Ohio school boards lobby to block low-scoring charter schools from advertising. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Chicago’s teachers union appears to be inching toward a strike, although a “practice vote” wasn’t as clear-cut as the union announced. (Chicago Tribune)
Detroit schools finances are improving but look worse because of required pension reporting. (Crain’s Detroit Business)
Survey says bad training and bureaucratic nonsense chase many principals out of Chicago schools within five years. (Chicago Sun-Times)
It’s been a bumpy ride for Michelle Rhee since she left D.C. (Sacramento Bee)
Some Los Angeles teachers are balking at the district’s restorative justice discipline approach. (L.A. Times)
Some schools, especially in the South, have discipline codes that make them feel — and operate — a lot like prisons. (The Marshall Project)
Counterpoint: Tough, military-style discipline is falling out of favor in schools. But an English teacher says some students might need it. (The Atlantic)
From Bangladesh to Boston, look inside 15 classrooms from around the world. (Answer Sheet)
A North Carolina teacher says she switched to a charter school after 10 years because her district kept ending programs that worked. (Raleigh News & Observer)
A teacher says she’s noticing more colleagues assigning ID numbers to their students and she doesn’t know why. (Pedagogy of the Oppressed)
A new coalition aims to “modernize” teaching. But its member groups can’t agree on what that means. (Teacher Beat)
An argument against the acronyms and jargon that turn conversations about education into alphabet soup. (Hechinger Report)
A New Zealand educator outlines the project-oriented approach that he says is paying off in the schools where he works. (Real Clear Education)
The U.S. Department of Education’s report on the impact of its Race to the Top grants omits discussion of downsides. (Politics K-12)
Charter school advocates and critics are united in the wake of a study showing that virtual charter schools don’t help students. (Buzzfeed)
Michael Petrilli: The near-religious fervor of the education reform movement brings energy but has a down side. (Hechinger)
The House and Senate have a deal to renew No Child Left Behind. (Education Week)
Here’s what a venture capitalist found when we went searching for the meaning of school. (Washington Post)
When it comes to school districts, how public is public relations? (WNPR)
Stephen Henderson rediscovered his dilapidated childhood home in Detroit. He decided not to walk away. (Detroit Free Press)