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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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Opinion: The NAACP Stumbles on Charter Schools

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Opinion: New York Is Fixing Its Common Core Standards — and You Can Help

Suraj Gopal
Opinion

Opinion: Sorting Out the Issues in the Teacher Shortage Crisis

Dan Goldhaber & Roddy Theobald
Opinion

Opinion: It’s Back-to-School Season. Do You Know Where Your Employees’ Kids Are?

David Keeling
Union Report

Analysis: New Warnings of Teacher Shortage Sound Like Déjà Vu All Over Again

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Analysis: 1 in 5 High Schoolers Is Chronically Absent. Here’s What Data Shows About Those Kids

Michelle Manno
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Allison Robinson: Could Working Moms Be the True Winners of the Election?

Allison Robinson
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Elliot Haspel: Michael Petrilli Misreads How Poverty Affects Learning

Elliot Haspel
Opinion

Analysis: Why More Than 2,000 Schools Are Now Offering Longer Days — and Longer School Years

William Whitaker
Union Report

Analysis: Unions Have Cash but Not Partners in Fight Against MA Charter Proposal

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Jeanne Allen: What’s a School Choice Warrior to Do During This Political Campaign?

Jeanne Allen
Opinion

Analysis: CT Judge Issues Sweeping School Funding Ruling — a Call All States Should Heed

Zahava Stadler
Opinion

What Teachers and NFL Players Have in Common: Pension Problems

Max Marchitello
Opinion

Tucker Haynes: Dissent in the Black Community as Educators Hijack NAACP Platform, Turn on Schools

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Magee: For Schools, the Hardest Part of Establishing Higher Standards Is Over

Mike Magee
Opinion

Cami Anderson: School Reform 2.0 — Educational Excellence AND Equity

Cami Anderson
Union Report

Analysis: How the NEA Came to Love Citizens United

Mike Antonucci
The Founders By Richard Whitmire

Arne Duncan: What Impresses Me Most About the First 25 Years of Public Charter Schools

Arne Duncan
Opinion

Campbell Brown: Poor Students’ Futures Are on the Ballot in Massachusetts This November

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Bradford: Why Black Lives Matter Must Protect the Parents Protesting Via Public Charter Schools

Derrell Bradford
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