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Exit Interview: Camden’s Paymo...

Jun 18, 2018 by

Exit Interview: Camden’s Paymon Rouhanifard Reflects on 5 Years of Surging Student Achievement, Expanding Parental Choice in One of NJ’s Poorest Districts

Emmeline Zhao – When Paymon Rouhanifard took over as superintendent of Camden City School District in 2013, 23 of the city’s 26...

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The California Teachers Associ...

Jun 12, 2018 by

The California Teachers Association Slashes Budget by More Than $20 Million

Mike Antonucci – The California Teachers Association has voted to slash its 2018-19 budget by more than $20 million because it...

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Starbucks Shuts Down Tuesday f...

May 29, 2018 by

Starbucks Shuts Down Tuesday for Racial Bias Training.

Schools and Teachers Have Been Doing the Same Training for Years — With Mixed Results They were educators, not baristas, and copies...

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Exclusive: Ahead of a Key Supr...

May 23, 2018 by

Exclusive: Ahead of a Key Supreme Court Decision, America’s Largest Teachers Union Slashes Budget by $50 Million, Projects That 300,000 Members May Leave

Mike Antonucci – The nation’s largest teachers union plans to reduce its budget by $50 million in anticipation of an...

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The Question That Stopped This...

May 17, 2018 by

The Question That Stopped This Teacher in Her Tracks: ‘I Know My Son Can Write, but Does He Have a Friend?’

Kai-Leé Berke – Early in my career, I was a new pre-K teacher on a Marine Corps base. As my first round of parent conferences...

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DC Charter’s Project-Based Aft...

May 13, 2018 by

DC Charter’s Project-Based After-School Program ‘Wows’ in Its Results for English Learners, Expands to District Schools

Carolyn Phenicie – Washington, D.C. Teacher Nicole Battle was deliberately playing devil’s advocate with the second- and...

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Falling Into the Belief Gap: W...

Apr 25, 2018 by

Falling Into the Belief Gap: What It Feels Like to Realize Your Child’s Teachers Have Sized Him Up and Dumbed Down Their Estimations

Beth Hawkins – I took my younger son on his first college tour a few weeks ago. Our student guide asked after his interests and...

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Landmark 1983 Report Faced Bac...

Apr 9, 2018 by

Landmark 1983 Report Faced Backlash but Changed U.S. History by ‘Changing the Way We Look at Education and Putting It Back on the American Agenda’

Milt Goldberg – Ahead of the Reagan Institute’s Summit on Education commemorating the 35th anniversary of the release of “A...

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New Report: In 46 States, High...

Apr 3, 2018 by

New Report: In 46 States, High School Graduation Requirements Aren’t Enough to Qualify for Nearby Public Universities

By Kevin Mahnken – Source: Center for American Progress High school graduation rates have soared across the country over the...

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Analysis: The National Educati...

Mar 26, 2018 by

Analysis: The National Education Association — a $1.6 Billion Enterprise With a Red-Ink Problem

Mike Antonucci – The National Education Association is a big business, with market advantages that are the envy of other big...

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Our Year’s Most Memorable Inte...

Mar 21, 2018 by

Our Year’s Most Memorable Interviews: 11 Conversations That Shaped How We Think About Education in 2017

Cramped inside phone booths at our co-working office space in Lower Manhattan, reporters at The 74 kept their phones busy in 2017....

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Why Teacher Strikes Aren’t Lik...

Mar 6, 2018 by

Why Teacher Strikes Aren’t Like Other Strikes (Hint: Teachers Often Get Paid)

As I write this, the strike by West Virginia’s public school employees has entered its third week. The three unions involved — West...

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After Janus, Another Key Lawsu...

Feb 25, 2018 by

After Janus, Another Key Lawsuit Targeting Unions: How California’s Yohn Case Targets Opt-Out Rules

Carolyn Phenicie – It’s a week until the Supreme Court hears the potential blockbuster case Janus v. AFSCME, which could...

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Will 2018 Be the Year the Educ...

Feb 13, 2018 by

Will 2018 Be the Year the Education Veteran Finally Gets His Chance to Rewrite the Higher Ed Act?

Carolyn Phenicie – The themes in the New York Times article are familiar ones in debates about higher education: questions...

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Another Outrage in Flint: Thir...

Feb 9, 2018 by

Another Outrage in Flint: Third-Grade Reading Levels Plummet by 75% After City’s Water Poisoned by Lead

At the onset of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, third-grade literacy was 41.8 percent. That was nearly five years ago. The...

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Post-Maria, Puerto Rico Looks ...

Feb 6, 2018 by

Post-Maria, Puerto Rico Looks to Charter Schools, Vouchers as Part of New Education Reform Strategy

By Mark Keierleber – Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, is looking to reform its public education system with...

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As Puerto Rico Rebuilds Post-M...

Feb 5, 2018 by

As Puerto Rico Rebuilds Post-Maria, a Quarter of Its Schools May Close — for Good

By Mark Keierleber – More than four months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and shuttered its public education system,...

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It’s Not Just Union Dues, It’s...

Jan 30, 2018 by

It’s Not Just Union Dues, It’s Collective Bargaining

Looking to States That Banned Them as Post-Janus Crystal Ball Carolyn Phenicie – The Supreme Court is about a month away from...

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KIPP Also Rises: Charter Netwo...

Jan 27, 2018 by

KIPP Also Rises: Charter Network Opens Sunrise Academy as Welcome Partner of Miami-Dade Public Schools

For Leyla Bravo-Willey, becoming the founding principal of Miami Sunrise Academy, only the fourth KIPP charter school to open in all...

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Special Ed Shell Game in Texas...

Jan 24, 2018 by

Special Ed Shell Game in Texas. Who’s to Blame? Follow the Money.

By Beth Hawkins – You know that old saw about following the money? An intriguing spat followed hard on the heels of the U.S....

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