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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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Rotherham: Why Won’t Betsy DeVos Answer Hard Questions?

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Williams: When Students Own Their Academic Results, They Transform Their Schools

Erin Williams
Opinion

Jeb Bush: What the Media Is Getting Wrong About Florida’s Push to Help Students With Disabilities

Jeb Bush
Opinion

Fiddler: The Cost of Textbooks Is a Huge Obstacle for Poor Students. Here’s a Solution

Ann Fiddler
Opinion

Bankert: If Rahm Emanuel’s Graduation Plan Is to Succeed, Colleges Must Lower Barriers for Poor, Minority Students

Lina Bankert
Student Voice

Student Voice: My Mother Is Undocumented. My Father Was Deported. I Am the Resistance

Esther Reyes
Opinion

Murray: Why One Ohio English Teacher Was Wrong to Say Preparing Students for Work Was Not His Job

Jeff Murray
Opinion

Dean Robert Pianta: Why Trump’s Policies Are a Threat to Role of Public Education in America

Robert Pianta
Union Report

Analysis: A Brief Summary of the Bizarre (and Sometimes Funny) Things You Didn’t Know Were in Teacher Contracts

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Fisher: For HS Grads, 21st-Century Thinking, Skills (and Robots) Can’t Replace Importance of Human Networks

Julia Freeland Fisher
Opinion

Notes From the Field: If You Want Great Schools, First Work With Parents to Create ‘Actionable Demand’

Alex Cortez & Yordanos Eyoel
Opinion

Analysis: Former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell on Taking One Easy Step Toward Better Tests

Jack Markell
2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Brizard and Pearson: Why Charter Boards Are the Key to School Success

Scott Pearson & Jean-Claude Brizard
Personalized Learning

DeArmond & Gross: It’s Time to Help Teachers Generate and Use Their Own Evidence on Digital Tools

Michael DeArmond & Betheny Gross
Opinion

A Pastor’s Perspective: How School Choice Is Lifting Up Florida’s Most Disadvantaged Students

R.B. Holmes
#ShowTheEvidence

#ShowTheEvidence: Building a Movement Around Research, Impact in Ed Tech

Aubrey Francisco, Bart Epstein, Gunnar Counselman, Katrina Stevens, Luyen Chou, Mahnaz Charania, Mark Grovic, Rahim Rajan, Robert Pianta & Rebecca Griffiths
2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Rees: National Charter Schools Week, and Bridging the Partisan Divide to Celebrate Great Public Schools

Nina Rees
Opinion

Parent’s Perspective: Why My Fifth-Grade Daughter Opted Into This Year’s State Tests

Damian Gaillard
Union Report

Analysis: In Anonymous Poll, Employees of Florida’s Teachers Union Decry Working Conditions

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Tucker Haynes: Why Should Tax Dollars Go to Schools Designed to Segregate?

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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