Education was on the minds of legislators at their annual Organization Day event:
- Lawmakers talked about a preschool bill, the Common Core and whether they will enter the fray in the state board battle. (Chalkbeat)
- Democrats think the GOP will move to strip Rtiz’s powers. (StateImpact)
- Lawmakers said they would seek to strengthen day care laws. (Indy Star)
In other education news:
- Meet the four Chalkbeat editors in Tennessee, Indiana, New York and Denver. (Chalkbeat)
- South Bend’s school board is aiming to equalize principal pay. (SB Tribune)
- Parents ask if Wayne Twp school smoking ban goes far enough. (RTV6)
- NPR’s Claudio Sanchez will speak at an event honoring transformational public school educators. (IUPUI)
- TNTP study says cumbersome hiring keeps good teachers out or urban classrooms. (Chalkbeat Tennessee)
- See also this story about a recent Indianapolis study with similar conclusions to the TNTP study. (Chalkbeat)
- Report: Rising poverty smothers improvements in Chicago. (Chicago Reader)
- Denver math tutor program shows gains, but can they be sustained? (EdNews Colorado)