Weekend Reads: Spring Valley video opens new round of school policing debate

  • New York City’s lightning-rod charter operator Eva Moskowitz is under fire over reports that one of her schools maintained a “Got to Go” list of disruptive students. (Chalkbeat)
  • In rebutting criticism of her schools, Eva Moskowitz released a 10-year-old’s disciplinary record, potentially violating federal privacy laws. (Slate)
  • 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)
  • What we know and what we don’t know 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 such as the one in Spring Valley is to lead with love every day. (Jose Vilson)
  • The incident was an extreme example of South Carolina’s dismal record on school discipline. (The Atlantic)
  • Roxane Gay: Spring Valley is yet more proof that black children are not safe anywhere in America. (New York Times)
  • defender of good standardized tests says the Obama administration’s call for less testing has downsides. (Grand Rounds)
  • 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)
  • Parents in China pay 35 times the regular school tuition to get their children Common Core-aligned, American-style instruction. (New York Times)
  • Happy Halloween! Follow #eduween for some not-so-scary surprises.