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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
future of high school

I Changed My Shoes, and It Revolutionized How I Was Able to Rethink High School

William Blake
school choice

Every Kansas Student Has Potential. School Choice Can Unlock It

Matt Frendewey
Opinion

After COVID, the Race to Restore Student Connections and School Relationships

David Adams
Opinion

Team Teaching Is the Best Use of ESSER Funds to Boost Student Learning after COVID

Emily Ayscue Hassel & Bryan C. Hassel
STEM

To Be Globally Competitive, the U.S. Must Value STEM as Much as Literacy

Amy McGrath
Opinion

To Get STEM Education to Every Student, Train All New Teachers in Computing

Rita Joseph & Eli Dvorkin
Opinion

Parent’s View: School Choice Could Help Texas Families, Just Like It Helped Mine

Alicia Giordano
Union Report

‘Groundhog Day’: Public School Staffing Is Caught in a Time Loop

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

3 Ways Districts Can Find & Develop Leaders to Solve the Superintendent Shortage

Barbara Mullen & Joe Mullikin
Opinion

COVID Learning Loss: Virginia Launching Statewide Tutoring Initiative This Week

Maureen Kelleher
STEM

America Is Facing a Shortage of STEM Teachers: Here’s One Way to Solve It

Gerard Robinson
Opinion

Why the Kids in My School Move from Class to Class — as Young as Kindergarten

Henry Saylor-Scheetz
Opinion

Why Invest in Public Campaigns to Promote Marriage When What’s Needed Are Effective Policies?

Haley Swenson
Opinion

Public Charter Schools and the Chipotlification of American Education

Christy Wolfe
Opinion

How Have Schools Improved Since the Pandemic? What Teachers Had to Say

Cory Beets
Opinion

Just 3 States Require Teaching Media Literacy. Growth of AI Makes It Essential

Pat Condo
Opinion

Schools Are 100K Counselors Short. Here’s a New Approach to Student Mental Health

Joan Wasser Gish
childcare

In a Year of Unions Flexing Power, Child Care is a Question Mark

Elliot Haspel
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This Course Uses ‘Climate Fiction’ to Teach About the Perils of a Warming Planet

Debra J. Rosenthal
Opinion

Charters Are the Most Popular Form of School Choice. Democrats Must Get on Board

Debbie Cox Bultan & Elena Parent
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