Remainders: A look at the challenges of being a teacher-advisor

  • The start of junior year means new challenges for a teacher’s high school advisees. (Edwize)
  • Yoga, Zumba, and healthy lunches have helped four city schools prevent obesity. (GS in Brief)
  • A Washington, D.C. news anchor is being sued for taking money from a charter school. (City Paper)
  • High school sports aren’t the flaw in America’s education system, two writers argue. (The Atlantic)
  • Here’s video of testimony from Monday’s Community Education Council 15 meeting. (Ed Notes Online)
  • A Manhattan Institute fellow on why Diane Ravitch’s civil rights analogy is misplaced. (City Journal)
  • As Los Angeles pushes arts education, thousands of instruments sit in need of repairs. (KPCC)
  • Researchers and former administrators talk Common Core implementation on the Marc Steiner Show.
  • Teachers say they’ve allowed corporate interests to undermine their integrity. (Critical Classrooms)