Weekend Reading: Will 'family friendliness' help retain teachers?

Charter schools are increasingly trying to retain teachers by adopting family-friendly work rules. (Hechinger)
Five real-life educators share their takes on what makes a good teacher. (NPRed)
A Milwaukee education reporter trashed public schools in a speech accepting an award. (Gawker)
A new study says D.C.’s test score gains mostly were not driven by an influx of affluent students. (Greater Greater)
Minneapolis’s superintendent will personally review all suspensions of students of color. (Blackstar)
Several big cities are reevaluating elite schools’ admissions policies. (Gotham Gazette)
One teacher’s story of the roller-coaster ride from optimism to defeat to joy. (Edwize)
Research explains why some high schools are cliquier than others, and the finding is surprising. (Atlantic)
Decades before Teach For America, there was the National Teacher Corps. (American Prospect)
A major publishing company is outlining its vision for high-quality content in a new “manifesto.” (HMHCo)
Teachers did better in the second year of Chicago’s new evaluation system, which weighs test scores. (Catalyst)
States listen as parents give rampant testing an F (New York Times)
Why China has the best, and worst, education system in the world. (New York Times)
Arne Duncan profiles Kahn Academy’s Sal Kahn. (Vanity Fair)
How baby boomers ruined parenting forever. (Quartz)
Are we raising a generation of helpless kids? (Huffington Post)
Kevin Chavous says teachers unions flunked their midterms. (USA Today)