An investigation finds that Pearson’s dominance in a number of education spheres including testing and online learning does not always serve American students or taxpayers. (Politico)
Gaps in college advising services between wealthy and poor schools may be contributing socioeconomic gaps that persist far into students’ futures. (NPR)
Education could be Jeb Bush’s Romneycare — an issue where his extensive work may hamper him in a primary campaign because of changing tides in the Republican Party. (Vox)
For the first time since the 1980s, fewer than half of American teachers are represented by unions. (USA Today)
A former political science professor argues that the blurring of fact and fiction among opponents of Common Core reveals an important flaw in the implementation of the standards. (Atlantic)
One potential hazard of all the snow in Boston: experts say too many snow days can widen achievement gaps between affluent students who can easily catch up on work at home and lower-income students who cannot. (Hechinger Report)
Marcus Winters argues that New York City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña’s holistic approach to schools risks abandoning the lessons of high-quality empirical education research. (Flypaper)
Katy Perry’s famously off-beat back-up shark dancer recovers by heading to Columbia Teachers College. (New Yorker)
