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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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Matus: John Oliver’s Charter School Critique and the Left’s Growing Divide Over School Choice

Ron Matus
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Smith: A Few Thoughts About John Oliver’s Bleak, Unrepresentative Sample of Public Charter Schools

Nelson Smith
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Jeremiah Grace: Connecticut Charter Schools Celebrate ‘Miraculous’ 20th Anniversary

Jeremiah Grace
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Analysis: Act Locally, Think Nationally — The NEA’s Plan to Capture America’s Hearts & Minds

Mike Antonucci
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Cynthia Tucker Haynes: How a Backlash Against Elites Became an Attack on School Standards

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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John Deasy: Bridging the Chasm Between the World and Me — My Promise to Ta-Nehisi Coates

John Deasy
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Teaching Trump: How Do You Talk to Students About ‘Character’ When Donald Keeps Rewriting the Rules?

Allison Crean Davis
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Brown: Mayor De Blasio’s Shameful Claim That NYC Students Only Perform Well Thanks to Test Prep

Campbell Brown
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Campbell Brown: NYC Charter Schools — Surging Parent Demand vs. Reluctant City Leaders

Campbell Brown
Union Report

Analysis: Los Angeles Teachers Head Is Ready to Incite A ‘State Crisis’ If Union Demands Are Not Met

Mike Antonucci
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Opinion: What Teachers Talk About When They Talk About Evaluation

Maryann Woods-Murphy
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Cunningham: Why True Progressives Should Push Massachusetts to Lift Cap on Public Charter Schools

Peter Cunningham
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Sedlis: Dissatisfied Parents, Weak Renewal Schools…NYC Has Some Work to Do For Students

Jenny Sedlis
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Opinion: What Conservative Education Reformers Have in Common with Black Lives Matter

Chris Tessone
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Analysis: How the 2016 Republican Party Platform Guts Title IX Enforcement for Sexual Assault Victims

Hailly T.N. Korman
Union Report

Analysis: 3 Things America’s Biggest Teachers Union Will Expect From a Clinton White House

Mike Antonucci
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Explainer: Why Test Glitches Are a Much Bigger Problem Than You Think

Abigail Swisher
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Tucker: Hoping Clinton Rekindles the Spirit that Pioneered an Innovative Preschool Program

Cynthia Tucker Haynes
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Peter Cunningham: And the Next Education Secretary Is…

Peter Cunningham
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Obama’s Final DNC Speech: Why 2016 Politics Prevent Him from Touting His Education Legacy

Kaitlin Pennington
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