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Seattle Times
Roundtable: Can Tracking Ever Work?
by Kevin Welner
October 27, 2013
South Bend Tribune
Online Schools' Performance May Not Match Claims
by Kim Kilbride
July 28, 2013
StarTribune
Why Minnesota Teachers Union Opposes Teach for America
by Tom Dooher
June 5, 2013
State Impact Florida
Progressive Groups Target ALEC For “Damaging Influence” On Education
by Gina Jordan
June 25, 2013
State Journal-Register
Doug Knight: End the Failed Year-Round School Experiment
by Doug Knight
August 8, 2013
Statesman-Journal
The Virtual School Experience: Online Option Growing in Popularity in Oregon
by Queenie Wong
September 27, 2013
Tampa Bay Times
PolitiFact: Dream Defenders’ Claim That Florida First in School Kid Arrest Half…
by Amy Sherman
August 4, 2013
TechCrunch
The LA Times Trolls Innocent Teachers
by Gregory Ferenstein
November 10, 2013
Texas Tribune
Agency Proceeds With A-F School Ratings Plan
by Morgan Smith
April 24, 2013
The Tennessean
Tennessee Virtual Academy Hits Bottom, Gets Reprieve
by Chas Sisk
August 25, 2013
Twin Cities Daily Planet
OPINION | ... and the Bunkum Award Goes to a Minneapolis Think Tank
by Jeff Strate
March 22, 2013
USA Today
Charter Schools Possess No Magic Formula: Opposing View
by Kevin Welner
April 1, 2013
Washington Examiner
D.C. Charter School Would Teach All But Math and English Online
by Rachel Baye
May 19, 2013
Washington Post
The Bottom Line on Charter School Studies
by Valerie Strauss
September 24, 2013
Washington Post
New Teach For American Study: What It Really Proves
by Valerie Strauss
September 16, 2013
Washington Post
The Fetishization of International Test Scores
by Valerie Strauss
November 14, 2013
Washington Post
Why ‘School Reform’ is a Misnomer — Principal
by Valerie Strauss
February 3, 2013
Washington Post
Charters Not Outperforming Nation’s Traditional Public Schools, Report Says
by Lyndsey Layton
June 25, 2013
Washington Post
New Questions on the Common Core Standards
by Valerie Strauss
January 17, 2013
Washington Post
The Inconvenient Truth of Education ‘Reform'
by Valerie Strauss
February 2, 2013
Washington Post
The Grammys, the Oscars… and now the Bunkum Awards (update)
by Valerie Strauss
February 24, 2013
Washington Post
Neovouchers: The Debate Continues
by Valerie Strauss
March 7, 2013
Washington Post
‘Neovouchers’: A Primer on Private School Tax Credits
by Valerie Strauss
March 3, 2013

Television and Radio

Boise State Public Radio
Seven Key Points About K12 Inc and Idaho Virtual Academy
by Adam Cotterbell
February 1, 2013
The Voice of Russia – American Edition
Louisiana Vouchers--For More Segregation as Well as Less Science
by Jamila Bey
November 7, 2013
Vermont Public Radio
Will We Ever Bridge The Achievement Gap?
by Jane Lindholm and Ric Cengeri
August 19, 2013
Vermont Public Radio
Education Report Spurs Debate
by Charlotte Albright
December 16, 2013
WCSH Portland
Charter School Commission Expected to Eye Virtual Schools for a 3rd Time
by Caroline Cornish
November 1, 2013

Blogs

AlterNet
Whatever Happened to Scientifically Based Research in Education Policy?
by Paul Thomas
September 12, 2013
Cloaking Inequality
Parent Trigger Laws: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing And Astroturfing
by Julian Vasquez Heilig
March 25, 2013
Daily Kos
NCTQ Fails US, World
by Paul Thomas
June 21, 2013
Daily Kos
Declare Your Commitment to the Education Our Children Deserve
by Kenneth Bernstein
June 11, 2013
Diane Ravitch’s Blog
A Great Game Called CharterLand!
by Diane Ravitch
November 26, 2013
Diane Ravitch’s Blog
EdTrust Gives Advice to Michigan Policymakers
by Diane Ravitch
April 23, 2013
Diane Ravitch’s Website
The Corporate Reform Smear Machine Attacks Gene Glass
by Diane Ravitch
March 13, 2013
Marko Robinson’s Blog
The Intent of Student Scholarship Organizations versus the True Practice of Leg…
by Marko Robinson
July 21, 2013
Philippine Basic Education
Online Schools Fail
by Angel C. de Dios
October 11, 2013
Rebel 6 Ramblings
And the REAL Magic Formula is...
by David Britten
April 10, 2013
San Antonio Alliance
Texas AFT Testimony to the Senate Education Committee Regarding SB 1298 – Virtu…
by Unknown
April 3, 2013
This World We Live In
Kevin Welner Responds (Again!) to Patrick Wolf
by Diane Ravitch
April 5, 2013
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