and achievement gap for its students.
Leadership
Education as a Public Good
The emerging vision for learning as a service is requiring more learner and parent decisions than ever. So, with all of the individual choices, how do we protect and advance the public good? The answer to this important question has eight implications for state and local policymakers.