Remainders: A city mom says she won't find out her kid's scores

  • A city mother explains why she won’t be looking up her daughter’s state test scores. (Answer Sheet)
  • A study by the right-leaning Fordham Institute found that parents like niche school choices. (Flypaper)
  • A teacher lists the “workarounds” that she and her colleagues devised to start the year. (Tween Teacher)
  • The city’s leading Spanish-language newspaper has endorsed Bill Thompson for mayor. (El Diario)
  • To clarify, a sociologist lists all of the ways that proficiency rates can and cannot be used. (Shanker)
  • An interactive feature highlights the role for calculators on four potentially widely taken tests. (EdWeek)
  • Rhode Island’s education chief wants to delay tying teacher evaluations to test scores. (Teacher Beat)
  • Per the March on Washington, Arne Duncan says integration is important but not enough. (Politics K-12)