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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
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4Fams
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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

Whitmire: In the State That Created High-Performing Charter Networks, College Success Is Lagging Behind Others

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Rafal-Baer: In Education, Preparing Next Generation of Leaders Shouldn’t Be a Revolutionary Idea

Julia Rafal-Baer
Personalized Learning

Smith: 10 Lessons From Rocketship Education’s First Decade as a Pioneer of K-5 Personalized Learning

Preston Smith
Opinion

Oreopoulos: No Diploma Without a Plan for the Future? Why Chicago’s New Graduation Requirement Might Work

Philip Oreopoulos
Opinion

Williams: How a Tougher Test and Chaos in D.C. Just Made Things a Whole Lot Harder for Kids Learning English

Conor P. Williams
Union Report

Analysis: Teachers Union Adds 40,000 Offshore Members While Labor Rolls Stagnate at Home

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Quality Early Learning Programs Are a Key to Future Success. Why Don’t States Put Them in Their ESSA Plans?

Samantha Batel
Opinion

Bradford: A Free Education System Bought and Sold on the Housing Market, as It Was Intended to Be

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Litt: Why Kids in Low-Performing Schools Are Set to Lose Big Under California’s Current ESSA Plan

Seth Litt
Personalized Learning

Lake & Tuchman: Disability Rights Advocates Are Fighting the Wrong Fight on School Choice

Robin Lake & Sivan Tuchman
Opinion

Anello: Why the NAACP Should Look Beyond Misleading Narratives & Work With Charters to Lift Up Black Students

Daniel Anello
Opinion

Analysis: How OER Is Boosting School Performance and Equity From the Suburbs to the Arctic

Layla Bonnot
Union Report

Analysis: Which Bothers Randi Weingarten More — Segregation or School Choice?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Howard Fuller: Advancement — the Second ‘A’ in NAACP — Should Apply to Our Children Too

Dr. Howard Fuller
Opinion

Korman & Rotherham: You Can Help Schools and Social Service Agencies Collaborate Better for Students

Andrew J. Rotherham & Hailly T.N. Korman
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Sigmund: In New York’s Schools, a Serious Transparency Problem When It Comes to Student Data

Stephen Sigmund
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Bradford: For Black Families Focused on Education, the NAACP Just Committed ‘the Worst Kind of Betrayal’

Derrell Bradford
Personalized Learning

Mesecar: 4 Ways Tennessee Is Prioritizing Personalized Learning in Its New ESSA Plan

The 74
Union Report

Six Secrets the National Education Association Keeps About Its Business Dealings

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Stewart: Black Parents Deserve an NAACP That Fights for Schools They Choose — Not Against Them

Chris Stewart
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