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Support for Testing and Accountability Is Waning. Is Politics to Blame?

Hartney: It reflects the unwillingness of the political class to make holding schools accountable for learning the cornerstone of American education.

Michael Hartney
Author: Michael Hartney
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Schools Need Evidence-Based Curriculum. Researchers Need Schools to Help

Black: The next generation of evidence-based programs won’t come from ivory towers or glossy marketing decks. They’ll come from classrooms.

Stacey Black
Author: Stacey Black
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Immigrant Students are Learning in Fear. State Lawmakers Can Help Change That.

Amézquita and Kleyn: Amid federal cuts and deportation threats, states need to step up to prepare teachers and help students.

Sara P. López Amézquita & Tatyana Kleyn
4Fams
4Fams
4Fams

NYC Teachers Believe Many Kids Are Gifted & Talented. Why Doesn’t the District?

Adams: Letting educators evaluate students has led to many more being flagged for G&T. That alone could set them up for greater academic success.

Alina Adams
Author: Alina Adams
Opinion

Chris Minnich: How States Have Led on Education — and Will Continue to Lead

Chris Minnich
Union Report

Analysis: The ‘One Percent’ Leaders of America’s Top Teachers Unions, All Making More Than $300,000 a Year

Mike Antonucci
Reactions & Reflections

Analysis: Is Scapegoating Charter Schools on Segregation Actually a Stealth Attack on Educational Excellence for African-American Students?

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Analysis: Is Chicago Really America’s Fastest-Improving Urban School District? Why Claims Made by the NYT & Others Are Misleading

Emily Langhorne & David Osborne
Opinion

GreatSchools: Why We’re Giving Parents More School Quality Info — and How States Can Step Up to Help

Matthew Nelson
No Child Left Behind

Williams: NCLB Sounded Tougher on Accountability Than It Actually Was and Yet It Was Still Demonized

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Analysis: Why School Districts Need a ‘Consumer Reports’ for Ed Tech

Bart Epstein
Opinion

Analysis: PTA Purchasing Power Leaves Low-Income Schools Even Further Behind

Samantha Batel & Erin Roth
Union Report

Union Report: The 10 Most Memorable Teachers Union Quotes of 2017

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Sedlis: Bloomberg Was Right. Time for De Blasio to Start Closing New York City’s Worst Schools and Opening Better Ones

Jenny Sedlis
Opinion

Analysis: 5 Ways Adults Can Develop Children With Strong Social and Emotional Skills

Bridget Laird
Opinion

How Girl Scouts Helped Astronaut Reach for the Stars — and Is Going All In on STEM Education for Girls

Sylvia Acevedo
Opinion

Williams: Trump’s America Through the Fearful but Still Hopeful Eyes of My Old Brooklyn Student & Friends

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Analysis: ESSA, Like NCLB, Encourages Schools to Fudge Graduation Rates. Here’s How to Make the Numbers Really Count

Laura Jimenez
Union Report

Union Report: The National Education Association Assails Corporations … When Not Making Money From Them

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Analysis: Teaching, Technology, Transformation — 5 Ways to Talk (and Think) About Personalized Learning

The 74
Opinion

What Sort of Coaching Works Best for Early Childhood Educators? New Report Offers Some Clues

Bonnie O'Keefe
Opinion

More Personal, More Equitable, More Just: Inside the Educational Efforts of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Jim Shelton
Opinion

Analysis: Testing. Suspensions. College-Level Work. 3 Areas Where ESSA Could Mean Big Changes for Teachers and Students

Lane Wright
Union Report

Analysis: Inside the Financial Collapse of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Mike Antonucci
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