EDlection 2020
From the Oval Office to the statehouse, covering all the 2020 candidates who could reshape America’s schools
News
America’s Young People Don’t Vote. In a New Book, Professor John Holbein Considers What Schools Can Do to Produce Better Citizens — and Maybe Even Get Them to the Polls
Analysis
Toch: School Choice Is Here to Stay. But How to Make It Fair and Equitable for All Families? High-Tech Common-Enrollment System Can Help
Opinion
Wise: Iowa’s Education Policies Are Good for Our State’s Students and a Model for the Country. Here Are 10 Reasons Why
News
Three Decades After Its First School Funding Lawsuit, New Hampshire Turns to the Public for the First Time to Find an Equitable Solution for All Students
News
Trump Uses State of the Union Address to Push for Tax-Credit Scholarships, Declaring No Child Should Be Forced to Attend ‘a Failing Government School’
Opinion
Bradford: Beware the Democrats’ New Teachers Union Loyalty Test
Opinion
Avila & Ponce: Presidential Candidates Need a Primer on What’s Really Wrong With Our Public Schools. Our Education Platform Can Help
Analysis
Aldeman: The Iowa Caucuses Steer Our National Priorities. But Iowa’s Education Policies Are Bad for the Nation — and for Iowa
Analysis
Districts, Charters and ‘Public School Vouchers’: Unraveling Elizabeth Warren’s Complicated Evolution on School Choice
News
Buttigieg Was ‘Under the Illusion’ That South Bend’s Schools Are Integrated. But Despite a Decades-Long Struggle (and Federal Court Order), Stark Racial Divisions Persist
News
‘If We Don’t Fight for Our Children, Who Else Is Going to Do It?’ Charter Advocates to Continue Democratic Debate Protests Thursday in Los Angeles
Opinion
Parents Want Debate Moderators to Ask Democrats Whether They Support Black and Latino Families on Public School Choice
Analysis
O’Keefe: At Candidate Forum, Michael Bennet Looked Back on the Reforms He Implemented as Denver Supe. Could Those Ideas Go National?
Opinion
Trivers: As an Educator and a Parent of Color, I Stand Up for Charter Schools Against Politics, Hypocrisy and Inequity
Analysis
Analysis: Yes, Teachers Need More Pay. But They Also Need Strong Leaders to Support Them. The Candidates Need to Talk About Both
Opinion
Adams: Michael Bloomberg Made Sweeping Changes in NYC Schools as Mayor. What Might He Do as President?
Opinion
Shuls: What Does It Mean to Hold Charter Schools to the ‘Same Standards’ as Traditional Schools? To Warren & Charter Parents, Very Different Things
Analysis
Waters: 9 Theories That Might Explain Cory Booker’s Change of Heart on Charter Schools in New York Times Essay