What happens when a selective school has to educate all students? A Philadelphia magnet school is about to find out. (Newsworks)
A consultant the district is paying to evaluate Cleveland schools has many scathing comments for the 10 it has visited so far. (Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
Coalition urges quick state action on a plan to wipe out Detroit schools’ debt, but some legislators are balking at the price tag. (Detroit Free-Press)
Louisville schools are struggling to fill more than 100 teacher vacancies. (WDRB)
Oops, Louisville schools accidentally hired a teacher who had a felony conviction for drug trafficking in heroin even though she disclosed it on her application. Oh, by the way, the district’s top HR job has gone unfilled for more than a year. (Courier-Journal)
The fight to unionize a Los Angeles charter school network is dividing parents. (L.A. Times)
A children’s book series that places kids at the center of collective tragedies is sadly relevant again. (The Atlantic)
From charter schools to teacher evaluations, four ways that Hillary Clinton would rule schools differently. (Politics K-12)
How one of New Orleans’ only principals who led schools before and after Hurricane Katrina ensures her teachers reflect their students. (Hechinger Report)
A teacher says research about the value of small classes doesn’t match up to her experience. (Pedagogy of the Reformed)
Denver’s longtime superintendent is taking an unusual six-month break. Here’s why. (Chalkbeat)
An anonymous New York City school leader says teacher evaluations won’t be ideal until there are tests in every subject. (Inside the System)
A helpful primer on the intersection of race, class, and standardized testing. (The Notebook)
How Richard Scarry’s classic word books changed over time to reflect evolving cultural norms. (Fusion)
In rural Mississippi, schools can’t get the Internet to work for kids. (EdWeek)
In a fact check of Hillary Clinton, studies suggests she’s wrong that there’s no evidence student test scores can be used to measure teacher performance. (EdWeek)
Here’s what a few education reporters thought about University of Missouri students blocking reporters on campus. (Washington Monthly)