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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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Teaching Students Why Cinco de Mayo Matters for Our Democracy

Otheguy: Students should understand the history of the Mexican fight for freedom and how it influenced our own.

Emma Otheguy
Author: Emma Otheguy
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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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charter schools

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
Personalized Learning

Fisher: Making Equity a First Principle of the Personalized-Learning Era

Julia Freeland Fisher
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Whitmire: In Bridging Charter-District Divide, Educators Collaborate to Make the Impossible Happen

Richard Whitmire
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Litow: Revised Perkins Act Is Key to Getting Great Technical Programs Like P-TECH to More Needy Kids

Stanley Litow
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Erquiaga: Why Trump’s ‘America First’ Budget Puts Children in Poverty Last

Dale Erquiaga
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Open Letter: Illinois’s Legislature Must Reject Bill That Creates Moratorium on New Chicago Charters

Andrew Broy
Opinion

Arnett: Trump May Have Stripped Back Regulations on Teacher Preparation, but Many States Are Moving Forward

Thomas Arnett
Union Report

Analysis: My Union Has More Money Than Your Union

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Chris Cerf: How Newark’s Public Schools — Both Traditional and Charter — Are Working Together to Lift All Boats

Chris Cerf
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Korman: How ESSA Is Driving States to Create Education Transition Policies for Incarcerated Students

Hailly T.N. Korman
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Whitmire: Is DeVos Still Planning a School Tour With Weingarten? Here’s the First Place They Should Go

Richard Whitmire
Union Report

Antonucci: Can Nevada’s Teachers Union Survive?

Mike Antonucci
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Whitmire: Charter Leaders Saw Too Much Damage to Students (and Their Own Future) to Embrace Trump’s Budget

Richard Whitmire
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Opinion: New California Accountability Dashboard Provides Little Light for Poor Families

Seth Litt
Opinion

Bradford: Why Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Faith in Public Schools Loses Sight of Some Harsher Truths

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Cami Anderson: The Left-Right School Discipline Debate Misses the Point. We Need a Third Way

Cami Anderson
Personalized Learning

Lake: At Last, a Court Says Kids (Like Mine) With IEPs Deserve a Top Education. But More Fights Loom Ahead

Robin Lake
Opinion

Arons: 3 Reasons New York Was Right to Drop Its Teacher Literacy Test

Elizabeth Arons
Union Report

Analysis: Are NYSUT’s Finances a ‘Ponzi Scheme’? Former Financial Analyst Sounds the Alarm

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Stewart: Charter Advocates Must Not Forget the First Commandment of Politics — It’s All About Your Base

Chris Stewart
Opinion

Drucker: Time to Stop Misrepresenting Charter Gains on Special Education

Romy Drucker
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