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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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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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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
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Roemer: New Orleans’s Unique New District Strengthens Schools & Empowers Parents. It Must Not Repeat Political Mistakes of the Past

Caroline Roemer
Opinion

A NYC Teacher’s Plea: Hope and Stability Turn a School Into a Community. Please, Mr. Mayor, Let Our Charter Middle School Open

India Knight
Student Voice

Student’s Perspective: Reflections From an Online High School Valedictorian — We Are the Adults Now, and We Have to Make Our Own Futures

William Lampman
Opinion

Williams: Inequality, Meritocracy, and Privilege: Some D.C. Private Schools Leave AP — and Further Abandon Our Shared Democratic Life

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

A Teacher’s Take: Why ‘Relational Communities’ Matter — and Why We Should Celebrate School as a Place Where Students & Teachers Learn to Believe in One Another

Nat Damon
4Fams

Commentary: Up to 20 Percent of High School Students Plan to Go to College but Don’t Show Up. How Parents, Counselors, and Schools Can Help Stop Summer Melt

Melissa Fries
Janus v. AFSCME

Chris Cerf: When Support Is No Longer Mandated, It Must Be Earned. How Will the Unions Rise to That Challenge Under Janus?

Chris Cerf
Janus v. AFSCME

Commentary: This Is a Tough Time for Teachers. What One Educator Thinks Unions Must Do to Survive Under Janus

Nicole Manning
Opinion

Commentary: Leader of the PIE Network Passes the Baton, Setting the Stage for a New Chapter in Collaborative Education Policy Innovation

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach
Janus v. AFSCME

Weisberg: By Forcing Unions to Confront Some Deep-Seated Problems, Janus Loss Could Prove a Win for Them and Their Members

Daniel Weisberg
Janus v. AFSCME

Walsh: The ‘Veil of Destitution,’ Increased Activism, and Proving Their Relevance — Union Strategies for Retaining Members Post-Janus

Kate Walsh
Opinion

Williams: We Are Rightfully Moved by the Suffering of Immigrant Children Taken From Their Parents, but It Shouldn’t End There

Conor P. Williams
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Rotherham: 3 Things to Consider About Trump’s Risky, but Not Necessarily Bad, Idea to Merge the Education & Labor Departments

Andrew J. Rotherham
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Barone: Trump’s Bid to Merge Education & Labor Depts Is a Bad, Old Idea With Little Chance of Happening. But It’s the Perfect Shiny Thing to Distract the Media

Charles Barone
Opinion

Williams: As Immigration Issues Roil the Nation, One Georgia Community and School Welcomes Refugees

Conor P. Williams
4Fams

A Parent’s Perspective: Excuse Me, What Did You Call My Child? When the ‘Belief Gap’ Cuts a Little Too Close to Home

Chris Stewart
Opinion

Boyd: Newly Formed Seek Common Ground Is a Backbone for Local Advocates Working to Positively Change Public Education

Sandy Boyd
Opinion

Hiler — No College Left Behind: 5 Lessons From the Pitfalls of NCLB to Keep in Mind As We Reform Higher Education

Tamara Hiler
Opinion

Commentary: To Improve Education in Our Technological World, Put Teachers in Charge of ‘Doing Different’ and Empower Them to Innovate

Ted Kolderie
Opinion

Public Schools For a New Generation: 5 Reasons Why Millennials Will Bend the Arc of American Education

Romy Drucker
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