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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 Well Do Middle Schools Prepare Students for HS? Here’s a New Way to Find Out

Griffith & Coffey: Using already available data, a HS Readiness Score can provide key information to parents searching for a school for their kids

David Griffith & Meredith Coffey
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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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Analysis: New Warnings of Teacher Shortage Sound Like Déjà Vu All Over Again

Mike Antonucci
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Analysis: 1 in 5 High Schoolers Is Chronically Absent. Here’s What Data Shows About Those Kids

Michelle Manno
Opinion

Allison Robinson: Could Working Moms Be the True Winners of the Election?

Allison Robinson
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Elliot Haspel: Michael Petrilli Misreads How Poverty Affects Learning

Elliot Haspel
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Analysis: Why More Than 2,000 Schools Are Now Offering Longer Days — and Longer School Years

William Whitaker
Union Report

Analysis: Unions Have Cash but Not Partners in Fight Against MA Charter Proposal

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Jeanne Allen: What’s a School Choice Warrior to Do During This Political Campaign?

Jeanne Allen
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Analysis: CT Judge Issues Sweeping School Funding Ruling — a Call All States Should Heed

Zahava Stadler
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What Teachers and NFL Players Have in Common: Pension Problems

Max Marchitello
Opinion

Tucker Haynes: Dissent in the Black Community as Educators Hijack NAACP Platform, Turn on Schools

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Magee: For Schools, the Hardest Part of Establishing Higher Standards Is Over

Mike Magee
Opinion

Cami Anderson: School Reform 2.0 — Educational Excellence AND Equity

Cami Anderson
Union Report

Analysis: How the NEA Came to Love Citizens United

Mike Antonucci
The Founders By Richard Whitmire

Arne Duncan: What Impresses Me Most About the First 25 Years of Public Charter Schools

Arne Duncan
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Campbell Brown: Poor Students’ Futures Are on the Ballot in Massachusetts This November

Campbell Brown
Opinion

Bradford: Why Black Lives Matter Must Protect the Parents Protesting Via Public Charter Schools

Derrell Bradford
Union Report

Analysis: When the National Education Association Fights With Its Own Breakaway Locals

Mike Antonucci
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Petrilli: The Child Poverty Rate Plummeted After Welfare Reform. What That Means for Education

Michael J. Petrilli
Opinion

Mehlhorn: The Top Court in CA Declines Teacher Tenure Case, as Dissenting Justices Write for History

Dmitri Mehlhorn
Union Report

Analysis — When Teachers Unions Become The Man: Why Union Employees Are Fighting for Better Contracts

Mike Antonucci
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