What the “performance revolution” in sports and music means for how we build better teachers. (The New Yorker)
What happens when a school pays its teachers a lot more money? (Fast Company)
Diane Ravitch reviews Yong Zhao’s new book, which concludes that that Chinese schools are not, in fact, inherently superior to American schools. (The New York Review of Books)
The former head of D.C schools donates a trove of education memorabilia to the Smithsonian. (Washington Post)
Joel Klein shares the letter he wishes he’d sent to New York teachers while he was chancellor in an excerpt from his book. (The Atlantic)
Ballot measures around the country brought education spending before voters, with mixed results. (The Atlantic)
On striving for perfection while knowing it’s not attainable in the classroom. (Huffington Post)
Do schools really need principals? Some schools are pushing back against the idea of “principal-as-CEO.” (Slate)
Eva Moskowitz discusses the scalability of schools like Success Academy and lambastes unionized teacher forces in a video interview. (Reason)
Some of the college prep and access programs created during the War on Poverty almost fifty years ago are still having an impact. (Education Week)
Voters across the country rejected Common Core-supporting governors, education chiefs, and senators. (Reason)
Twenty-six organizations and school districts will win federal Investing in Innovation Grants if they can find matching funds. (Politics K-12)
The NEA earned a distinction this week: New York Times crossword answer. It may be less than pleased about the prompt: “Common Core org.” (Alexander Russo)
A special education teacher recommends empowering middle schoolers to advocating for themselves to keep them in school and out of prison. (Hechinger Report)
One parent says her son’s teachers simply do not use email. (Inside Schools)
Echoes from the Gap profiles a student named Cornelius and asks how he came to drop out of school. (Edtrust)
A parents’ guide to the Common Core explains the standards’ intentions, the debate that’s swirled around them, and how parents can engage. (Lifehacker)
The New York Times announced a pair of school-wide digital subscription options. (New York Times)
An international school in Flushing shares how to teach students who are in the U.S. without parents or family members. (NPR)
“I wish I told my students about my troubles with drinking.” (Pacific Standard)
The Roots are creating a music education foundation after their alma mater, the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, suffered major budget cuts. (Mic.com)
