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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

Kisida: Fresh Calls to Eliminate the National Endowment For the Arts — Now With Alternative Facts

Brian Kisida
Opinion

Tucker Haynes: Why ‘Hidden Figures’ Should Be Required Viewing at Every U.S. School

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Union Report

Analysis: The NEA’s 5 Financially Shakiest States

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Bradford: Teachers Unions Exploited Ed Reform Split Over DeVos While Never Losing Focus

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Essay: Running for Change, South Dakota High Schooler Protests Pipeline, Meets the President (Twice)

Tariq Brownotter
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Allen: Advice to Secretary DeVos — Lean In, Be Bold, Talk About Power, and Rethink Twitter

Jeanne Allen
Opinion

Opinion: Why I’m Taking My Child Out of Our Renewal School

Lucy Garner
Union Report

Analysis: Was Hillary’s Union Support Limited to (Some of) the Public Sector?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Barber: Transformation — The Time Is Now

Michael Barber
Advice for Betsy DeVos

KIPP Leaders: 4 Critical Areas Secretary DeVos Should Focus on to Ensure All Students Succeed

Richard Barth, Mike Feinberg & Dave Levin
Opinion

Opinion: Now More Than Ever, Diverse Charter Schools Are Essential

Alex Medler, Nora Kern & Dianne Piché
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Whitmire: Dear Secretary DeVos, If You Want to Grow Great Charter Schools, Do This, Not That

Richard Whitmire
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Hernandez: DeVos Should Tell Her Critics All Kids Deserve School Choice — Just Like Theirs Have

Alex Hernandez
Opinion

Sahm: Found in Yonkers

Charles Sahm
Opinion

Marnie Kaplan: Sometimes Government IS the Solution — Reauthorizing Head Start, 10 Years Later

Marnie Kaplan
Union Report

Analysis: The One Senator Teachers Unions Might Have Swayed on DeVos Is the One Who Couldn’t Vote ‘No’

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Analysis: Facing Threats, Can Public-Sector Unions Learn From the Demise of Industrial Workers?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Bradford: Dangerous for Charter Advocates to Embrace Elizabeth Warren and Trash School Vouchers

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Eden: When the New York Times’s Reporting on DeVos and Detroit Charters Looks Like ‘Alternative Facts’

Max Eden
Opinion

Open Letter: What the NAACP Should Know About Florida’s Charter Schools Ahead of Tonight’s Orlando Hearing

Christopher Norwood
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