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Where We Stand on Education:

New Democrats support efforts to radically overhaul the industrial-era, factory model of American public education into a new system premised on public school choice, high standards, and accountability, with policies that promote teacher quality, charter schools, and performance-based federal education funding.



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Education

Policy Report | July 15, 2009 |
A Kindle in Every Backpack
By Thomas Z. Freedman
Amid the important and often heated debate over education reforms such as merit-based teacher pay and charter schools, the nation is missing an obvious opportunity to use new technology to improve dramatically the education our children receive.



Teacher Quality

Finding the Teachers We Need
By Frederick M. Hess, Andrew J. Rotherham, and Kate Walsh

Lifting Teacher Performance
By Andrew Leigh and Sara Mead

Grading Teachers
By Andrew Rotherham

Teacher Incentives
By Sen. Tom Carper

Opportunity and Responsibility for National Board Certified Teachers
By Andrew J. Rotherham

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Federal Education Policy

New Dem of the Week: Bill Ritter

New Dem of the Week: Jim Webb

New Dem of the Week: Ted Strickland

Graduation Party
By Bruce Reed

Saving the American Dream

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Standards & Accountability

New Dem of the Week: Andrew Romanoff

Schools, Race, and Opportunity

New Dem of the Week: Kathleen Sebelius

When More Isn't Better
By Dr. Paul Kimmelman

Still Separate, Still Unequal

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Innovative Strategies

A Kindle in Every Backpack
By Thomas Z. Freedman

Closing the Graduation Gap
By Doug Ross

New Dem of the Week: Gavin Newsom

New Dem of the Week: Brian Schweitzer

Idea of the Week: Tax Reform for Higher Education and Training

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Public School Choice & Charters

Get Mayors in the Schooling Game
By David Harris and Andrew J. Rotherham

D.C.'s Charter Experiment: Mixed Grades, Great Promise

Chasing the Blues Away: Charter Schools Scale Up in Chicago
By Robin J. Lake and Lydia Rainey

Texas Roundup: Charter Schooling in the Lone Star State
By Nelson Smith

A Tough Nut to Crack in Ohio: Charter Schooling in the Buckeye State
By Alexander Russo

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Special Education

A Bright IDEA

Think Twice: Special Education Vouchers Are Not All Right
By Andrew J. Rotherham and Sara Mead

The Politics of IDEA Funding
By Andrew J. Rotherham

PPI Co-Sponsors Study of Parent Attitudes toward Special Education Programs

Ensuring High Quality Education for Students with Special Needs
By Andrew J. Rotherham

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Early Childhood

New Dem of the Week: Phil Bredesen

New Dem of the Week: Phil Bredesen

Idea of the Week: Universal Pre-K

Universal Preschool
By Sen. Tom Carper

Idea of the Week: A National Pre-K Strategy

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