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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
commentary
commentary

While Washington Debates Screen Time, Many Students Lack Access Altogether

Jackson: Schools that lack meaningful access to technology risk locking students out of the opportunities that define the modern workforce.

Waymond Jackson, Ed Farm
Author: Waymond Jackson
commentary
commentary

The $50 Billion Rural Healthcare Opportunity States Can’t Afford To Miss

Morton and Rhine: States should use the new federal dollars to build a healthcare talent pipeline for rural communities, starting in high school.

Alyssa Morton & Luke Rhine
Opinion
Opinion

The Real Problem With 鈥楪ifted鈥� Education

Yglesias: We should care more about actual efficacy in teaching.

Matthew Yglesias
Author: Matthew Yglesias
Union Report

Antonucci: As Strike Fever Sweeps California, Something New in Sacramento: Teachers Union Has a Contract But May Walk Out Anyway

Mike Antonucci
Keeping it 100

Let鈥檚 Not Forget Native American Students When Speaking Up for Underserved Students of Color

Shawnta Barnes
Opinion

Williams: On Testing, Meritocracy and Educational Equity: How Exams Forced Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez鈥檚 School to See Beyond Stereotypes

Conor P. Williams
Opinion

Regenstein: Early Learning Is the Best Way to Close the Achievement Gap. 5 Reasons Districts Prefer to Play Catch-Up Instead

Elliot Regenstein
Chicago

Jochim & Lavery: Can Teachers Bridge the Divide Between Unions and Charter Schools? Strikes in Chicago and L.A. Are Test Cases

Ashley Jochim & Lesley Lavery
Texas

Miller: Texas鈥檚 Bold Plan Linking Funding to Academic Outcomes Should Yield Big Gains for Students, Especially Those at Risk

Larry Miller
Union Report

Union Report: Job Cuts, a Strike Threat and a Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit 鈥� Union Updates From California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon and D.C.

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Why They Leave: New Book Explores the Reasons Teachers Give for Quitting the Profession. (Hint: It鈥檚 Not Students)

Brendan Lowe
Keeping it 100

A Black, Queer Female Mentor Fights for Funding and Respect So She Can Keep Helping Marginalized Students

Jonathan Higgins
Union Report

Analysis: A Proposed Parcel Tax in Los Angeles May Give to the City鈥檚 Teachers With One Hand 鈥� While Taking From Them With the Other

Mike Antonucci
Opinion

Arnett: 3 Things Ed Tech Can鈥檛 Do That Illustrate Why Teachers Matter More Than Ever

Thomas Arnett
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鈥� Success

Libby Doggett & Constance Gully
Opinion

Ajmera: America鈥檚 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鈥檚 the Price of a House Near a Good School, There鈥檚 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鈥檚 View: Pi Day Makes Math Engaging for Students 鈥� and Demonstrates Math鈥檚 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
Opinion

Mark Schneider: My Response to Essay Rebuttal 鈥� I鈥檓 Concerned About the PISA Exam鈥檚 Future and the Implications of Its Sponsor鈥檚 Global Ambitions

Mark Schneider
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