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Quay Country Sun
Teachers Protest Formula
by Steve Hansen
August 19, 2014
Salon
The Truth About Charter Schools: Padded Cells, Corruption, Lousy Instruction an…
by Jeff Bryant
January 10, 2014
Salon.com
Creationism, at Taxpayer Expense: Secrets of the GOP’s Frightening New School V…
by Jeff Bryant
February 3, 2014
Seacoast Online
For-Profit Charter School Opens in Maine
by Deborah McDermott
July 27, 2014
The Hechinger Report
The Big Sort: How Chicago’s School Choice System is Tracking Kids into Differen…
by Linda Lutton
July 17, 2014
Times-Picayune
Policy Wonks Love, Hate Louisiana's School Reforms
by Danielle Dreilinger
January 14, 2014
Timesunion.com
Creating Opportunities is Acid Test for Education Policy
by Kevin Welner and Carol Burris
November 13, 2014
Tucson Weekly
A Very Frightening Story From BASIS San Antonio
by David Safier
June 6, 2014
Tucson Weekly
The NEPC 2103 Education Bunkum Awards
by David Safier
May 27, 2014
Valley News
Column: School Governance in Vermont Works Well
by William J. Mathis
April 5, 2014
Washington Post
‘Schools Of Opportunity’ – A New Project to Recognize Schools That Give All Stu…
by Valerie Strauss
October 2, 2014
Washington Post
And Now, the Bunkum Awards (You Wouldn’t Want to Win)
by Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner
January 14, 2014
Washington Post
The Hype and Reality of ‘School Choice’
by Valerie Strauss
January 28, 2014
Washington Post
A Silver Lining in the Vergara Decision?
by Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner
June 11, 2014
Washington Post
College Material or Not: Who Should Decide?
by Valerie Strauss
March 26, 2014
Washington Post
Under Pressure, D.C. School System Gets More Aggressive About Selling Itself
by Emma Brown
July 1, 2014
Washington Post
Arne Duncan Dismisses Critics: ‘Lots of Drama, Lots of Noise’
by Valerie Strauss
April 18. 2014
Washington Post
Are We on the Verge of an End to Test-Based Accountability?
by Kevin Welner and Valerie Strauss
December 7, 2014
Washington Post
Poverty and the Education Opportunity Gap: Will Obama Step up in SOTU?
by Valerie Strauss and Kevin Welner
January 26, 2014

Television and Radio

ABC 7 News Denver
Lawmakers Call for Change After CALL7 Investigation Reveals Unreported Crimes I…
by Keli Rabon, Sandra Barry
June 19, 2014
Colorado Public Radio
Should There Be More to School Evaluations Than Student Test Scores?
by Jenny Brundin
November 3, 2014
KRWG TV/NPR
Public Schools Should Not Be Profit Centers
by Bonnie Burn
July 30, 2014
NPR
Teacher Tenure Lawsuits Spread From California To New York
by Beth Fertig, Anya Kamenetz, Claudio Sanchez
July 28, 2014
NPR
Charter Schools, Money and Test Scores
by Anya Kamenetz and Claudio Sanchez
July 22, 2014
Texas Public Radio
Education Experts Explain Why Legislation On School Choice Would Be Bad For Tex…
by Ryan Poppe
December 4, 2014
WBEZ 91.5
The Big Sort
by Linda Lutton and Brendan Metzger
July 16, 2014
WCSH Portland
Second Virtual School Gets Initial Approval
by Unknown
November 13, 2014
Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Examining the Trends in Schoolhouse Commercialism
by Jennifer Harris
May 16, 2014

Blogs

AlterNet
4 Arguments That Scream "Save Public Education!"
by Paul Buchheit
March 30, 2014
AlterNet
What This Recent Court Decision Means for the Future of Teacher Tenure
by Owen Davis
June 17, 2014
Campaign for America’s Future
Education ‘Reformers’ Have Lost Their PR War, So Now What?
by Jeff Bryant
October 10, 2014
Campaign for America’s Future
Education ‘Reform’ Loses The Netroots
by Jeff Bryant
July 25, 2014
Cloaking Inequity
For Labor Day Weekend: Pie and/or Labor and/or #CharterPolitics
by Julian Vasquez Heilig
August 29, 2014
Cloaking Inequity
I have a Man Crush on NEPC
by Julian Vasquez Heilig
April 9, 2014
Cloaking Inequity
Charters and $$$$: Has Anyone Seen Anything Like This?
by Julian Vasquez Heilg
December 8, 2014
Daily Kos
Georgia Legislator Who Wants to Stop Black People from Voting Is a StudentsFirs…
by Laura Clawson
September 18, 2014
Diane Ravitch’s Blog
Larry Lee: Guess Who Is Bashing Alabama’s Teachers?
by Diane Ravitch
September 18, 2014
Diane Ravitch’s Blog
Kevin Welner: Why Legislators Adopt VAM Formulas They Don’t Understand
by Diane Ravitch
March 26, 2014
Diane Ravitch’s Blog
Carol Burris: A New Way to Honor Successful Schools
by Diane Ravitch
October 3,2014
Education Week
New High School Recognition Focuses on Closing Opportunity Gap
by Caralee Adams
October 8, 2014
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