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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
Opinion

How Girl Scouts Helped Astronaut Reach for the Stars — and Is Going All In on STEM Education for Girls

Sylvia Acevedo
Opinion

Williams: Trump’s America Through the Fearful but Still Hopeful Eyes of My Old Brooklyn Student & Friends

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Analysis: ESSA, Like NCLB, Encourages Schools to Fudge Graduation Rates. Here’s How to Make the Numbers Really Count

Laura Jimenez
Union Report

Union Report: The National Education Association Assails Corporations … When Not Making Money From Them

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Analysis: Teaching, Technology, Transformation — 5 Ways to Talk (and Think) About Personalized Learning

The 74
Opinion

What Sort of Coaching Works Best for Early Childhood Educators? New Report Offers Some Clues

Bonnie O'Keefe
Opinion

More Personal, More Equitable, More Just: Inside the Educational Efforts of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Jim Shelton
Opinion

Analysis: Testing. Suspensions. College-Level Work. 3 Areas Where ESSA Could Mean Big Changes for Teachers and Students

Lane Wright
Union Report

Analysis: Inside the Financial Collapse of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Response: An Off-Target Analysis of Schools and Segregation Is Yet Further Evidence That Charters Are Gaining Ground — and Opponents Are Getting Desperate

Amy Wilkins
Opinion

Lake: In a Deeply Flawed ‘Analysis,’ the Associated Press Blames Public Charter Schools for America’s Segregated Cities

Robin Lake
Opinion

Analysis: Why Are All the Stories About Boys Falling Behind Girls at School Ignoring the Forces Keeping Them There?

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

‘Weeding Is Hard Work’ — Charter School Authorizers and the Promise of Educational Excellence for All Kids

Sarah Tantillo
Union Report

Analysis: Five Common Teachers Union Arguments — That Rely on Half-Truths

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Analysis: In Rethinking the Role of High School, One New York District Shows the Way to Becoming Future-Ready

Anthony Kim
Every Student Succeeds Act

Williams: As Florida Flouts America’s New Education Law on English Language Learners, Will the Feds Take a Stand?

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Teacher Commentary: The House Tax Cut Will Force Educators Out of the Classroom

Idalmi Acosta
Opinion

Analysis: By 2022, America Will Need 1 Million More College Grads With STEM Training Than We Are on Track to Produce

Blair Blackwell & Talia Milgrom-Elcott
Opinion

A School Turnaround Success Story: How This Kentucky HS Just Sent Its First Graduate to the Ivy League

Brad Weston
Opinion

Rethinking Civics Education: Global Nomads Is Helping Kids Learn About Their Lives by Learning About Others’ Lives

Sandra J. Stein
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