Skip to main contentRemainders: Annual Broad Prize goes to Charlotte, N.C., schools
By | September 20, 2011, 11:28pm UTC - This year’s Broad Prize for an urban district went to Charlotte-Mecklenberg in North Carolina. (EdWeek)
- Research suggests Charlotte’s district and charter schools are on par with each other. (Matt Yglesias)
- Proposed changes to ESEA could discount more disabled students from accountability. (On Special Ed)
- Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says paddling can help children with ADD. (Atlantic Wire)
- Ask to rate training sessions she’d like to attend, a teacher writes her own list. (Miss Eyre/NYC Educator)
- A review of books that can be used in special education classrooms and their effectiveness. (Mr. Foteah)
- Advice on deciding which Regents exams to take and when, starting in eighth grade. (Insideschools)
- Report: High-performing students don’t gain as quickly as their low-performing peers. (Fordham Institute)
- A film playing on PBS tonight documents the lives of Filipino teachers in Baltimore. (Joanne Jacobs)
- More on the Common Core at McKee High School, complete with lesson plans. (Soaring Seagulls)
- Rupert Murdoch will be the keynote speaker at an education reform conference next month. (Digital Ed)