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Florida’s education reformers should acknowledge and fix their own mistakes

There is no defense for the latest blemish on Florida’s school accountability system. And it’s incumbent upon those who have...

In school districts, low-income children will always lose the battle for resources

Editor’s note: Doug Tuthill responds today to a post I wrote yesterday about the failure of school districts and teachers unions...

When school boards and teachers unions look the other way

Years ago, the powerful director of a local teachers union told me in no uncertain terms: Differential pay for teachers...

Choice nuggets: Ravitch on vouchers, Florida's academic progress and how "bad" public schools are like Ol' Man River

Editor's note: Here's another selection of "choice nuggets," a feature we started last week to keep some smaller but still blogworthy items from...

School choice gives single-gender education a chance to prove itself

by Kelly Garcia My all-boys classroom didn’t look like a Norman Rockwell. There were boys tapping pencils. Boys squeezing stress balls....

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Report: U.S. spent (wasted?) $14.8 billion paying teachers for master's degrees

School districts spent nearly $15 billion in the 2007-08 school year to pay teachers extra for earning master's degrees, up 72 percent...

More time, money, customization can narrow the opportunity gap in education

I have spent more than 35 years working to help public education fulfill the promise of equal opportunity, but two...

It’s the school, not the curriculum, that fosters real citizenship

Editor’s note: Critics often suggest that expanding school choice to include private, faith-based schools will erode democracy. But noted school...

redefinED blog stars: On reform-minded school boards, the promise of virtual charters and the NAACP's betrayal

Editor's note: For those new to redefinED, "blog stars" is our occasional compilation of good stuff from other ed blogs...

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Florida charter schools earn A’s and F’s at higher rates than traditional public schools

Florida charter schools were more likely than traditional public schools to earn A and F grades under this year’s tougher...

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