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Dismantling Ed Dept. Will Harm More Than 26 Million Kids — and America’s Future

Flores: Students in poverty & rural areas, kids with disabilities, English learners and homeless children will all suffer without federal protections.

Yolie Flores
Author: Yolie Flores
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charter schools

Supreme Court Must Not Undermine Public Education in Religious Charter Case

Johnson: Breaking wall between public and religious schools could mean an end to charters and their commitment to educational access for every student

Ariel Johnson
Author: Ariel Johnson
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States Should Support Religious Education — But Not Through Charter Schools

Petrilli: Supreme Court has a way to mandate some state backing of religious schools and avoid disruption of a 30-year-old charter school sector.

Michael J. Petrilli
Author: Michael J. Petrilli
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Evidence — and Its Limits — in the School Choice Debate

Paul: The true value of school choice is not measured in data but in the freedom parents have to pick schools that reflect their values.

James Paul
Author: James Paul
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Allen: The Real Ed Reform Schism Is Between Parents Who Need School Choice & Elites Who Just Don’t Get It

Jeanne Allen
Union Report

Teachers Unions Prepare for Thousands of Lost Members as New Case Moves Toward the Supreme Court

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Whitmire: Money, Hustle & Good Candidates Won LA Vote for Ed Reformers, but Tougher Fights Lie Ahead

Richard Whitmire
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New Study Finds States Fail to Deliver on Title I Promise of Extra Funding for Low-Income Students

Zahava Stadler
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Williams: Trump’s Ed Budget Masks Cuts as Flatlines and Makes Cuts That Devastate Kids

Conor P. Williams
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When Kids Can’t Attend the Great School Just Across the Street: We Must Break Down the Invisible Walls

Seth Litt
Union Report

Opinion: State Union Rankings Show Strength of Labor Depends on Size of Government

Mike Antonucci
Personalized Learning

Betheny Gross — The Key to Effective Personalized Learning: Rigorous Content, Standards, and Experiences

Betheny Gross
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Chavous & Duplessis: Undoing ‘Separate but Equal,’ Six Decades After Brown v. Board of Education

Kevin P. Chavous & Ann Duplessis
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Williams: The D.C. Enrollment Scandal Shows How Critical It Is to Guard Against Parent Privilege

Conor P. Williams
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Plucker: Gifted Education, Race & Poverty — How Do We Join Forces to Close America’s ‘Excellence Gap’?

Jonathan Plucker
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Tucker Haynes: Proof That Charters Offer Excellence to All Children Goes Beyond U.S. News’s Top 10 Ranking

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Avossa & Chang: As Immigrant School Leaders, We Know That No Immigrant Student Should Have to Live in Fear

Robert Avossa &
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of America’s Education Reform Debate: A Growing Blue-Red Divide

Derrell Bradford
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of America’s Education Reform Debate: Time for a Suburban Strategy?

Derrell Bradford
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Miles & Wiener: In Washington, D.C., a Road Map for Reinventing Professional Development in Schools

Karen Hawley Miles & Ross Wiener
Union Report

Analysis: From ‘Incarceration Pay’ to ‘Rule of 75,’ Surprising Contract Benefits for Teachers Union Staffers

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

DeGrow: New Detroit Supe Wants to Compete With Charter Schools. How He Can Start Raising the Bar

Ben DeGrow
Personalized Learning

Lake: Why Personalized Learning Will Ultimately Live or Die on Its Ability to Manage Change

Robin Lake
Future of Education Reform

Bradford — The Politics & Partisanship of the Education Reform Debate: Why Being ‘Right’ Isn’t Enough

Derrell Bradford
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