The schools chief in Florida, a Common Core leader, questioned the PARCC tests. (State Impact)
The gifted grading fiasco in NYC highlighted the arbitrary nature in which we identify students. (Time) To become a political progressive, Al Shanker had to think like a educational conservative. (Shanker)
A suitcase that turned out to be empty caused a Williamsburg high school to evacuate. (DNAInfo)
It’s been two weeks, but the Michelle Rhee cheating scandal in D.C. still has legs. (Learning Matters)
A study of teachers’ web logs reveals they don’t spend much time looking at student data. (AEFP)
On UFT election day, our editor offered some outsider analysis about the internal politics. (Schoolbook)
Across the nation charter school teachers are unionizing, most recently in Los Angeles. (LaborNotes)
Parents are upset that the city is proposing to move their school into a new neighborhood. (Tribeca Trib)
A case for why the current reform policies will succumb to a powerful counter-revolution. (The Atlantic)