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					<description><![CDATA[15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools. Here&#8217;s where, and why, Katie Mills (NPR, 19 August 2026) Recommended Summary Physical punishment is increasingly viewed as a form of violence that harms children. This narrative review summarises the findings of 69 prospective longitudinal studies to inform practitioners and policy makers about physical punishment&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="https://radicalscholarship.com/2026/08/23/understanding-education-corporal-punishment/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Understanding Education: Corporal Punishment</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Teach for America (TFA) was founded in 1989 by Wendy Kopp, spurred by an undergraduate thesis from Princeton. TFA garnered a great deal of political and media support, notably during the Obama administration and concurrent with the popularity of charter schools (notably the Knowledge is Power Program [KIPP] charter school network). However, in recent years &#8230; <a href="https://radicalscholarship.com/2026/08/12/understanding-education-teach-for-america-tfa/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Understanding Education: Teach for America (TFA)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) was established in 2001 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank dedicated to free market ideology. NCTQ has an anti-teacher education agenda that all of their reports confirm, regardless of the data or the methodology (this parallels decades of school choice and charter school research &#8230; <a href="https://radicalscholarship.com/2026/08/12/understanding-education-national-council-on-teacher-quality-nctq/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Understanding Education: National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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