Students at a New Haven charter school walked out to call for a more diverse teaching staff. (N.H. Register)
Adding to the conversation about posting student work: An argument for making struggles visible. (Tween Teacher)
Here’s your table of contents for the massive and important debate that’s underway about the role of race in the education reform movement. (Chalkbeat)
Miami teachers are crowdfunding a lawsuit over the way their district gives pay raises. (Teacher Beat)
A student heralded by the White House for getting from the Bronx to college later dropped out. Here’s his story. (Vox)
Does asking kids to track their reading make them enjoy reading less? A psychologist and parent thinks so. (The Atlantic)
A long-struggling Connecticut high school with many poor students sits in the middle of a wealthy county. (The 74 Million)
It’s not that no one asked to replace lead filters in Newark school water fountains. But it didn’t happen. (Vice)
An editorial: The Gates Foundation’s revelation that improving education is hard shows that philanthropy’s role needs to be curtailed. (L.A. Times)
Federal funds for poor students often go to districts with very low poverty rates. (U.S. News & World Report)
Teachers who have taken edTPA, a new teacher certification exam, give it mixed reviews. (Hechinger Report)
Tracking students by ability can be more convenient for schools. But it’s not great for students, of all abilities. (Coach G)