Inside the Perfect Political Storm That’s Forcing Gov. Cuomo to Backpedal on New York Education Reform

These are whiplash-inducing times for public schools in New York, as state education leaders keep hitting the brakes on the very reforms they had aggressively…

Here’s What You Should Be Reading About the New ESEA

As the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act comes to head with a vote in the House today, pretty much everyone in education…

Hey Billionaires, If You Give Up on the System, You’re Giving Up on Kids

An editorial in the Wall Street Journal this week argues that philanthropists committed to improving education should give up on donating directly to public schools—Mark…

This Is Pathetic: Democratic Candidates Cave to Union Pressure on Iowa Education Summit

We now know where the proverbial “red line” falls for the Democratic presidential candidates and it’s not in Syria or Russia. It’s in Iowa and…

We All Get a Say in Public Education, Karen

Campbell Brown, the journalist turned education advocate who founded The Seventy Four, irks Karen Magee, president of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT). Despite Brown’s…

The Odd Couples of Education: Teachers Unions and the GOP

We were recently treated to the most in-depth conversations yet on the campaign trail regarding education policy, courtesy of a Republican candidate forum co-sponsored by The…

Polling Reinforces Support for High Standards

On August 24, 2015, Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success, issued the following memo on recently released poll results and the public’s opinions on…

When Soundbite Trumps Substance: The Kasich Kerfuffle Over the Teachers’ Lounge

Teachers’ lounges are not the issue and they don’t remotely define yesterday’s Education Summit in New Hampshire hosted by The Seventy Four and The American…

Howard Fuller Explains What’s Happening in New Orleans

Over the past 10 years, New Orleans’ public school landscape has undergone an extreme makeover, where many of the active new voices among the city’s…