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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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Bradford: Charter Schools’ Best Allies May Be the Parents Who Don’t Know Anything About Them — Yet

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Tucker Haynes: Racist Taunts at Robotics Champs Go Deeper Than Trump Immigrant-Bashing

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Petruzzi: As ESSA Scales Down Federal Oversight, Educators & Local Leaders Must Rise to the Challenge

Marco Petruzzi
Opinion

Marchitello: Why Betsy DeVos Could Be a Boon for Progressive Education Advocates

Max Marchitello
Opinion

State Sen. Van Taylor: Why Texas Should Kill Taxpayer Pensions for Teachers Who Victimize Children

Van Taylor
Opinion

Opinion: Teachers in an Opportunity Culture: Well-Paid, Powerful, and Accountable

Emily Ayscue Hassel & Bryan C. Hassel
Union Report

Analysis: Internal Documents Show Few Union Members Volunteered for Massachusetts Anti-Charter Campaign

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Williams: Lord, What Fools These Ed Reformers Be! A Requiem for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Gonzales — Education After the ESSA Rollback: What States Can Do Now to Lead the Charge on School Equity

Danielle M. Gonzales
Opinion

Ortega: Charter Schools, IDEA, and What Happens When You Give Parents of Special-Needs Kids More Choices

Israel Ortega
Opinion

Whitmire: Why the Charter Cap Fight in Massachusetts May Have Sparked a Tidal Wave of New Parent Applications

Richard Whitmire
Union Report

Analysis: Have the Unions Benefited From the DeVos Confirmation Fight?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Pendergrass: The Great, Misleading Debate Over the Growth of America’s Charter Schools

Susan Aud Pendergrass
Opinion

Harris: For School Choice to Work Nationally, the Trump Administration Must First Invest Locally

David Harris
Opinion

Lake: As Charter School Growth Slows, Time to Re-examine Bureaucratic, Funding, Political Hurdles

Robin Lake
Union Report

Analysis — New York’s Teachers Unions Are Millions in the Red: A Look at the Numbers

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Analysis: The New Politics of the Los Angeles School Board Race, as More Families Prefer Charters

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: The Real Reason Teachers Unions Pump Millions of Dollars Into School Board Races

Aaron Churchill
Opinion

Williams: Congress Moves to Kill ESSA Accountability Rules, Giving States Lots of Room to Do as They Please

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Rotherham & Schmitz: 1 Million Teachers Don’t Get Social Security. Trump Can Make It Great Again By Letting Them In

Andrew J. Rotherham & Kirsten Schmitz
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