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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
Union Report

Analysis: The Strange Disappearance of 69,000 AFT Members

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Ashley Berner and Charles L. Glenn: America’s Muslim Schools and the Common Good

Ashley Berner & Charles L. Glenn
Opinion

Whitmire: Welcome to the Trump Presidency — and the Hazy New Battle Lines of the Education Debate

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Robinson: Obama Redefined School Reform for Democrats

Gerard Robinson
Opinion

Williams: The Temptation to Compromise With Trump on Schools — and Why It Might Kill Education Reform

Conor P. Williams
Union Report

Antonucci: How Representative Are NEA’s Representatives?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker Haynes: Obama’s Embrace of Education Reform Freed Progressives to Do the Same

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Barnum: Obama’s Education Legacy Mirrors the Rest of His Presidency — Accomplished but Polarizing

Matt Barnum
Opinion

Bradford: How Obama’s K-12 Schooling Drove His Education Policy — and May Also Shape His Retirement

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Cunningham: Obama’s Rich Education Legacy, and What’s Possible When You Challenge Political Allies

Peter Cunningham
2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Merriweather: My Grad School Stats Say I Beat the Odds. A Private School Scholarship Let Me Do It

Denisha Merriweather
Opinion

Eden: “The Citizen Academy Way” — Why a Cleveland Charter Succeeds in a Failure Zone

Max Eden
Every Student Succeeds Act

Noltemeyer and Saultz: Why States Should Focus More on School Climate Under ESSA

Amity Noltemeyer & Andrew Saultz
Union Report

Analysis: The U.S. Department of Education — Born in the NEA

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker Haynes: As Trump Ascends, Lessons for Our Daughters on Knowing Their Worth

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Opinion: Pensions, Politics and the New Jersey Education Association

Mike Lilley
Opinion

Analysis: What the Media Have Gotten Wrong About Betsy DeVos and Detroit’s Schools

Max Eden & Ben DeGrow
Opinion

Campbell Brown: A Note About My Role at The 74

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Romy Drucker: Campbell Brown, The 74 and Why Education Should Be Front-Page News Every Day

Romy Drucker
Opinion

Berner: How Rethinking Classroom Instruction May Have Boosted Student Achievement in Louisiana

Ashley Berner
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