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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

Barber: Transformation — The Time Is Now

Michael Barber
Advice for Betsy DeVos

KIPP Leaders: 4 Critical Areas Secretary DeVos Should Focus on to Ensure All Students Succeed

Richard Barth, Mike Feinberg & Dave Levin
Opinion

Opinion: Now More Than Ever, Diverse Charter Schools Are Essential

Alex Medler, Nora Kern & Dianne Piché
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Whitmire: Dear Secretary DeVos, If You Want to Grow Great Charter Schools, Do This, Not That

Richard Whitmire
Advice for Betsy DeVos

Hernandez: DeVos Should Tell Her Critics All Kids Deserve School Choice — Just Like Theirs Have

Alex Hernandez
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Sahm: Found in Yonkers

Charles Sahm
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Marnie Kaplan: Sometimes Government IS the Solution — Reauthorizing Head Start, 10 Years Later

Marnie Kaplan
Union Report

Analysis: The One Senator Teachers Unions Might Have Swayed on DeVos Is the One Who Couldn’t Vote ‘No’

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Analysis: Facing Threats, Can Public-Sector Unions Learn From the Demise of Industrial Workers?

Mike Antonucci
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Bradford: Dangerous for Charter Advocates to Embrace Elizabeth Warren and Trash School Vouchers

Derrell Bradford
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Eden: When the New York Times’s Reporting on DeVos and Detroit Charters Looks Like ‘Alternative Facts’

Max Eden
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Open Letter: What the NAACP Should Know About Florida’s Charter Schools Ahead of Tonight’s Orlando Hearing

Christopher Norwood
Union Report

Analysis: The Strange Disappearance of 69,000 AFT Members

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Ashley Berner and Charles L. Glenn: America’s Muslim Schools and the Common Good

Ashley Berner & Charles L. Glenn
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Whitmire: Welcome to the Trump Presidency — and the Hazy New Battle Lines of the Education Debate

Richard Whitmire
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Robinson: Obama Redefined School Reform for Democrats

Gerard Robinson
Opinion

Williams: The Temptation to Compromise With Trump on Schools — and Why It Might Kill Education Reform

Conor P. Williams
Union Report

Antonucci: How Representative Are NEA’s Representatives?

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Cynthia Tucker Haynes: Obama’s Embrace of Education Reform Freed Progressives to Do the Same

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Barnum: Obama’s Education Legacy Mirrors the Rest of His Presidency — Accomplished but Polarizing

Matt Barnum
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