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While President Obama's plan to make college more affordable will help many families, more can still be done to ensure every American's educational future, writes Julie Margetta Morgan.
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There are better ways to reform the Elementary and Secondary Education Act than the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, write Jeremy Ayers and Raegen Miller.
Glenda Partee explains how the president’s competitive grant proposal comprehensively targets structural problems plaguing teaching.
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Instead of treating them as “either/or” choices, smart school systems would combine “movin’ it” and “improvin’ it” policies to maximize increases in teaching effectiveness, writes Craig D. Jerald.
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Wraparound services are extremely beneficial in community schools and help with teacher efficiency, write Theodora Chang and Calyssa Lawyer.
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In order to produce successful students, strong families, and engaged communities, community schools are central to efforts to improve America’s public schools, write Martin J. Blank, Reuben Jacobson, and Atelia Melaville.
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Edward Crowe describes the key findings in separate profiles of the 12 Race to the Top winners and makes policy recommendations directed to the U.S. Department of Education, the winners, and others interested in teacher quality.
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In reviewing states' applications for waivers to No Child Left Behind, the Department of Education should not rush to approve every application, ask for more information, and proceed with caution, writes Jeremy Ayers.
Fifteen first-rate analysts to probe the structural impediments to school reform and to offer provocative alternatives in these draft papers from the event "Rethinking Education Governance for the 21st Century."
Sam Fulwood III explains how the Obama administration is taking steps to increase diversity in America’s public schools.
Raegen Miller and Cynthia Brown highlight a new Department of Education report that shows how U.S. school districts are unevenly distributing their state and local funds, shortchanging schools that serve low-income students.
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John H. Tyler examines the challenges and potential solutions to evaluating high school teachers.
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Report from Robert C. Pianta outlines an evidence-based approach to teacher professional development.
Jennifer Rokosa explains why the nation’s demographic shifts are already pointing to the need for more teachers of color to work with the growing numbers of nonwhite students.
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Diana Epstein explains why publicly identifying teachers with value-added estimates will actually undermine efforts to improve public schools.