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Articles by Andrew Rotherham

Andrew J. Rotherham is a co-founder and partner at Bellwether, a national nonprofit organization working to support educational innovation and improve educational outcomes for low-income students; serves on The 74’s board of directors; and is a member of the Virginia Board of Education.

Pandemic

A New Initiative to Tackle Education’s Big Problems

Andrew J. Rotherham
Spencer Cox

A Note of Humanity as Utah Gov Vetoes Trans Ban Aimed at Just 4 Kids

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Opinion: $750M Charter Grant a Litmus Test for White Democrats on School Choice

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

National Commission Needed on Transgender Student Athletes

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

School Relief Funds Are an Opportunity — With Risks

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

Rotherham: Restaurants Innovated as a Result of COVID-19. Education Largely Did Not. In Our Relief Over the Pandemic’s Coming End, the Opportunity May Slip Away

Andrew J. Rotherham
EDlection 2020

Rotherham: Cardona a Deft Pick for Ed Secretary at a Time When Political Fights Should Be Secondary to the Disaster Facing Millions of Students

Andrew J. Rotherham
EDlection 2020

Rotherham: Who the Next Ed Secretary Will Be Is the Wrong Parlor Game. The Real Question — Which Party Will Get Its Act Together on Education First?

Andrew J. Rotherham
EDlection 2020

Rotherham: This Has Been a Golden Era of Education Spending. Our Aging Population Is About to Put an End to It, Whatever Politicians Do

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

74 Interview: In a Galaxy of Ed Tech, How to Figure Out What Distance Learning Materials Really Work, and Expert Bart Epstein’s Unconventional Home Learning Strategies

Andrew J. Rotherham & Emmeline Zhao
Opinion

Rotherham: Kick Out School Resource Officers? Sure. But Counselors Must Be Brought In to Take Their Place

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

74 Interview — Jeb Bush: Evolution of Republican Party ‘a Mess’; Americans Must Stop ‘Obsession About Washington, D.C.,’ and Look Toward States to Lead Through Coronavirus Crisis

Andrew J. Rotherham & Emmeline Zhao
Pandemic

Rotherham: From Homeschooling to the Digital Divide to Philanthropy, 10 Questions About COVID-19 and the Future of Education

Andrew J. Rotherham
Pandemic

74 Interview — Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Implores Federal Leaders to Unite: ‘You’ve Got to Bring People Together Before You Can Start Solving Problems’

Andrew J. Rotherham & Emmeline Zhao
Coronavirus

74 Interview: Democrats for Education Reform’s Shavar Jeffries Pushes Feds: Coronavirus a ‘Historic Opportunity’ to Lead National Effort to Rethink Education

Andrew J. Rotherham & Emmeline Zhao
Coronavirus

74 Interview: Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Urges ‘Empathetic Leadership’ Through ‘Brutal’ Coronavirus Crisis and Toward a New Normal

Andrew J. Rotherham & Emmeline Zhao
Coronavirus

Rotherham: Why America’s Schools Should Stay Open This Summer

Andrew J. Rotherham
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Polling Expert and Former WH Aide Greg Schneiders on Where Education Advocates Must Do Better — and What You Didn’t Know About Carter’s Time in Office

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: Phonics. Whole Language. Balanced Literacy. The Problem Isn’t That We Don’t Know How to Teach Reading — It’s Politics

Andrew J. Rotherham
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Law Professor Jack Coons on Rethinking School Funding, Restoring Authority to Low-Income Families Through Education and His Role in the Historic Serrano v. Priest Cases

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham — In Appreciation of George H.W. Bush’s Education Legacy: Bipartisanship, Equity, and Our Ongoing National Conversation About School Standards

Andrew J. Rotherham
#EDlection2018

Rotherham: 5 Ways the Midterm Elections Will Have Major Implications for Education Reform

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: Inside a Very Special Summer Camp for Young Burn Survivors — Where Every Kid Gets to Be a Kid for at Least One Week a Year

Andrew J. Rotherham
Janus v. AFSCME

Rotherham: What Will Teachers Unions Look Like After the Supreme Court’s Janus Decision? Expect Them to Be Smaller but More Political & Hard-Core

Andrew J. Rotherham
The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: Strayer University President Brian Jones on Social Justice, ‘Pragmatic Compromise,’ and Becoming a ‘Thoroughbred’

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: 3 Things to Consider About Trump’s Risky, but Not Necessarily Bad, Idea to Merge the Education & Labor Departments

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: What the Washington Capitals Just Taught a Whole Generation of Young Hockey Fans About Embracing Your Emotions — and Living in the Moment

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: School Shootings Are Rare. We Need to Dial Back the Fear So Students Can Engage on the Issue of Guns in Society

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Pache & Rotherham: Being Prepared for a School Shooting Doesn’t Mean Scaring Kids. It Just Means the Adults Have to Be Ready

Drew Pache & Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: Even 1 School Shooting Is Too Many. But in Our Panic, We’re Missing a Far More Common Problem We Need to Solve

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: Students Walking Out of Class in Protest Have the Right Idea. It’s the Adults Who Are Messing It Up

Andrew J. Rotherham
The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: Olympian Alex Rigsby on Winning Gold, Learning Through Sports, and Mentoring 4 Classrooms of Kids

Andrew J. Rotherham
The 74 Interview

The 74 Interview: Teacher of the Year and Gun Owner Nate Bowling on Arming Teachers & Keeping Kids Safe in School

Andrew J. Rotherham
Every Student Succeeds Act

Rotherham: As Governors Convene for Axios Education Town Hall, Looking Beyond ESSA & School Shootings to Broader Crises Affecting Schools

Andrew J. Rotherham
Every Student Succeeds Act

Rotherham: From Planning to Practice, 2018 Is the Year the Every Student Succeeds Act Gets Interesting

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Rotherham: Matt Damon Seems Blissfully Ignorant of Many Things. So Why Should We Listen to Him on Schools?

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

O’Keefe & Rotherham: Data Should Tell Parents How Their Kid’s School is Doing. Right Now, It Doesn’t

Andrew J. Rotherham & Bonnie O’Keefe
Opinion

Korman & Rotherham: You Can Help Schools and Social Service Agencies Collaborate Better for Students

Andrew J. Rotherham & Hailly T.N. Korman
Opinion

Rotherham & Marchitello: 2 Things States Should Not Do as They Finally Face Teacher Pension Crisis

Andrew J. Rotherham & Max Marchitello
Opinion

Korman & Rotherham: An Open Letter to Presidential Candidate Mr. The Rock About Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Andrew J. Rotherham & Hailly T.N. Korman
Opinion

Rotherham: Why Won’t Betsy DeVos Answer Hard Questions?

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

O’Keefe & Rotherham: Why Underground Testing Consortia Are Thriving

Andrew J. Rotherham & Bonnie O’Keefe
Opinion

Pennington & Rotherham: Why California’s Bid to Kill Income Tax for Teachers Is a Terrible Idea

Andrew J. Rotherham & Kaitlin Pennington
Opinion

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
Opinion

Andy Rotherham: The Democrats Are Betting on Competence, Not Education Policy, for November

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Michael Bloomberg, the Education Candidate?

Richard Whitmire & Andrew J. Rotherham
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