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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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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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Bill de Blasio’s $800 Million Broken Promise Over Renewal Schools

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Whitmire: MA Labor Leaders Challenge Parents on Charter Schools

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Williams: What Would Hillary Do on Education? Community-Focused Reading List Offers Clues

Conor P. Williams
Union Report

What Hillary Told the NEA

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Finding Common Ground in the Commonwealth’s Charter Debate: Sharing Best Practices

Claire Kaplan
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker Haynes: America Needs TFA’s Talented Young Teachers Now More Than Ever

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Opinion: How New York’s Tougher Standards and Tests Improved My School

Lisa DiGaudio
Union Report

Analysis: How NEA Brass Made Sure the Union Endorsed Clinton — Even If It Didn’t Want To

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Rice: NAACP’s Anti-Charter Vote Was Disheartening — but What Happened on the Streets of Cincinnati Wasn’t

Ron Rice
Opinion

Opinion: What Trump Gets Wrong About the Economy — but May Get Right About School Funding

Max Marchitello
Opinion

Dear NAACP: Before Your Charter School Vote, One Oklahoma Parent Wants to Share His Experience

Gary Jones
Opinion

A Note to Massachusetts Progressives: Remember, It Was Democrats Who Brought Charter Schools to Town

David Osborne
Union Report

Analysis: Teachers Unions Decry “Outside Money” in Politics, but They’re the Source of a Lot of It

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Bradford: Press Tuned In to the School Choice Split in the Black Community — and That’s a Good Thing

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Opinion: A Month Until Election Day and Still Listening for Education

Matthew Randazzo
Union Report

Analysis: There Still Isn’t a Teacher Shortage Again

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

The New Reformers: City-Loving Millennials Who Want Quality Schools Not Tied to Their ZIP Code

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Analysis: Hillary Clinton Is Right About Head Start

Matt Barnum
Opinion

Opinion: The Promise of Multiple Education Pathways

Jonathan Hasak
Union Report

Analysis: Now Critics, Unions Supported Build-Up of Police in Schools for Years

Mike Antonucci
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