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SNAPSHOT: A protest during

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the national anthem by
NFL quarterback Colin
Kaepernick over social
injustice has opened
debate on a national level,
including in many school
sports programs. PAGE 12
Edwin Lopez (1) stands
while some of his
teammates kneel during
the national anthem
before Woodrow Wilson
High School's home game
against Highland High
School in Camden, N.J.

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Solving
School
Improvement
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the CLAS MING
TEACHERS

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10 Shorter Grade Spans Are Linked
To More Bullying, Study Finds

1 High Court Again Takes
School Cases

11 New Group to Push
For SEL in Schools

1 Dallas Expands Choices
With Single-Gender Schools

1 New Teachers Make Significant
Segment of Profession

COMMENTARY

13 DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fedex
Targeted in Open Educational
Resources Lawsuit

1 Indiana's Testing Woes Fuel
Electoral Battles

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

6 2016 SAT Results: Slight Dips
And Lots of Complications
8 New Data Tool Allows City-byCity Schooling Comparisons
9 Hunt Is on for Clues to
Students' Test-Taking Strategies

20 Nevada High Court Deals Blow
To School Choice Program

18 Storm Clouds Loom Over Push
For Ed-Tech Law's Renewal
18 Appraising Trump School
Choice, Child-Care Plans
19 Personal Lens: A VP Nominee's
Spouse on Education

26 JESSICA SAGER:
The Empathy Gap
And How to Fill It
26 DARA BARLIN:
Trust: The Missing Ingredient
In School Improvement
27 VOICES: Having the Difficult
Race-Bias Conversation
32 KAYA HENDERSON:
5 Lessons From an
Outgoing Chancellor

EDUCATION
CONFIDENCEWEEK TECH
INDEX

A brand-n
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examines
perspect
teacher
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status of
ed tech.

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States and districts get new
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Finding evidence-based
strategies that show results PAGE 8

Lessons from a rural
Alabama school PAGE 24

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Teacher-in
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MAKING IT
'ACTIVE

Most schools
struggle
to make
the transitio
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to "active"
digital learning "
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