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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

Campbell Brown: A Brief Primer on Bullying

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Bradford: Water for Accountability, How the Post-NCLB Coalition Must Be Both Fluid and Strong

Derrell Bradford
Union Report

Antonucci: The 10 Most Memorable Teachers Union Quotes of 2016

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Analysis: The Hundred-Year Teacher Shortage

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Opinion: Edtech’s Responsibility to Students

Miriam Altman
Opinion

Opinion: Supporting the Success of DACA-mented Youth

Rafael Alvarez
Opinion

Whitmire: Partnering With Charters, AppleTree Plants Seeds for New Approach to Early Childhood Ed

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Opinion: Reimagining School Choice Debates

Ashley Berner
Opinion

Williams: Donald Trump Rode to Power on the Populism of the Past. Now, What About the Future?

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Opinion: Undue Process: Firing Bad Teachers Shouldn’t Be This Hard

Michael J. Petrilli & Dara Zeehandelaar
Union Report

Analysis: With Question 2 Defeated, Mass. Teachers Turn to Ambitious Legislative Agenda

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Max Eden: Don’t Judge a School By Its Building — the Inner Beauty of Young Scholars Charter School

Max Eden
Opinion

Fenty: Teaching My Sons the Unspeakable — When White Lives Matter More

Michelle Fenty
Opinion

Bradford: One Final Thought on the NAACP’s ‘Modest Proposal’ Against Charter Schools

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

ACLU: We’re Monitoring 3 Counties in Mississippi to Ensure State Upholds Ban on Student Restraint

L. Rene' Hardwick
Social-Emotional Learning

Crean Davis: Can Social Emotional Learning Catch Fire in Schools — Without Flaming Out?

Allison Crean Davis
Union Report

Analysis: California Is Still the Golden State for Teacher Unions

Mike Antonucci
EDlection 2016

Campbell Brown: On Betsy DeVos

Campbell Brown
EDlection 2016

Bradford — Why Do I Hope DeVos Boosts School Vouchers and Scholarships? Because They Changed My Life

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Petrilli: 20 Big Questions For Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos

Michael J. Petrilli
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