What we know and what we don’t about Spring Valley High School, the South Carolina school where a police officer was videotaped tackling a student at her desk. (Kicker)
A teacher argues that the best way to prevent incidents like the one in Spring Valley is to lead with love every day. (Jose Vilson)
Roxane Gay: Spring Valley is yet more proof that black children are not safe anywhere in America. (New York Times)
The incident raises longstanding questions about why police officers are carrying out school discipline. (The Atlantic)
People pretty much saw what they wanted to in the country’s first-ever decline in NAEP scores. (Answer Sheet)
Is it fair to connect the country’s collective NAEP stumble to the introduction of the Common Core? It’s hard to say. (Hechinger Report)
Mysteriously, Hillsborough County, Fla., which New York’s education chief used to lead, drove Florida’s outsized losses. (Jay Greene)
Parents in China pay 35 times the regular school tuition to get their children Common Core-aligned, American-style instruction. (New York Times)
A coalition of educators tells Deray McKesson, the Teach For America alum at the fore of the Black Lives Matter movement, that TFA undermines equity. (Jacobin Mag)
The hottest show on Broadway, “Hamilton,” will soon get an audience of 20,000 schoolchildren. (Hollywood Reporter)
Two teachers who aren’t working for their unions have started a political action committee of teachers who support Hillary Clinton for president. (L.A. Times)
Many sharp tensions in Denver’s school board race can be traced to evolving definitions of “neighborhood school.” (Chalkbeat)
In rebutting criticism of her schools, Eva Moskowitz released a 10-year-old’s disciplinary record, potentially violating federal privacy laws. (Slate)
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