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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
Opinion

Whitmire: Elite Colleges Empower First-Generation Students to Succeed Just By Letting Them Enroll. They Must Admit More of Them

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Analysis: How Engaging At-Risk Parents With Early Home Visits Can Teach Them to Work With Their Schools for Their Kids’ Success

Libby Doggett & Constance Gully
Opinion

Ajmera: America’s Schools Are Starved for Funds, and Teachers Are Paying the Price. Recent Strikes Are Only a Symptom of This Disease

Maya Ajmera
Opinion

Petrilli & Ragland: At a Tough Time for Education Reform, Colorado Defeat of Charter School-Defunding Bill Offers a Ray of Hope

Michael J. Petrilli & Luke Ragland
Opinion

Bradford: When the Cost of Admission Is Paying Off a College, Americans Are Outraged. But When It’s the Price of a House Near a Good School, There’s Silence

Derrell Bradford
Texas

Commentary: How a New Innovation Zone Will Bring Big-World Opportunities to Students in 3 Rural Texas Districts

Maria Casas, Conrad Cantu & Steve Van Matre
Opinion

A Teacher’s View: Pi Day Makes Math Engaging for Students — and Demonstrates Math’s Importance in the World Outside the Classroom

Jane Porath
Opinion

Schmidt: The Evidence Behind Effective Reading Instruction Is Clear. Now, Classroom Practices Need to Follow

Catherine Schmidt
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Mark Schneider: My Response to Essay Rebuttal — I’m Concerned About the PISA Exam’s Future and the Implications of Its Sponsor’s Global Ambitions

Mark Schneider
Union Report

Union Report: How Much Control Do Unions Have Over Teacher Protests? In Some States, a Lot. In Others, None at All

Mike Antonucci
Keeping it 100

I Didn’t Have a Teacher Who Looked Like Me Till College — Why I’m Working to Change That for the Next Generation

Casey Chon
Opinion

Response: Allowing More Countries to Participate in the PISA Exam Enables Innovation and Fosters Diversity. That Is Something to Embrace

Michele Bruniges
4Fams

McKenna: Many Families Aren’t Sending Their Kids to Small Liberal Arts Colleges Anymore. Mine Isn’t, Either. Here’s Why

Laura McKenna
Opinion

Commentary: School Districts Are Major Purchasers of Health Care. What If They Tore Up Their Expensive Contracts and Demanded Better?

Jim Millaway
Keeping it 100

Teaching Black Students Love in a System That Doesn’t Always Love Them Back

Lucas Lyons
4Fams

Adams: Everything NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza Doesn’t Understand About His Own District’s Gifted & Talented Program

Alina Adams
Opinion

Pondiscio: Video of Students Confronting Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Green New Deal Offers a Sad Lesson in Using Kids as Political Props

Robert Pondiscio
Opinion

Brown: 2 New Studies of Indianapolis Schools, by CREDO and Indiana & Purdue Universities, Show the Promise of Locally Driven Reforms

Brandon Brown
SXSW

Horn — Why It’s Time to Start Using ‘Personalized Learning’ as a Verb, Not a Noun

Michael B. Horn
SXSW

Rubin — A Personalized Approach to Personalized Learning: How This 5-Step Pathway Is Helping School and Districts Experiment the Smart Way

Shawn Rubin
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