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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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America’s Civics Crisis Starts Inside Our Schools

David Brown
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Students Are Digital Natives. Let Them Lead the AI Revolution in Education

David R. Schuler & Jeffrey Riley
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4-Year Scholarships, Mental Health Supports Are the Way to Help Students Succeed

Eric Delli Bovi
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As Trump Demands English-Only, He Guts Federal Support for English Learners

Conor P. Williams
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Why a Doorway Greeting May Be One of the Most Underrated Classroom Strategies

Laura Mooiman
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Report Finds Books Aren’t Vanishing From Schools. But That’s Not the Whole Story

Robert Pondiscio
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My Arizona School Needed More Teachers. We Put Administrators in the Classroom

Kayla Piel
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How Charter Schools Can Help Strengthen K-12 Public Education for the Future

Bruno V. Manno
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How Community-Based Advocates Can Bring Students Back to School

Molly Hebert Loyd
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High Schools Should Help the Class of 2026 Get Ready to Vote. Here’s How and Why

Laura Brill
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Children and Schools Should Be Off Limits to Immigration Enforcement

Jennifer Stern & Daniel Anello
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Why the ‘Middle Path’ of AI Literacy May Be the Future of English Class

David Nurenberg
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Schools That Don’t Engage the Community Are Squandering Assets

Margaret Raymond
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How a Pennsylvania District Improved Math Proficiency Without Changing Curriculum

Colleen Leonard & Tom Evans
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Education Is a Fault Line in U.S. Politics. Democrats Are on the Wrong Side

Jorge Elorza & Ben Austin
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Time for Schools to Stop Testing Kids Like It’s the 1990s. AI Can Show the Way

Jane Swift
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At Schools Citywide, NYC Students Are Transforming Playgrounds — and Themselves

Tamar Renaud
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New Grants Would Dump Education Money on States With No Way to Measure Success

Jason Godfrey
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How One Arizona District Used Elementary Learning to Shape High School Results

Christie Olsen
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What Education Can Learn from Major League Baseball

Michael Hartney
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