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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
commentary
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
Pandemic Notebook

Student Voice: We May Joke About ‘the Rona’ and Virtual Graduation, but Deep Down, We’re Scared. Here’s How I Learned to Manage Anxiety in the Time of COVID-19

Sky Carroll
Coronavirus

A Mom’s View: My 2 Kids, Who Are on the Spectrum, and I Are Getting Through With Love, Family Support & a Dose of Social-Emotional Learning

Liz Parlett Butcher
Curriculum

Curriculum Case Study: After a Shift in Curriculum in One Tennessee County, ‘Everyone’s Playing Field Is the Same’

Scott Langford
Coronavirus

Cotton: An Online Moms’ Community Pivots for the New Normal — Offering Resources, Helping to Solve Problems and Keeping Families’ Morale Up

Inga Cotton
Opinion

Cunningham: Ed Reform Essayists Blame Failures on the Left While Claiming High Ground on Character for the Right. They’re Wrong on Both Counts

Peter Cunningham
Coronavirus

Student Voice: Barking Dogs, Breathing Exercises and Eckhart Tolle — Diary of My First Day of ‘Social-Distance’ Learning at Sunny Hills High

Hope Li
4Fams

Roicki: Math Can Help Teach Students to Make Good Decisions, Inside and Outside the Classroom. Here’s How

Joe Roicki
Coronavirus

Kapur & Mannion: Children Are Counting On the 2020 Census — but In-Person Follow-Up Can’t Happen Now. How Advocates Are Filling the Gaps

Geri Mannion & Ambika Kapur
Coronavirus

Rotherham: Why America’s Schools Should Stay Open This Summer

Andrew J. Rotherham
Coronavirus

Lacey: Download vs. Streaming, Sans Serif Fonts, Standardized Student Passwords — 10 Things to Know When Converting to an Online Classroom

Darlene Lacey
Coronavirus

A Mom’s View: What to Do When Coronavirus Turns Your Home Into a School? As an Educator, I Know — You’re a Parent. You’ve Got This

Kate Finnefrock
Coronavirus

Domanico: Coronavirus School Closures Will Cause Irreparable Damage to Students, Schools. How Policymakers Can and Must Soften the Blow

Ray Domanico
Coronavirus

Pondiscio: Studying Current Events Boosts Literacy and Civic Engagement. And It Probably Fits Into Your Learning-From-Home Routine

Robert Pondiscio
Coronavirus

A Mom’s View: Some Families Have the Resources to Manage Online Learning for Their Kids. Too Many Others Do Not. Where Is the Equity in That?

Lindsay Portnoy
Coronavirus

Student Voice: Part Staycation, Part Home Detention, My Life During Pandemic Is a Study in Contrasts

Sadie Bograd
Coronavirus

Costanza: Online Education Is Difficult for the Littlest Learners. Here’s Some Help for School Leaders, Teachers and Families

Vincent Costanza
Coronavirus

Wilson: How New York City’s Success Academy Is Creating an Online School — and Sharing Its Ideas Beyond Its Network

Steven Wilson
Coronavirus

Letter From the Editor: Rethinking How We Cover Schools in a Time of Chaos, Closings — and Reinvention

Steve Snyder
Coronavirus

Fraise: Coronavirus Has Turned Families Into Unwitting Homeschoolers. Some Suggestions for How They Can Treat It Like an Opportunity

Catherine Fraise
Coronavirus

Williams: Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals the Reality — and the Risk — of America’s Child Safety Net Being Its Public Schools

Conor P. Williams
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