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U.S. Department of Education

A Letter From New York Teachers in Support of John King as Education Secretary

We, a group of New York-based educators, share enthusiastic support for the appointment of John B. King Jr. as secretary of education, a committed and successful public servant and champion of...

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Teaching

Why Repealing Common Core Would Be a Terrible Move for Massachusetts Students and Teachers

Right now, in English classrooms at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School our students are doing amazing work. They are lawyers putting Lady Macbeth on trial, closely reading Shakespeare’s language...

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Teaching

12 Teachers' Tweets Show Why They #LoveTeaching

This week teachers across the country educators celebrated why they #LoveTeaching. As someone looking from the outside in, it was awesome to witness the successes and joy coming out of American...

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Achievement Gap

Stop Using Parents as an Excuse Not to Teach Our Children

My skin starts to crawl whenever I hear the issue of parental involvement raised in discussions about education equity. Not because I don’t believe it’s relevant or has any bearing on educational...

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Teaching

Structural Reforms Are Necessary But Not Sufficient for Turning Around Our Lowest Performing Schools

I am the principal of Cherokee Elementary, a Memphis school where, not long ago, only 14 percent of students were proficient in math, and just 16 percent in reading. Three years later, after being...

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School Choice

Learning From a Charter School Turnaround in Memphis

Sometimes the best way to get the hang something tricky is to learn from others' experiences. As National School Choice Week wraps up, I recommend listening to some people who work in a choice school...

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