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September 11, 2015
These New York Schools Aren’t Just Letting Kids Opt Out of Testing—They’re Giving Them an Alternative
Students in the New York Performance Standards Consortium are learning to be critical thinkers, deeply engaged in their education.
Howard Martin Katzoff
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September 9, 2015
Tennessee Higher Education Talks Big, Acts Cheap
Statewide austerity measures leave campus workers doing more work for less pay.
Michelle Chen
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September 2, 2015
The Rebellion Against Standardized Tests Is Exploding
But New York State is cracking down on “opting out.”
Michelle Chen
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July 31, 2015
How Childcare Actually Causes Poverty in America
If the people who prepare your lunch deserve a living wage, the people preparing our toddlers for school do too.
Michelle Chen
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July 30, 2015
New York’s Education ‘Reform’ Movement Keeps Racking Up Victories; Here’s How the Mayor Can Fight Back
Bill de Blasio needs to offer more than universal pre-K—he needs to offer a vision.
Pedro Noguera
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July 22, 2015
Scott Walker Is Trolling Us
Sports as political money laundering is nothing new. But it’s difficult to think of an example as brazen as Scott Walker’s stadium deal for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Dave Zirin
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July 10, 2015
Should Standardized Testing Be Part of a Civil-Rights Agenda?
Lawmakers are overhauling No Child Left Behind, but even many Democrats are still committed to its driving philosophy.
Zoë Carpenter
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July 10, 2015
July 10, 1925: The Scopes Trial Begins in Tennessee
“The Old Testament, to them, is not a mere sacerdotal whizz-bang, to be read for its pornography; it is an authoritative history.”
Richard Kreitner
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May 19, 2015
This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
Michelle Goldberg
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May 19, 2015
It’s Election Day in Philadelphia: Will a Trio of Wealthy School ‘Reformers’ Buy the Mayor’s Race?
Six weeks after Rahm Emanuel defeated populist, pro-teacher candidate Chuy Garcia in Chicago, public-school advocates are mobilizing for victory in Philly.
Daniel Denvir