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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
On the Campaign Trail

Campbell Brown: It’s Time to Make the Candidates Address Education

Campbell Brown
NOLA Schools — 10 Years After Katrina

Media Ignores New Orleans Success Because It’s Good News on Charters

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Map: Neediest Children in 41 States Being Shortchanged on School Funding

Rebecca Sibilia
Opinion

Conor Williams: Shut Down Student Data and Shut Out Lights on Ed Woes

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker: Ferguson Cautionary Tale of State Education Control

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Opinion: Teacher Shortage Cry Misses Real Crisis in Teaching Supply

Kevin Huffman
Opinion

Opinion: Why Are We Arresting Mothers for ‘Stealing’ a Public Education?

Michelle D. Bernard
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker: Excellent Teachers, Like My Mom, Deserve Better Pay. No Matter What Their Unions Say

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

De Blasio’s Uber Attacks Just Like Anti-Charter Schools Campaign

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Opinion: Governor Hutchinson, Please Save Common Core in Arkansas

Jennifer Garner & Ouida Newton
On the Campaign Trail

Opinion: AFT Backs Hillary More on Hope than on Hard Evidence

Matt Barnum
Opinion

Conor Williams: No Pressure on States Means No Changes for Underserved Kids

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

All Charters Are Not Equal: Time to Shut the Worst and Learn from the Best

Richard Whitmire
On the Campaign Trail

William Bennett: The GOP Is Wrong to Run Away from Common Core — Because the Standards Are Working

William J. Bennett
Opinion

Opinion: Mayor de Blasio’s Inadequate Education Agenda and NYC’s Lost Year

Jenny Sedlis
Opinion

Opinion: Why We Need to Ignore Opt-Outers Like We Do Anti-Vaxxers

Kevin Huffman
Opinion

ESEA Opinion: When Will Federal Law Place Kids Above Special Interests?

Ben Austin
On the Campaign Trail

Cynthia Tucker: Why Our Next President Must Be the One to Fix America’s Schools

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Opinion

Campbell Brown: Advocacy, Journalism and Why Not Every Story Has Two Sides

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Conor Williams: If You Want to Win the Reform Wars, You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

Conor P. Williams