Adopting the "science of reading" and high-quality curricula -- and holding schools accountable for achievement -- are the most cost-effective ways to improve schools, says a New York Times panel of researchers.
Teach for America cared about student achievement -- till they decided teaching students "to interrogate systems of power" was more important, writes Doug Lemov.
Dillon was the only white student at the Harlem charter his mother started. He thrived. It's teaching, curriculum, assessment and school culture that count.