A Boston charter school that suspended students 325 times last year is a flashpoint in the debate over “no excuses” discipline. (WBUR)
Those suspensions took place in the context of a challenging turnaround effort, the school’s CEO wrote in a public letter. (UP Education)
ICYMI: Here’s basically everything you need to know about the discipline debate. (Chalkbeat)
San Francisco is overhauling its curriculum to make sure it serves the city’s many students with incarcerated parents. (S.F. Examiner)
How one white, veteran teacher improved his connection with his South Los Angeles students after they called him out for not being relatable. (Washington Post)
San Antonio has 15 independent school districts. More than half are participating in a shared pre-K program. (The Atlantic)
Thirty Newark schools shut off their water fountains after testing found high levels of lead. (Brick City Live)
Los Angeles is at a “point of crisis” in the way it serves students with disabilities, according to a report that was never supposed to be made public. (L.A. Times)
Like many places, Seattle is supposed to “fully fund” education. What that means is complicated. (Seattle Times)
And Chicago teachers are headed for a strike April 1 after the city asked them to take three unpaid days off. (DNAInfo)
Here’s what people were talking about at this year’s SXSWedu, the innovation-focused education conference. (Hechinger Report)
The Republicans running for president seem not to have mastered the Common Core standards. (The Upshot)
Lifelong Detroit fights back tears as she is named the new school superintendent. (Free-Press)
Emergency manager says Detroit schools won’t make payroll on April 8 without state help. (Detroit News)
Donald Trump’s education policy: Experts are fearful, curious and baffled. (EdWeek)
Testing for joy and grit? School nationwide push to measure emotional skills. (NY Times)
Death to Algebra II! Push for more students taking it has worsened graduation rate and produced few benefits. (Slate)
In America, we teach math the wrong way. (NY Times)
Louisville schools physically restrained 25 kids a day last year, but only reported 175 of them all year to the state. (Courier-Journal)
Online charter schools return cash to Ohio after admitting attendance figures were off. (Dispatch)
Chicago school board sues ex-superintendent for $65 million after kick-back allegations. (Tribune)