Lost in all the big ESEA news last week was this NYT piece (The Search for Local Investigative Reporting’s Future) whose basic premise is that it’s hard to do great local investigative work — and there’s not...
Read MoreNew York City to Close 3 Troubled Public Schools in Brooklyn NYT: It is the first time Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has elected to shut down any noncharter public schools. See also WNYC, Chalkbeat. Chicago Teachers Say...
Read MoreOne of 2015’s big education stories has been the very small schools that have been popping up around the country as part of the AltSchool network. According to my Twitter feed, I’ve come across several articles (WIRED, Business...
Read MoreFollowing up on one of last week’s big issues, the Poynter Institute’s Jim Warren noted on Friday that the decision by the LA Times to request and publish the investigative file on a famed former LAUSD teacher had...
Read MoreCan States Use Special Needs, ELL Students To Manipulate Test Scores? WAMU: Maryland was the only state this year that showed declines on all four tests — reading and math for both 4th and 8th graders. It’s the first time this...
Read MoreBEST OF THE WEEK Morning Consult: How Old-School Legislating Brought an Education Bill to the Finish Line http://ow.ly/VCpBo Mother Jones: This is What It’s Like to Be a Muslim Schoolkid in America Right...
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