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The State of English Learner Reclassification Under the Every Student Succeeds Act
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Policy That Protects: Fighting Online Fraud and Scams Through Responsive Policymaking
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Working People Need Standing to Shape the AI Economy
Standing in the AI economy requires organizing and resourcing worker and community organizations to engage where key decisions are made.
How to Get Universal Child Care: Toolkits for State Policy and Systems Change
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Texas’s Path to HB 2: Looking to Past Teacher Certification Policies to Move Forward
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Changing the Narrative on Child Care and Early Education
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High Cohort Default Rates May Be Looming. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The Cohort Default Rate measures whether institutions leave significant shares of their borrowers unable to repay.
The Future of Multilateralism Is Up for Grabs
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It’s Worse Than You Think: How AI Is Undermining Democracy and National Security
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