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Arguing with the straw man

No matter how fair-minded advocates for school vouchers or tax credit scholarships make their case, they're often drawn into a...

New Jersey Opportunity Scholarship plan advances

UPDATED: New Jersey's proposed Opportunity Scholarship Act won unanimous approval Thursday in the state assembly's Commerce and Economic Development Committee....

All T and no P?

When the New Jersey Education Association recently urged its members to rally the heads of the parent-teacher groups in opposition...

Legislation we are watching

As state legislatures begin their 2011 sessions, redefinED will be watching a growing number of measures in the works that...

The dialogue in New Jersey is changing

Two recent items from New Jersey have showcased just how the political lines separating support for either vouchers or tax credit scholarships...

Accelerating the merger of public education and publicly-funded education

As publicly-funded private schools have become more integrated into public education, the terms “publicly-funded education” and “public education” are becoming...

Merit pay the MLB way

As redefineED editor Adam Emerson observed last week, Andy Rotherham and I both like using professional sports comparisons when discussing...

How the Democratic Party historically defined equal opportunity in education

Columbia University education professor Amy Stuart Wells is troubled by the spread of bipartisanship in education reform. "President Obama’s signature...

The debate over school choice, and the need for save haven

In the debate over school choice, it's easy to overlook a mother's fundamental need to create a safe environment for...

The consequences of treating all teachers alike

Andrew Rotherham, in his weekly Time.com column, explores the move among many states to reform laws governing teacher tenure. But...

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