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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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How a Federal Seed Money Program Has Powered Ed Tech Innovations

Eric Tucker & Edward Metz
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Florida District Leans Into Science of Reading Starting in Early Childhood

Barbara Hammond
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The Inconvenient Success of New Orleans Schools

Ravi Gupta
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How Trump’s Power Push Echoes Resistance to Fixing Education’s Deepest Problems

Vladimir Kogan
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Schools Need Evidence-Based Curriculum. Researchers Need Schools to Help

Stacey Black
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Immigrant Students are Learning in Fear. State Lawmakers Can Help Change That

Sara P. López Amézquita & Tatyana Kleyn
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NYC Teachers Believe Many Kids Are Gifted & Talented. Why Doesn’t the District?

Alina Adams
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Fixing Michigan’s Teacher Shortage Isn’t Just About Getting More Recruits

Gail Richmond
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AI Literacy: What It Is, What it Isn’t, Who Needs It and Why It’s Hard to Define

Daniel Schiff, Arne Bewersdorff & Marie Hornberger
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The Science of Reading and Play Go Hand-in-Hand. Schools Must Make It Happen

Carly Roberts & Meghan McCormick
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K-12 Education Alone Can’t Disrupt the Poverty Cycle. My School Is Fixing That

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
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What California Teachers Are Trying, Building, and Learning with AI

Chelsea Waite, Lisa Chu & Steven Weiner
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The $40 Million Question Now Looming Over New Jersey’s Top Teachers Union

Greg Fournier
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Parents Who Oppose Sex Education in Schools Often Don’t Discuss it at Home

Robin Pickering
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Don’t Destroy Institute of Education Sciences, Rebuild It With Students in Mind

Mamie Voight
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The Future of Children’s Programming After Federal Cuts to Public Media

Michael H. Levine
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We Were Born on Social Platforms. Now We Want a Healthier Internet

Tanushree Jain
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Truly Shifting to Science of Reading Sometimes Takes ‘Balanced Literacy Rehab’

Kristen McQuillan
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Why the Traditional College Major May Be Holding Students Back in a Rapidly Changing Job Market

John Weigand
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How Well Do Middle Schools Prepare Students for HS? Here’s a New Way to Find Out

David Griffith & Meredith Coffey
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