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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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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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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
Opinion

Williams: Congress Moves to Kill ESSA Accountability Rules, Giving States Lots of Room to Do as They Please

Conor P. Williams
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Rotherham & Schmitz: 1 Million Teachers Don’t Get Social Security. Trump Can Make It Great Again By Letting Them In

Andrew J. Rotherham & Kirsten Schmitz
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Kisida: Fresh Calls to Eliminate the National Endowment For the Arts — Now With Alternative Facts

Brian Kisida
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Tucker Haynes: Why ‘Hidden Figures’ Should Be Required Viewing at Every U.S. School

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
Union Report

Analysis: The NEA’s 5 Financially Shakiest States

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Bradford: Teachers Unions Exploited Ed Reform Split Over DeVos While Never Losing Focus

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Essay: Running for Change, South Dakota High Schooler Protests Pipeline, Meets the President (Twice)

Tariq Brownotter
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Allen: Advice to Secretary DeVos — Lean In, Be Bold, Talk About Power, and Rethink Twitter

Jeanne Allen
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Opinion: Why I’m Taking My Child Out of Our Renewal School

Lucy Garner
Union Report

Analysis: Was Hillary’s Union Support Limited to (Some of) the Public Sector?

Mike Antonucci
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