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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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The Most Overlooked Classroom In Every District

Jonathan Carone
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Why Cut a Federal Program That Helps Student Parents Access Child Care?

Elliot Haspel
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State Voucher Programs Signal Pitfalls for Trump’s New Education Tax Credits

Thomas Toch & Bella DiMarco
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For Adolescents Struggling With Reading, It’s Not Too Late To Intervene

Alice Quarantello
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When Community Colleges Offer Bachelor’s Degrees, Grads Get Leg up on the Future

Angela Kersenbrock & Karen A. Stout
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Girls’ STEM Skills Slipped During COVID. Here’s What to Do

Megan Kuhfield
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A Student’s View: A Device Ban Won’t Fix Education

Anthony Coral
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Parents Want to Support Their Kids. Behavioral Science Can Help Them Follow Through

Ariel Kalil & Susan E. Mayer
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Young People Have Something to Say. We Should Be Listening

Jordan Pineda
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Why AI Literacy Instruction Needs to Start Before Kindergarten

Tammy Kwan
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Let’s Rethink How We Teach Early Math – Starting with Teacher Prep

Gena Nelson & Cece Zhou
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Congress Needs to Protect Resources for Homeless Students in Next Year’s Budget

Jennifer Erb-Downward
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If the Money Moves, the Metrics Must, Too

Jason Godfrey
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School Choice is Great, But the Churn It Allows Comes at a Cost

Ronak Shah
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Support for Testing and Accountability Is Waning. Is Politics to Blame?

Michael Hartney
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Many Kids Aren’t Ready for School Before Age 5. So Why Do They Have to Go Anyway?

Alina Adams
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Why Students and Families Don’t Use Their School Choice Scholarships

Ron Matus & Dava Cherry
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New Hampshire’s Universal School Choice Expansion Is a Win for Students, Parents

Ashley DeMauro Mullins
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School’s Out for Summer. Parents Need Support With Youth Mental Health

Steve Bullock, January Contreras & Carlos Curbelo
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California Shows How States Can Step Up for Young Students With Disabilities

Sarah Johns
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