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OPINION: What if everything we believe about education is a lie?

The Hechinger Report

Let’s consider for a moment if our egalitarian impulses, however well-intended, have prevented us from pursuing a vision of public education that could be more fruitful…. He also taught civics at Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of high-performing charter schools based in Harlem, New York. Fordham Institute.

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OPINION: “Having a parent who excels at local public-school politics shouldn’t be a precondition for a child to get a good teacher”

The Hechinger Report

According to a 2018 Education Next poll , parents rate 15 percent of their local school’s teachers as “unsatisfactory,” which suggests that over the course of their children’s education, parents are likely to face the problem of an unsatisfactory teacher. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Where Americans Are — and Aren’t — Politically Divided on Education

ED Surge

“I think that there is a broad and sensible middle-of-the-country who is interested in common sense, popular education policy opinions, [and] that is sometimes not well-represented by two extremes,” Polikoff says. Overall, 73 percent of participants said funds should go to public schools.

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OPINION: Trump is back. We’re still waiting on his plan for schools

The Hechinger Report

Trump talks about schools secretly imposing gender transition surgery on children. Finally, it’s likely that the administration will try to voucherize more public dollars to support families sending their children to private schools. Related: How would Project 2025 change education? public schools reeling.

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