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We Should Pay More for the Best Teachers

Yglesias: Research shows there’s a lot of electoral upside to supporting teacher pay that is based on performance rather than pure seniority.

Matthew Yglesias
Author: Matthew Yglesias
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commentary

Connecticut Charters Break Through in Historic Legislative Session

Greenberg-Ellis and Pimentel: With approval of four new schools, plus added funding and benefits, lawmakers showed increased support for charters.

Rebecca Greenberg-Ellis & Lucas Pimentel
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Lessons from Charters Where Every Student Graduates, Most of Them With a Plan

Cobb: Charter school students have racked up more than a billion in scholarships and nearly 100% acceptance to college or postsecondary programs.

Darryl Cobb, Charter School Growth Fund
Author: Darryl Cobb
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commentary

Race, Income and Why Some Democrats Have the Luxury of Opposing School Choice

Kisida: Many critics resist choice politically while exercising it for their own kids through private schools or expensive homes in 'good' districts.

Brian Kisida
Union Report

Union Report: Job Cuts, a Strike Threat and a Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit — Union Updates From California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon and D.C.

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Why They Leave: New Book Explores the Reasons Teachers Give for Quitting the Profession. (Hint: It’s Not Students)

Brendan Lowe
Keeping it 100

A Black, Queer Female Mentor Fights for Funding and Respect So She Can Keep Helping Marginalized Students

Jonathan Higgins
Union Report

Analysis: A Proposed Parcel Tax in Los Angeles May Give to the City’s Teachers With One Hand — While Taking From Them With the Other

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Arnett: 3 Things Ed Tech Can’t Do That Illustrate Why Teachers Matter More Than Ever

Thomas Arnett
Opinion

Whitmire: Elite Colleges Empower First-Generation Students to Succeed Just By Letting Them Enroll. They Must Admit More of Them

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Analysis: How Engaging At-Risk Parents With Early Home Visits Can Teach Them to Work With Their Schools for Their Kids’ Success

Libby Doggett & Constance Gully
Opinion

Ajmera: America’s Schools Are Starved for Funds, and Teachers Are Paying the Price. Recent Strikes Are Only a Symptom of This Disease

Maya Ajmera
Opinion

Petrilli & Ragland: At a Tough Time for Education Reform, Colorado Defeat of Charter School-Defunding Bill Offers a Ray of Hope

Michael J. Petrilli & Luke Ragland
Opinion

Bradford: When the Cost of Admission Is Paying Off a College, Americans Are Outraged. But When It’s the Price of a House Near a Good School, There’s Silence

Derrell Bradford
Texas

Commentary: How a New Innovation Zone Will Bring Big-World Opportunities to Students in 3 Rural Texas Districts

Maria Casas, Conrad Cantu & Steve Van Matre
Opinion

A Teacher’s View: Pi Day Makes Math Engaging for Students — and Demonstrates Math’s Importance in the World Outside the Classroom

Jane Porath
Opinion

Schmidt: The Evidence Behind Effective Reading Instruction Is Clear. Now, Classroom Practices Need to Follow

Catherine Schmidt
Opinion

Mark Schneider: My Response to Essay Rebuttal — I’m Concerned About the PISA Exam’s Future and the Implications of Its Sponsor’s Global Ambitions

Mark Schneider
Union Report

Union Report: How Much Control Do Unions Have Over Teacher Protests? In Some States, a Lot. In Others, None at All

Mike Antonucci
Keeping it 100

I Didn’t Have a Teacher Who Looked Like Me Till College — Why I’m Working to Change That for the Next Generation

Casey Chon
Opinion

Response: Allowing More Countries to Participate in the PISA Exam Enables Innovation and Fosters Diversity. That Is Something to Embrace

Michele Bruniges
4Fams

McKenna: Many Families Aren’t Sending Their Kids to Small Liberal Arts Colleges Anymore. Mine Isn’t, Either. Here’s Why

Laura McKenna
Opinion

Commentary: School Districts Are Major Purchasers of Health Care. What If They Tore Up Their Expensive Contracts and Demanded Better?

Jim Millaway
Keeping it 100

Teaching Black Students Love in a System That Doesn’t Always Love Them Back

Lucas Lyons
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