@BillGates shares The Learning Line from local Teacher of the Year. Where are you on the learning line? #GatesEd pic.twitter.com/TUFq8PR2Bq
— Rhonda Broussard (@BroussardRhonda) October 7, 2015
BEST OF THE WEEK
NPR: Surprisingly Few Urban High School Students Take The ACT Or SAT http://ow.ly/TejXm
NYT: Test Scores Under Common Core Show That ‘Proficient’ Varies by State http://ow.ly/3yhy1q
US News: Stagnant City Schools Are Failing Minorities http://nzzl.us/TbqD9b1
EIA: That Didn’t Take Long (Pugh Joins Clinton Campaign) http://bit.ly/1j9DzWE
Politico: Bowing to unions, 2016 Dems skip Campbell Brown’s education forum http://ow.ly/TejRg
Hechinger Report: A technology team from Facebook works to serve classroom teachers http://ow.ly/TejkE
The Atlantic: The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland http://ow.ly/T5Uh7
FROM THE GRADE
EdWeek Sets Standard With Detailed Gates Foundation Funding Disclosure http://ow.ly/Tdvz7
Watch the NYT’s @kzernike Interview The Prize’s @dalerussakoff http://ow.ly/T84cJ
“Solutions” Journalism Gets A New Education Guide & Webinar (today!) http://ow.ly/T7w3R
So Much Coverage Of Duncan/King Announcement – But Key Details Still Missing http://ow.ly/TeiNJ
Just How Little Do The White House Press Corps & Broadcast TV Care About Education? http://ow.ly/T4Zuy
This PBS NewsHour Segment On Teacher Residency Is Too Soft http://ow.ly/T1I4W
KICKER
DailyKos: Why in the hell did it take a random viral video for McGraw-Hill to fix this mistake on slavery? http://ow.ly/3yhxAl
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