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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

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

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

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.

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Jeb Bush: Florida’s Rising NAEP Scores Show Education Reforms Are Working for All Students in the State

Wicks: To Prepare Kids for an Unpredictable Future, Schools Need Two Things — a Strong Principal and Strong Accountability

Commentary: Employers Must Take the Lead to Build the STEM Workforce of the Future

Steven G. Zylstra & Chevy Humphrey

Rogers: Great School Leaders Make Great Schools. How Leadership Support for Principals & Superintendents Makes All the Difference for Kids

Opinion: Honesty (With Yourself) Is the Best Policy: 4 Steps to Help Schools Reach Their Academic Goals for Their Students

Opinion: A Generation of High-Performing, Low-Income Students Is Getting Lost in the Crowd. Some Reasons Why — and What Can Be Done

Appraisal: How Paymon Rouhanifard Rallied Camden Around Its Schools — and Why His Impressive Turnaround Will Endure

Commentary: Yes, Pay Teachers More. But States, Districts, and Schools Must Use Resources Strategically If Educators and Students Are to Thrive

Karen Hawley Miles

Chavous: For Kids in Traditional Schools, Testing Can Be a Challenge. For Some Kids, Parents & Teachers in Online Schools, It’s a Nightmare

Kevin P. Chavous

Reactions & Reflections

Why Tests & Standards Aren’t Just About Your Kid: What We Learned This Week About the Widening Gap in America’s Schools

Opinion: The U.S. Doesn’t Have Enough STEM Teachers to Prepare Students for Our High-Tech Economy. 4 Steps Toward Addressing That Shortage

Melissa Moritz & Emily Weiss

Union Report: How Much Control Do Unions Have Over Teacher Walkouts in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Arizona? Not as Much as You’d Think

Opinion: Family’s Tale of 2 Schools Shows the Perils and the Promise of Public Education in New Mexico

Cami Anderson: Disparate School Discipline, the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter, and Civil Rights — 5 Key Points That Get Lost in All the Noise

Petrilli: The 7 Key Storylines in This Year’s Disappointing NAEP Results

Michael J. Petrilli

A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

We Are Still a Nation at Risk, but We Can Avert by Listening to Consumers

Opinion: Student Loan Borrowers Need Help Now, or Their Debt Could Hurt Them, and This Country, for Decades to Come

A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

3 Ways ‘A Nation at Risk’ Gave Voice to a New Generation of Education Advocates

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach

A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

35 Years Later, Blockbuster Reagan-Era Education Report Has Remarkable Durability and Resilience

A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

Landmark 1983 Report Faced Backlash but Changed U.S. History by ‘Changing the Way We Look at Education and Putting It Back on the American Agenda’

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