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Opinion

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
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
commentary
commentary

Lessons from Charters Where Every Student Graduates, Most of Them With a Plan

Cobb: Charter school students have racked up more than a billion in scholarships and nearly 100% acceptance to college or postsecondary programs.

Darryl Cobb, Charter School Growth Fund
Author: Darryl Cobb
Pandemic

As LGBTQ Students, Especially Those of Color, Head Back to School, They Must Be Kept Safe 鈥� & Not Just From COVID-19

Eliza Byard & Melanie Willingham-Jaggers
Pandemic

Commentary: COVID Upended the Traditional College Search. But Higher Ed Can Partner With Community Groups to Open Doors for Low-Income Students of Color

Stephanie Dupaul & Stephanie Riegle
Pandemic

Kapur & Srinivasan: Pandemic Is Strengthening the Home-School Connection. How Education Nonprofits Are Boosting Family Engagement to Help Kids Succeed

Ambika Kapur & LaVerne Srinivasan
Pandemic

Educator鈥檚 View: Meet the 鈥楽tudents鈥� Helping Teachers Understand What Pandemic Life Is Like at Home

Erin Mote & Arthi Krishnaswami
Pandemic

Adams: How to Avoid Needless COVID School Closings & Treat All New York City Students Equally

Alina Adams
Keeping it 100

Poll Shows Support for Teaching History of U.S. Racism 鈥� With or Without Parental Consent

Jonathan Collins
Pandemic

Gray: Windows, Movable Walls & Furniture, Outdoor Space 鈥� How Flexible School Design Makes Socially Distanced Education Work in a Pandemic

Kathryn Gray
Pandemic

Legislators鈥� View: Working Families Are in Crisis. As We Recover From COVID-19, We Must Rethink Child Care as an Economic and Public Good

Brooke Lierman & Melisa Franzen
Pandemic

Commentary: Since COVID, Charter School Board Members Are More Important Than Ever. Some Videos to Help These Essential Volunteers

Terry Ryan
Pandemic

A Teacher’s View: Remote Teaching Doesn’t Feel Like Teaching. Six Steps Toward Putting the Nuance Back Into Classroom Interactions

Nat Damon
Opinion

All States Now Required to Track Students鈥� College and Career Readiness, but Few Do It Well and Some Not at All

Richard Whitmire
Pandemic

It鈥檚 Not Just About Reopening Schools: It鈥檚 Time to Reimagine Education for Latino Students Altogether

Stephanie Parra
Opinion

Hipps: Solving for X 鈥� We’re Giving Away $10M in Grants for Proposals to Boost Algebra Success for Latino and Black Students, Like Me

Henry Hipps
4Fams

Adams: No Test Scores? No Problem 鈥� How NYC Can Screen for Admissions Without Exams and Find Out What Students Have Actually Learned

Alina Adams
Pandemic

A School Leader’s View: Our Schools Model End-of-Year Exams on the Way Grad Students Defend Their Academic Theses. Innovations Like This Are Needed Now More Than Ever

Gia Truong
4Fams

Porter: 10 States Honor Purple Star Schools That Support the Needs of Military Kids. More States and Districts Should Do the Same

Becky Porter
Keeping it 100

A Teacher’s View: Learning to Become Modern-Day Muckrakers in Their Community Made My Students More Engaged, Excited and Independent

Ife Damon
Opinion

Steele: Surveys Show Generation Z Seeks Different Education Paths. It鈥檚 Time We Showed Them All Their Options

Todd Steele
Keeping it 100

Integrating Schools is Not Just About Student Diversity; It鈥檚 About the Power of Whiteness

Cara McClellan
Pandemic

Students’ View: How COVID-19 Put Our Consulting Jobs On Hold & Led Us to Become Accidental Equity Entrepreneurs

Sam Margolis & Brad Gellman
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