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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
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Whitmire: Is DeVos Still Planning a School Tour With Weingarten? Here’s the First Place They Should Go

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

Robin Lake
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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
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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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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

Conor P. Williams
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