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We Should Pay More for the Best Teachers

Yglesias: Research shows there鈥檚 a lot of electoral upside to supporting teacher pay that is based on performance rather than pure seniority.

Matthew Yglesias
Author: Matthew Yglesias
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commentary

In the Age of AI, Everyone Should Be Hiring Theater Kids

Johnston: As AI accelerates the automation of routine tasks, uniquely human capabilities are becoming even more valuable, not less.

Melissa Johnston
Author: Melissa Johnston
Student鈥檚 View
Student鈥檚 View

Harnessing the Power of Music for Students With Disabilities

Student鈥檚 View: Music is an unusually powerful tool for regulating emotions, rewiring neural pathways and opening channels of communication.

Saira Shah
Author: Saira Shah
commentary
commentary

Connecticut Charters Break Through in Historic Legislative Session

Greenberg-Ellis and Pimentel: With approval of four new schools, plus added funding and benefits, lawmakers showed increased support for charters.

Rebecca Greenberg-Ellis & Lucas Pimentel
Opinion

Commentary: To Improve Education in Our Technological World, Put Teachers in Charge of 鈥楧oing Different鈥� and Empower Them to Innovate

Ted Kolderie
Opinion

Public Schools For a New Generation: 5 Reasons Why Millennials Will Bend the Arc of American Education

Romy Drucker
Opinion

New Jersey Teeters on the Brink of Shutdown as Top Democratic Leaders Engage in a Barnyard Brawl Over Education

Laura Waters
Opinion

Rees: 4 Ways America鈥檚 Charter Schools Must 鈥楧ream Big and Act Big鈥� to Keep Making Progress for All Students

Nina Rees
Union Report

Antonucci: In California, Mixed Signals From One Teachers Union Stalls a Ballot Initiative to Gut Prop 13 & Boost Education Funding, Punting Fight to 2020

Mike Antonucci
Student Voice

Student鈥檚 Perspective: How High School Speech and Debate Empowered One Immigrant to Embrace Her Voice & Regain Her Identity

Oluseyi Olaose
Student Voice

Student鈥檚 Perspective: Getting Around New Orleans Is Dangerous for Me & My Fellow Students With Disabilities. We Need Public Officials to Make Our Transportation System Safe

Jewel Dauphin
Opinion

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

Andrew J. Rotherham
Opinion

Legg: With Nearly Half of Florida Students Now Exercising School Choice, Distinctions Between 鈥楶rivate鈥� and 鈥楶ublic鈥� Matter Less Than Customization

John Legg
Opinion

Bradford: Integration Is the New Poverty 鈥� at Least When It Comes to Crafting Excuses for America鈥檚 Underperforming Schools

Derrell Bradford
Opinion

Reville: 9 Places Where Communities & Families Are Working Together in a New Social Compact for Student Success

Paul Reville
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Perspective: After Spade & Bourdain, America Grapples With Surge in Suicides. But Students With Depression Won鈥檛 Seek Help; It鈥檚 Up to Us to Reach Out

Andr茅-Tascha Lamm茅
Opinion

Whitmire: As Success Academy Graduates Its First Class of 16 College-Bound Seniors, Don鈥檛 Bet Against It Someday Being Thousands

Richard Whitmire
Opinion

Commentary: Minnesota鈥檚 New, Common-Sense Approach to School Discipline Policy Should Be a Model for Other States

Lauren Morando Rhim
Student Voice

Commentary: I鈥檓 an Ignored Student at an Ignored School in Bridgeport, Connecticut 鈥� but I鈥檓 Reclaiming My Voice

Julia Hajducky
Union Report

Union Report: NEA Members Want More Say in How Union Decides Presidential Endorsements. But Leaders Are Refusing to Loosen Their Grip

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Aragon: New Mexico Is First State to Approve School Turnaround Plans Under the Every Student Succeeds Act. But Will Adult Politics Now Keep the Kids Waiting?

Amanda Aragon
Opinion

Commentary: Open Resources Are a Huge Help for Students, but Cost, Quality & Access Can Be a Challenge. The Feds Can Help

Michael Hale
Opinion

Hernandez: When Challenges Are Too Big for Any One Educator, All Teachers Need to Row Together

Alex Hernandez
Opinion

Magee: As Paymon Rouhanifard Prepares to Leave Camden, Some Lessons in Equity and Innovation From the Turnaround He Led

Mike Magee
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