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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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commentary

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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commentary

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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No Textbooks, Times Tables or Spelling Tests: Things My 6th Grader Didn’t Learn

Chad Aldeman
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From CA to DE, 17 Districts Are Working Together to Battle Chronic Absenteeism

Baron R. Davis
4Fams

How to Talk to Kids About the Trump Assassination Attempt and Other Scary Topics

Carla Engelbrecht
4Fams

‘Just a Mom’ Starts Nonprofit to Help Kids — Like Her Daughter — Learn to Read

Sandra Bermudez
opinion

Diapers are Missing from the Safety Net. American Families are Paying the Price

Elise Anderson
commentary

Some Lessons from Britain’s New Push for Education and Workforce Training

Bruno V. Manno
Opinion

NYC Parents Sound Off About Plan to Ban Cellphones in Schools

Alina Adams
Opinion

School Interventions Offer Best Shot At Reducing Youth Violence

Laura Voith
commentary

Florida’s Education System is Proof that Accountability Works

Manny Diaz
opinion

‘Gap Busters’: Lessons from Charter Authorizers in Helping All Kids Achieve More

Karega Rausch
commentary

In South Florida, Parents Are Building Their Children’s Education a la Carte

Ron Matus
commentary

‘Brown’ Devastated the Black Teaching Force. It’s Long Past Time to Fix That

Tequilla Brownie & Marc Morial
commentary

For Youth Job Training Programs to Work, Employers Must Have Skin in the Game

Peter Sloane
Opinion

High-Poverty Schools in Colorado, Massachusetts Defying the Odds for Students

Rianna Saslow & Charles Barone
Philadelphia

Most Philly Students Have College Ambitions, But Prep Varies by High School

Joseph Sageman
Opinion

Care is No Ordinary Good

Elliot Haspel
Opinion

New Database Features 250 AI Tools That Can Enhance Social Science Research

Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Devon Brenner, Lauren Etheredge & MacKenzie Paul
Analysis

When Was the Golden Age of American K-12 Education? And How Can We Tell?

Michael J. Petrilli
commentary

Stop Blame Game, Keep an Open Mind: Alaska District Fights Chronic Absenteeism

Justin Ainsworth
Opinion

If Only Child Care Costs Were Transparent, Searches Would Be Simpler and Easier

Haley Swenson
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