Politics
Coffee Break: Third Way's Lanae Hatalsky on Staying Chill, the Teacher Wars and Her Choice for Hillary's Running Mate
Lanae Erickson Hatalsky is vice president for the social policy and politics program at Third Way, a think tank in Washington, D.C. Lanae’s job is to propose centrist solutions to the often heated...
California
Why Both Political Parties Need Education Reform
Conservatives argue that markets will solve social problems more efficiently and effectively than the public sector while liberals insist that markets leave too many behind and that government...
Washington D.C.
Why Evaluating Teachers Is Really Hard to Do
I recently had dinner with two teachers who told me that in their combined 38 years of teaching they have had exactly three meaningful feedback sessions with their principals. The absence of useful...
Washington D.C.
Research Says: Yes, #OptOutSoWhite
In Opt Out: An Examination of Issues, a peer-reviewed paper that is part of Educational Testing Service’s (ETS) Research Report Series, Randy E. Bennett analyzes "early press accounts" that ascribed...
Washington D.C.
Creative, Collaborative and Open: The Future of Education Advocacy
Over the past two years, 1,300 people applied for just 10 spots in 50CAN’s Education Advocacy Fellowship. The extraordinary response is a reflection of the deep hunger in our country for better...
Parents
Stop the Politics, These Are Our Schools
I am very much like other Latinas throughout this nation—proud of my Latino heritage, proud of how I grew up, and proud of the work ethic and values my parents taught me. I am also very proud to be...