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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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Multilingualism Is a Strength. Why Isn’t Curriculum Designed That Way?

Crystal Gonzales
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Students Will Pay a Heavy Price If Feds Gut Funding for High-Impact Tutoring

Maureen Tracey-Mooney
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In New Book, Researcher Calls Out Dumbed-Down Method of Teaching Reading

Chad Aldeman
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The Arts Aren’t ‘Nice to Have’ — They Can Boost Student Engagement & Attendance

Lucy Chen
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What the NAEP Proficient Score Really Means for Learning

Richard G. Innes
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What Football Can Tell Us About How to Teach Reading

Joshua Tremont
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When Every Student Is Guaranteed a Chance, More Reach Advanced Math

Lindsey Henderson & Dave Kung
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Weakening the IDEA Threatens Millions of Disabled Americans Like Me

Mia Ives-Rublee
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Schools Should Take a Cue from the Military and Start Aptitude Screening

Josh Newman
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Mayor-elect Mamdani’s First Test: Keeping Our Schools Accountable

Crystal McQueen-Taylor
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One Approach High-Performing Public and Charter Schools Share – And How to Do It

Alina Adams
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Stop Ignoring the Leaders Who Can Transform High Schools

Bill DeBaun, Andrew Schmitz & Ryan Reyna
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Do Kids Really Stop Learning to Read and Start Reading to Learn After Third Grade?

Rebecca Kockler & Kunjan Narechania
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Downgrading Education Is a Disastrous Misreading of What Our Country Needs

Lisa Guernsey
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The Goalposts Keep Moving: Who Gets to ‘Futureproof’ Their Children?

Tobi Adejumo & Iheoma Iruka
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Leadership, Data, Family Engagement: How My California School Turned a Corner

Sultana Dixon
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When Human Behavior Stands in the Way of Adopting Strong New Curriculum

Teresa Eliopoulos & Maraki Kebede
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Research: Even Before Kids Can Read They Visualize Letters, Objects Like Adults

Shannon Pruden & Karinna Rodriguez
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Teens are Hacking School Systems. Let’s Teach Them to Protect Communities Instead

Michael Klein & Casey Ellis
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New Legislation Would Ban AI from New York’s Schools

Robert Carroll
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