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Washington Post
To Help Kids Succeed, This Rural School Gets Help From Unusual Sources. Dentist…
by Valerie Strauss, Carol Burris, and Kevin Welner
November 23, 2016
Washington Post
Why This High School Works: ‘We Are in a Perpetual State of Improvement.’
by Valerie Strauss, Kevin Welner, and Carol Burris
December 5, 2016
Washington Post
This School Was on the Brink of Closure. Here’s How It Saved Itself
by Valerie Strauss, Kevin Welner, and Carol Burris
October 31, 2016
Washington Post
This School Isn’t Just About Academics. The Emotional and Physical Health of Ki…
by Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner
December 13, 2016
Washington Post
Who Won the Education ‘Award’ Nobody Wants to Receive?
by Valerie Strauss
February 23, 2016
Washington Post
School Reform: What Went Wrong, What Went Right, and What We Should Do in the F…
by Valerie Strauss, William J. Mathis and Tina M. Trujillo
September 19, 2016
Washington Post
The 20 Schools That Won 2016 Schools of Opportunity Awards - And Why They Were …
by Valerie Strauss, Kevin Welner, Carol Burris and Michelle Renée Valladares
September 12, 2016
Washington Post
Alice in PARCCland: Does ‘Validity Study’ Really Prove the Common Core Test is …
by Valerie Strauss and William J. Mathis
May 27, 2016
Washington Post
This High-Poverty School Succeeds By Focusing on Adventure, The Arts, Project-B…
by Valerie Strauss, Kevin Welner, and Linda Molner Kelley
November 14, 2016
Washington Post
A New Way to Honor High Schools, Without Looking at Test Scores
by Valerie Strauss
September 12, 2016
Westchester
Ossining High Lone Hudson Valley School of Opportunity
by Jonathan Ortiz
September 2016

Television and Radio

CBS Denver
Career Education Making A Comeback In High Schools
by Lisa Leff
April 27, 2016
Colorado Public Radio
No Permission Required: Most Colorado School Officials Can Meet With Students W…
by Jenny Brundin
July 26, 2016
Girard At Large
Inside Education: Considering Federal Market-Based Educational Reforms
by Josh Jenkins
September 8, 2016
Heritage Radio Network
Inside School Food: Smart Snacks and Sneaky Facts
by Laura Stanley
September 26, 2016
KDRV.com
Local School Recognized By School of Opportunity
by Julia Moore
September 12, 2016
Michigan Radio
School Choice, Metro Detroit’s New White Flight
by Chastity Pratt Dawsey and Mike Wilkinson
September 13, 2016
NBC 7 San Diego
How Much "Fun Run" Money Actually Goes to Schools?
by Rory Devine
June 11, 2015
News 9.com
Schools, Communities Don’t Always Agree On Spending Cuts
by Jennifer Palmer
May 12, 2016
WBUR
Focusing On Per-Pupil Spending, Report Says Charters Don't Hurt District Schools
by Louise Kennedy
September 28, 2016
WBUR
A Closer Look At The Debate Over Charter Schools
by Jeremy Hobson
October 13, 2016
WBUR
New Strategies For Old-School Vocational Training
by Sacha Pfeiffer
August 8, 2016
WBUR
The High School Of The Future — Right Here In Boston
by Jacob Murray
December 16, 2016

Blogs

Cloaking Inequity
.@DavidCBerliner Hosts 2015 Bunkum Award
by Julian Vasquez Heilig
February 23, 2016
Curmudgucation
Essential Reading for Education Activists (and Wonks)
by Peter Greene
September 24, 2016
Diane Ravitch’s Blog
Drum Roll Please: The Annual Bunkum Award for Shoddy Research
by Diane Ravitch
February 24, 2016
Education Law Prof Blog
Renowned Scholars Examine Effective, Equitable School Reforms in New Book
by Derek Black
September 6, 2016
Jan Resseger
What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Supporters of Public Education?
by Jan Resseger
November 11, 2016
Janresseger
Research Summarizes the Public School Advantage
by Jan Resseger
August 12, 2016
Janresseger
New Book Gathers Research Proving False the Myths and Promises of NCLB and RTTT
by Jan Resseger
August 9, 2016
Janresseger
Please Read this Penetrating Indictment of the Every Student Succeeds Act
by Jan Resseger
September 21, 2016
Progressive Educator
Education “Research” So Bad it Deserves an Award
by Jason Endacott
February 23, 2016
The Art of Teaching Science
Gov. Deal’s Opportunity School District is Now About Poverty and Crime!
by Jack Hassard
October 21, 2016
The Art of Teaching Science
P.L. Thomas On “Miracle” Schools or Political Sham?–Take Heed Georgia
by Jack Hassard
September 29, 2016
The Art of Teaching Science
The Undemocratic Character of Georgia’s Chronically Failing School Turnaround A…
by Jack Hansard
September 13, 2016
The Art of Teaching Science
Poverty, Learning and Nathan Deal’s Georgia Opportunity School District Assumes…
by Jack Hassard
October 29, 2016
The Becoming Radical
NEW from IAP: Learning from the Federal Market‐Based Reforms: Lessons for ESSA
by P.L. Thomas
July 7, 2016
VAMboozled!
New Book on Market-Based, Educational Reforms
by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
July 14, 2016

Other Web Sources

CU Engage
Kirshner and Welner to Attend Education Conference Hosted by First Lady Michell…
by Unknown
March 11, 2016
Notebook
Gambling Fever: Why Does the School District Keep Betting on Charter Schools?
by Eileen DiFranco
January 5, 2016
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