One likely beneficiary of Supreme Court Antonin Scalia’s death: teachers unions, whose mandatory dues Scalia had signaled he would rule against. (TIME)
Could an investigation by the state lead to a takeover of Chicago schools? (Sun-Times)
California may have to release millions of student records — including social security numbers — to lawyers suing on behalf of a parent group. (Mercury News)
A football crazy Texas town just broke ground for a $61 million stadium, the most expensive ever built for a high school. (USA Today)
Pennsylvania’s top court rules a school reform commission can no longer suspend state laws, affecting charter and district schools. (The Notebook)
A Chicago Public Schools parent explains why she has decided to “break up” with the district despite her love of living in the city. (Sun-Times)
Kentucky’s legislature makes a move toward dumping Common Core standards. (Herald-Leader)
The governor’s new budget calls for $18 million in education cuts for Kentucky. (WDBR)
Ohio auditor ridicules Columbus plan to “punish” data-rigging principals by giving them the summer off. (Dispatch)
Bail out plan for Detroit schools includes limits on teachers unions and letter grades for schools. (AP)
John King is the first former principal to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education. Few of his predecessors even taught. (Politics K-12)
Three students tasked with improving their low-performing school say academic tracking is one impediment. (Chalkbeat)
Virtual teacher coaching could be a lower-cost, higher-impact way to improve instruction. (Hechinger Report)
D.C.’s teacher of the year says he never had a great teacher of his own. (Washington Post)
Testing flexibility in the new federal education law doesn’t reduce the pressure that teachers face, according to someone who works with many of them. (Chalkbeat)
How schools get segregated and why it matters, by the founder of a racially isolated New York City school. (Vox)
The politics around Baltimore’s unique charter sector could put mayoral candidate Deray Mckesson in a bind. (Slate)
Get to know the Noble charter school network, Chicago’s largest — and most controversial. (Catalyst)
An uncoordinated background check system means that teachers disciplined in one state can get jobs in others. (USA Today)
Raising salaries is a common suggestion for solving teacher shortages. But it probably won’t work. (The Atlantic)
What fourth graders did after they learned about the water crisis in Flint, Mich. (Pedagogy of the Reformed)
To end Tennessee’s testing crisis, an informed father writes, the state needs to strip the stakes from the scores. (Dad Gone Wild)