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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
commentary
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
commentary
commentary

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
commentary
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
Opinion

Lane Wright: If America’s Public Schools Are a Family, Charter Schools Are the Unwanted Adopted Child

Lane Wright
4Fams

Lim: Technology Can Break Down Barriers Between Schools and Families, No Matter What Languages They Speak

Heejae Lim
4Fams

Petrilli: From Report Cards to Parent-Teacher Conferences, Schools Must Do a Better Job of Telling Families How Their Kids Are Doing

Michael J. Petrilli
4Fams

Borrello & Hernandez: Making Family Engagement a Real Partnership for Boosting Student Achievement and Improving Schools

Vito Borrello & Reyna Hernandez
Opinion

Williams: I Lived — and Transcended — the Opportunity Myth. But for Students in National Study, It’s Much Harder

Conor P. Williams
4Fams

Fernandez: My Parents Weren’t Engaged With My School, and It Hurt Me as a Student. I’m Breaking That Cycle for My Kids & for Families Like Mine

Socorro Fernandez
Opinion

Keeling: 4 Ways That Students and Families Are Getting Lost in an Avalanche of Confusing Information From Their Schools

David Keeling
Massachusetts

Book Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Weld & State Sen. Birmingham on Lessons Learned From the Fight Over America’s Best Charter Schools

William Weld & Thomas Birmingham
Opinion

Boyd & Gilligan: Change Done ‘to’ — Not ‘With’ — Communities Doesn’t Last. You Need to Build a Movement Instead

Sandy Boyd & Michael Gilligan
Union Report

Union Report: Maryland Teacher Union Numbers Show Drop In Membership, Market Share Since Supreme Court’s Janus Ruling

Mike Antonucci
Keeping it 100

Brown: Want to Close the Opportunity Gap? Start by Fixing the Diversity Gap Between Students of Color and Their Majority-White Teachers

Brandon Brown
Opinion

Commentary: With 8 Clear Goals and a Public Progress Meter, Arizona Is Improving Education for All the State’s Students

Christine Thompson
4Fams

Commentary: My Online School Just Got an ‘F’ on Our State Report Card. Why I’m Proud of My School and What We Do for Our Students

Melissa Brown
Opinion

Bradford & Brown: To Imagine the Future, You Need to Discuss What It Could Be. We Must Empower New Voices in Education to Have These Critical Conversations

Derrell Bradford & Brennan Brown
Building Integrated Classrooms

From Troubled School to Turnaround to Texas ‘Teaching Lab’

Emily Langhorne
Building Integrated Classrooms

What Other Cities & School Districts Can Learn From San Antonio’s Classroom Innovations

Robin Lake
Opinion

Martin: The U.S. Desperately Needs to Modernize and Elevate the Teaching Profession. Here Are Some Ways to Advance the Workforce for the Next Generation

Carmel Martin
Opinion

Mesecar & Soifer — Appreciating the ‘Military Student Identifier’: How America’s New Education Law Will Help Schools Serve the Students Whose Parents Serve the Country

Doug Mesecar & Don Soifer
Union Report

Antonucci: When Is a Teacher Strike Legal, and What Happens If Los Angeles’s Teachers Union Walks Out This Week?

Mike Antonucci
4Fams

Glynn: FAFSA Opens Oct. 1. Three Things for Students and Families to Remember When Applying for Financial Aid

Amy Glynn
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