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We're a team of local leaders and advocates working toward a high-quality education for all kids, regardless of their address.

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What does it take to create lasting change?

For Andrew McEachin, senior research director at ETS, it's going to take enormous amounts of collaboration between advocates, policymakers, and researches to transform the way K-12 decision works across the country.

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For our final Education Talk, we have Andrew McEachin, Senior Research Director at ETS.

In his talk, Andrew addresses the need for evolving assessments to support competency-based learning to help school systems move beyond seat time as the primary consideration for credit.

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In the latest 50CAN Education Talk, CEO of Studium/High School Law Review Olivia Gross argues that teaching students to civilly disagree with each other is not only an essential life skill, but is vital to the future of American democracy.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch Olivia's full talk.

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Some interesting insights from our friends at 50CAN⬇️

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In an increasingly partisan world, can we teach students to agreeably disagree with each other?

Olivia Gross is the founder and CEO of Studium/High School Law Review, a civics education program that uses constitutional law to teach students how to think critically and engage in civil disagreement.

Olivia is a Univeristiy of Chicago graduate, where studies free speech as an undergraduate. She also writes on free speech, academic freedom, and the practice of constructive disagreement.

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Teacher union influence is waning.

In A Crowded Table, @MimiArnoldLyon, Sandy Frost Waldron, and Rebecca Jacobsen rank union strength across all fifty states and D.C. and examine how the K–12 landscape has grown more crowded.

Read the report: https://t.co/WOpRY7lJpF

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When people say math is worthless, they are probably not thinking about the math that unlocks the most profitable majors in the US

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Seems like a pretty big deal

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New report on the strength of teachers unions across all 50 states by the Fordham Institute (@educationgadfly). The results:

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What a great time for families!!! #educationadvocate #familiesmatter

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After decades of hearing about school choice, Keith Jacobs (@AlphaKJ813) from @StepUp4Students says we're entering a new era: the era of school customization, where families shop for the education services that meet the particular needs of their children.

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For more insights like this, read the full report here: https://t.co/b7GjKpiSvu

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Charter schools are growing in popularity across the country, including in California.

In our new State of Educational Opportunity in California report, nearly three quarters of all parents surveyed said they supported charter schools (72%), which ranks in the top third nationally.

Additionally, schools of choice (which include charter schools) scored 9 points higher in the survey on overall satisfaction than traditional public schools.

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In this week's new Ed Talk, Keith Jacobs, the Director of Provider Development for @StepUp4Students, discusses how school choice and customization have changed education in the State of Florida.

A Tampa native, @AlphaKJ813 spent 14 years in both K-12 district and charter education as both a traditional public school educator and administrator.

Keith is a former Teacher of the Year and Administrator of the Year nominee and serves as an education choice advocate, trainer and national speaker for education equity.

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Read the full report here: https://t.co/b7GjKpiSvu

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California families are eager for more educational opportunities.

The new State of Educational Opportunity in California survey found that:

-Support charter schools is rising (72% favor charter schools)

-Parents are skeptical that more money is the answer to better schools (Only 26% think more money needs to be spent per pupil)

-Tutoring and the demand for tutoring is booming California, as the state ranks 5th in both the number of students receiving tutoring AND the number of parents that want tutoring for their kids but don't yet have it.

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From major investments in charter schools to new scholarships for the next generation of teachers, Connecticut saw some BIG wins on the education front during the recently completed legislative session.

Here are just a few of the wins the @conncan team helped secure in 2026.