Why doesn’t anybody want to be a teacher anymore? (NPR)
Standardized tests aren’t the most efficient way to collect great data about students and what they’re learning. (Wired)
Study shows how education advocacy groups influence lawmaking in 3 Republican states. (Education Week)
One of America’s top testing tutors says no one should take the SAT in 2016. (Yahoo Finance)
A parent: Public school will teach my child things a private school couldn’t. (Salon)
On digital textbooks: “Technology should be a means, not an end. In this country, it’s becoming an end.” (The Atlantic)
Just what should be taught in sex education courses isn’t clear in a diverse and sometimes divided society. (The Atlantic)
An epic senior prank puts a bucket in the principal’s hands and leaves him in a puddle of tears. (Wichita Eagle)
One Chicago school is trying to remove barriers to college by making sure that all of its students fill out the FAFSA. (KUNC)
Researchers examine the effect of having an incarcerated parent on children. (Education Week)
A few takes on how to make sure students are getting high-quality educations. (New York Times)
Schools on military bases hope Common Core(ish) standards will help ease transitions for a very mobile group of students. (Hechinger Report)
Oklahoma was concerned the Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum focuses too much on “what’s bad about America.” The New Yorker has a proposed replacement curriculum. (New Yorker)
The Peace Corps and Michelle Obama are partnering on an initiative to encourage education for girls around the world. (NPR)