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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
Opinion

Allen: The Real Ed Reform Schism Is Between Parents Who Need School Choice & Elites Who Just Don’t Get It

Jeanne Allen
Union Report

Teachers Unions Prepare for Thousands of Lost Members as New Case Moves Toward the Supreme Court

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Whitmire: Money, Hustle & Good Candidates Won LA Vote for Ed Reformers, but Tougher Fights Lie Ahead

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

New Study Finds States Fail to Deliver on Title I Promise of Extra Funding for Low-Income Students

Zahava Stadler
Opinion

Williams: Trump’s Ed Budget Masks Cuts as Flatlines and Makes Cuts That Devastate Kids

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

When Kids Can’t Attend the Great School Just Across the Street: We Must Break Down the Invisible Walls

Seth Litt
Union Report

Opinion: State Union Rankings Show Strength of Labor Depends on Size of Government

Mike Antonucci
Personalized Learning

Betheny Gross — The Key to Effective Personalized Learning: Rigorous Content, Standards, and Experiences

Betheny Gross
Opinion

Chavous & Duplessis: Undoing ‘Separate but Equal,’ Six Decades After Brown v. Board of Education

Kevin P. Chavous & Ann Duplessis
Opinion

Williams: The D.C. Enrollment Scandal Shows How Critical It Is to Guard Against Parent Privilege

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Plucker: Gifted Education, Race & Poverty — How Do We Join Forces to Close America’s ‘Excellence Gap’?

Jonathan Plucker
Opinion

Tucker Haynes: Proof That Charters Offer Excellence to All Children Goes Beyond U.S. News’s Top 10 Ranking

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Avossa & Chang: As Immigrant School Leaders, We Know That No Immigrant Student Should Have to Live in Fear

Robert Avossa &
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of America’s Education Reform Debate: A Growing Blue-Red Divide

Derrell Bradford
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of America’s Education Reform Debate: Time for a Suburban Strategy?

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Miles & Wiener: In Washington, D.C., a Road Map for Reinventing Professional Development in Schools

Karen Hawley Miles & Ross Wiener
Union Report

Analysis: From ‘Incarceration Pay’ to ‘Rule of 75,’ Surprising Contract Benefits for Teachers Union Staffers

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

DeGrow: New Detroit Supe Wants to Compete With Charter Schools. How He Can Start Raising the Bar

Ben DeGrow
Personalized Learning

Lake: Why Personalized Learning Will Ultimately Live or Die on Its Ability to Manage Change

Robin Lake
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of the Education Reform Debate: Why Being ‘Right’ Isn’t Enough

Derrell Bradford
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