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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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How Trump’s Power Push Echoes Resistance to Fixing Education’s Deepest Problems

Kogan: Schools' dysfunction is hard-wired into a governance model that puts adults' political agendas ahead of students' educational interests.

Vladimir Kogan
Author: Vladimir Kogan
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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
Opinion

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

Chris Stewart
Opinion

Kowalski: States Will Never Meet ESSA Goals Without Data Empowering Teachers & Parents to Help Students

Paige Kowalski
Opinion

Cunningham: On School Segregation, Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten Is Projecting

Peter Cunningham
Opinion

Sahm: Newark’s Charter Schools Deliver on Their Original Purpose — and Spark Innovation Across the District

Charles Sahm
Opinion

Cantor: How Poor Parents Really Practice School Choice

David Cantor
Opinion

Cook: Pettiness Blocks Progress in Louisiana, as Governor Vetoes Common Sense Education Bill

Peter Cook
Union Report

Analysis: How the California Teachers Union Is Spending Its Summer

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Simpson: When Teachers Act as Coaches, Everyone Comes Out a Winner

Quinn Simpson
Opinion

Ladner: ‘Frontier Justice’ From Parents at ‘Wild West’ Charter Schools Yields Great Results for Students

Matthew Ladner
Opinion

Cantor: Falling in Love Again (With School Policy) Binge-Watching ‘The West Wing’

David Cantor
Opinion

Weisberg: Paying Teachers Not to Teach Is Absurd — but Reviving NYC’s ‘Dance of the Lemons’ Hurts Kids

Daniel Weisberg
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Richmond: Autonomy or Accountability? Good Charter School Authorizing Means Balancing the Two

Greg Richmond
Opinion

Lieberman: ESSA Allows States to Focus on Often Overlooked Pre-K Ed Players — School Principals

Abbie Lieberman
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Analysis: Ed Tech Decision Makers Are Under Pressure in Higher Education

Fiona Hollands, Alison Griffin & Bror Saxberg
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Irvin & Gray — Reforming the Way We Govern Schools: Stronger Charter Boards Are Essential to Education Reform

Ethan Gray & Carrie Irvin
Union Report

Antonucci: NEA’s New Charter Schools Policy Isn’t New, Just Matches Union’s Long-Held Action Plan

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Arnett: Schools Will Be the Beneficiaries, Not the Victims, of K-12 ‘Disruptive Innovation’

Thomas Arnett
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Boser and Baffour: Making School Integration Work for the 21st Century

Ulrich Boser & Perpetual Baffour
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Williams: Raising LA High School Graduation Rates by Any Means Necessary Is an Empty Accomplishment

Conor P. Williams
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Rice: Charter Schools Are Advancing the Cause of Black Education in America for the 21st Century

Ron Rice
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