Hot Issues

Everywhere  you turn these days, issues of education reform  are being debated: from the halls of Congress, to state legislatures, to city councils, and on the front pages of newspapers and magazines.

There is a lot of hot air out there: claims for the efficacy of reforms that there is no evidence to support; manipulation of data and statistics; and outright misrepresentation and distortion of the facts.

Below you can read overviews of the union's take on some of the hottest issues, along with links to articles in the media, news reports and research studies that we find interesting and reputable.