Weekend Reads: A controversial campaign to teach students only the math they need

Andrew Hacker: The math we ask students to learn in school isn’t the math they need to be taught. The New York Times
Hacker’s campaign to overhaul math instruction stems from his experience working with ill-prepared college students. Slate
What happened to San Diego’s plan to close the racial achievement gap? It’s being implemented, to little effect. Voice of San Diego
The Democracy Prep charter school network rethought its parental leave policy to improve things for dads. Fast Company
How “sensory cells” and train maps help a New York City educator teach students with severe disabilities. Gothamist
Get the fascinating backstory to the 1963 school segregation protests where Bernie Sanders was arrested. Chicago Reader
Republicans tackled schools for the first time in their debate this week and got a lot wrong. Politics K-12
One big miss: Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Detroit’s mayor controls its schools. He doesn’t. MLive
The National PTA parent group comes out against the opt-out movement, saying it won’t fix testing. Learning First Alliance
Baltimore schools police chief was placed on leave after a video showed an officer hitting a student. The Baltimore Sun
A Silicon Valley charter school network gives students their own computers — and mentors. The Hechinger Report
Forget the small schools movement. Meet the Tiny Schools Project, which aims to get ed-entrepreneurs serving just 10 families. The 74 Million