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Parents Are Tired of Being Asked for Input That’s Just for Show — School Districts Must Give Them Real Power to Make Change in the Classroom

Katie Braude & Chantel Hunter Mah

No Longer the Schools of Trump’s Youth, Military Academies Focus on College Prep, Character

Carolyn Phenicie

Tucker: Time for Trump to Get Honest With His Coalition of Fear. It’s Not Walls They Need, But Better Schools

Cynthia Tucker Haynes

Tucker: Progressives Like Bernie Sanders May Be Confused About Charter Schools, But Black Parents Aren’t

Cynthia Tucker Haynes

Yet More Confusing Charter School Talk from Bernie Sanders: What Is a ‘Private Charter’ Anyway?

Carolyn Phenicie

Why Donald Trump Loves the ‘Poorly Educated’

Mark Keierleber

WATCH: In Every Super Tuesday State, a Big Education Story

Steve Snyder

Opinion: What Can the Next President Learn from Trump University?

Mary Nguyen Barry

Clinton Doubles Down on Obama’s K-12 Agenda, Commits $2 Billion to Fight School-to-Prison Pipeline

Carolyn Phenicie

Five Things To Know About Bush’s Education Plan

Carolyn Phenicie

GOP Presidential Contenders Talk Education, Poverty

Carolyn Phenicie

Clinton Praises Rewrite of No Child Left Behind, Sees ESSA as a Boost to Charter Schools, Pre-K and High Standards

Carolyn Phenicie

Exclusive Videos: 13 Things We Learned About How Six Top GOP Candidates Would Shape K-12 Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Hillary Clinton Reality Check: With NCLB Rewrite, Next President’s Education Platform Is Likely Irrelevant

Matt Barnum

Hillary Clinton Rushes to Clarify Charter Critique in Sit-Down with AFT and Data-Driven Blog Post

Naomi Nix

Watch The 74 Q&A: Carson Doubles Down on School Choice, Wishes Common Core a ‘Quiet Death’

Carolyn Phenicie

Ben Carson and Marco Rubio to Sit Down With The 74 For In-Depth Discussion of K-12 Education

The 74 & Bellwether Education Partners

Hillary & Bernie Do Vegas: Expect a Lot About Student Loans, Little on Common Core, at Dem Debate

Carolyn Phenicie

The NEA Endorses Clinton, But a High Number of Abstentions Suggest a Split in Union Support

Eric Owens

Colorado Dispatch: Why Hillary Clinton Is Right to Focus on Student Debt

Crisanta Duran

74 Survey: 58% Confused About Common Core, 63% See ‘Serious Problems’ in U.S. Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

Campbell Brown: It’s Time to Make the Candidates Address Education

Campbell Brown

Higher Standards Gets Applause, Common Core Booed as GOP Debate Turns Briefly to Education

Carolyn Phenicie

Opinion: AFT Backs Hillary More on Hope than on Hard Evidence

Matt Barnum

John Kasich Joins the Crowd: 8 Things to Know About the Ohio Governor’s Education Record

Carolyn Phenicie

William Bennett: The GOP Is Wrong to Run Away from Common Core — Because the Standards Are Working

William J. Bennett

Scott Walker Is In: 9 Things to Know About His Education Record

Carolyn Phenicie

Cynthia Tucker: Why Our Next President Must Be the One to Fix America’s Schools

Cynthia Tucker Haynes

EDlection 2016: Iowa Rallies Around New Science Standards

Carolyn Phenicie

EDlection 2016: Desperate Times Call for Urgent School Reforms in Nevada

Carolyn Phenicie

Exclusive: The Politics of Education At the Aspen Ideas Festival

Naomi Nix