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Charter schools are an attractive alternative to some in Newark, N.J., parents. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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Public school teacher explains why she sends her child to a charter school

Jason Russell · May 9, 2016 5:30 pm

They measures include stricter anti-strike policies to crack down on the teacher sick-outs that have kept 45,000 students out of schools and given the struggles of Detroit's schools national attention. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Will these reforms save Detroit’s schools?

Jason Russell · May 5, 2016 9:01 pm

Union members say parents may not back the strike plans, because the union already had a one-day strike in April and there was a district furlough day in March that kept students out of school. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Chicago teachers strike lacks support from crucial group

Jason Russell · May 3, 2016 7:21 pm

Nearly all of Detroit's public schools were closed Monday and Tuesday as unions urged teachers not to go to work to protest funding levels for teachers. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

WH urges speedy resolution of Detroit teacher strike

Susan Crabtree · May 3, 2016 6:57 pm

Obama has issued a proclamation recognizing National Charter School Week every year he's been in office. (Ben Stansall / Pool via AP, File)

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What Obama said about Charter School Week

Jason Russell · May 3, 2016 3:57 pm

Obama to highlight private funding for STEM teacher training

Susan Crabtree · May 3, 2016 2:48 pm

Charter schools are clearly doing better than traditional public schools, contrary to claims. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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What teachers’ unions get wrong about charter schools

Jason Russell · April 22, 2016 8:29 pm

Only 40 percent of fourth-graders are proficient in math, and only 36 percent in reading, according to a report. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

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Sorry, your child isn’t as smart as you think

Jason Russell · April 22, 2016 4:20 pm

Common Core covers only math and English, while the new Missouri standards will also cover social studies and science. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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Another state ditches Common Core

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 4:41 pm

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks to the City Club of Chicago Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Lewis accused first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of "acts of terror" for his role in the budget standoff. (Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Teachers union head calls GOP governor an ‘ISIS recruit’

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 4:31 pm

Lily Eskelsen Garcia had harsh words about the era of overtesting brought by No Child Left Behind. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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Teachers’ union head blames Dems and GOP for overtesting

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 2:27 pm

In the five schools investigated, 95 percent of black students were failing reading or math. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Reporters who exposed failing schools win Pulitzer

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 5:30 pm