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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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The Most Overlooked Classroom In Every District

Carone: Youth sports are considered just a physical outlet for kids. What we’re overlooking is the depth of learning and development happening there.

Jonathan Carone
Author: Jonathan Carone
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State Voucher Programs Signal Pitfalls for Trump’s New Education Tax Credits

Toch & DiMarco: Without significant guardrails, the expensive new federal initiative is likely to deliver a scant return on investment for students.

Thomas Toch & Bella DiMarco
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For Adolescents Struggling With Reading, It’s Not Too Late To Intervene

Quarantello: Schools can make a difference by investing in the right resources and supporting teachers to address students’ reading deficits.

Alice Quarantello
Author: Alice Quarantello
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Cynthia Tucker Haynes: America Needs TFA’s Talented Young Teachers Now More Than Ever

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Opinion: How New York’s Tougher Standards and Tests Improved My School

Lisa DiGaudio
Union Report

Analysis: How NEA Brass Made Sure the Union Endorsed Clinton — Even If It Didn’t Want To

Mike Antonucci
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Rice: NAACP’s Anti-Charter Vote Was Disheartening — but What Happened on the Streets of Cincinnati Wasn’t

Ron Rice
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Opinion: What Trump Gets Wrong About the Economy — but May Get Right About School Funding

Max Marchitello
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Dear NAACP: Before Your Charter School Vote, One Oklahoma Parent Wants to Share His Experience

Gary Jones
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A Note to Massachusetts Progressives: Remember, It Was Democrats Who Brought Charter Schools to Town

David Osborne
Union Report

Analysis: Teachers Unions Decry “Outside Money” in Politics, but They’re the Source of a Lot of It

Mike Antonucci
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Bradford: Press Tuned In to the School Choice Split in the Black Community — and That’s a Good Thing

Derrell Bradford
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Opinion: A Month Until Election Day and Still Listening for Education

Matthew Randazzo
Union Report

Analysis: There Still Isn’t a Teacher Shortage Again

Mike Antonucci
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The New Reformers: City-Loving Millennials Who Want Quality Schools Not Tied to Their ZIP Code

Conor P. Williams
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Analysis: Hillary Clinton Is Right About Head Start

Matt Barnum
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Opinion: The Promise of Multiple Education Pathways

Jonathan Hasak
Union Report

Analysis: Now Critics, Unions Supported Build-Up of Police in Schools for Years

Mike Antonucci
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Opinion: The NAACP Stumbles on Charter Schools

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Opinion: New York Is Fixing Its Common Core Standards — and You Can Help

Suraj Gopal
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Opinion: Sorting Out the Issues in the Teacher Shortage Crisis

Dan Goldhaber & Roddy Theobald
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Opinion: It’s Back-to-School Season. Do You Know Where Your Employees’ Kids Are?

David Keeling
Union Report

Analysis: New Warnings of Teacher Shortage Sound Like Déjà Vu All Over Again

Mike Antonucci
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