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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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Jeb Bush: Texas’ Education Savings Account Victory Can Set Nationwide Standard

Managing ESAs at scale is no small task. The strength of Texas’ new program lies not just in its size, but in its potential to drive innovation.

Jeb Bush
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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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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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Drucker: Time to Stop Misrepresenting Charter Gains on Special Education

Romy Drucker
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Cook: Charter Activists Know How to Walk the Walk but Not How to Talk the Talk

Peter Cook
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Bradford: Charter Schools’ Best Allies May Be the Parents Who Don’t Know Anything About Them — Yet

Derrell Bradford
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Tucker Haynes: Racist Taunts at Robotics Champs Go Deeper Than Trump Immigrant-Bashing

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Petruzzi: As ESSA Scales Down Federal Oversight, Educators & Local Leaders Must Rise to the Challenge

Marco Petruzzi
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Marchitello: Why Betsy DeVos Could Be a Boon for Progressive Education Advocates

Max Marchitello
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State Sen. Van Taylor: Why Texas Should Kill Taxpayer Pensions for Teachers Who Victimize Children

Van Taylor
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Opinion: Teachers in an Opportunity Culture: Well-Paid, Powerful, and Accountable

Emily Ayscue Hassel & Bryan C. Hassel
Union Report

Analysis: Internal Documents Show Few Union Members Volunteered for Massachusetts Anti-Charter Campaign

Mike Antonucci
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Williams: Lord, What Fools These Ed Reformers Be! A Requiem for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Conor P. Williams
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Gonzales — Education After the ESSA Rollback: What States Can Do Now to Lead the Charge on School Equity

Danielle M. Gonzales
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Ortega: Charter Schools, IDEA, and What Happens When You Give Parents of Special-Needs Kids More Choices

Israel Ortega
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Whitmire: Why the Charter Cap Fight in Massachusetts May Have Sparked a Tidal Wave of New Parent Applications

Richard Whitmire
Union Report

Analysis: Have the Unions Benefited From the DeVos Confirmation Fight?

Mike Antonucci
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Pendergrass: The Great, Misleading Debate Over the Growth of America’s Charter Schools

Susan Aud Pendergrass
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Harris: For School Choice to Work Nationally, the Trump Administration Must First Invest Locally

David Harris
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Lake: As Charter School Growth Slows, Time to Re-examine Bureaucratic, Funding, Political Hurdles

Robin Lake
Union Report

Analysis — New York’s Teachers Unions Are Millions in the Red: A Look at the Numbers

Mike Antonucci
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Analysis: The New Politics of the Los Angeles School Board Race, as More Families Prefer Charters

Laura Waters
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Analysis: The Real Reason Teachers Unions Pump Millions of Dollars Into School Board Races

Aaron Churchill
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