Today’s news includes the approach of a Senate vote on final passage of the NCLB rewrite effort, which would then go to conference with the House, plus news that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is going to replace his departed...
Read MoreThere was a bit of a kerfluffle last night on Twitter (when isn’t there?) about a Washington Post writeup of Campbell Brown’s new education news/advocacy effort, The Seventy-Four. Written by media reporter Paul...
Read MoreToday’s education news includes pushback from inside the AFT against the early endorsement of Hillary Clinton, plus progress on the Senate rewrite of NCLB, and a big new report on poverty among black children: CAMPAIGN...
Read MoreThere’s much to admire about The Atlantic’s recent piece, How Chicago’s Schools Used Second Chances to Improve Graduation Rates. Written by Chicago Sun-Times veteran Kate Grossman, the piece manages to describe both...
Read MoreDon’t miss out on the chance to read about poverty, and class, and most of all being a black person in modern-day America. Much of what Coates is writing about is about society at large — its treatment of black...
Read MoreToday’s education news includes Gov. Walker’s formal campaign announcement, a new report showing just how inequitable access is to good teachers, and a warning that kids don’t like it when parents are on their...
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