- What happens when a selective school has to educate all students? A Philadelphia magnet school is about to find out. (Newsworks)
- A consultant the district is paying to evaluate Cleveland schools has many scathing comments for the 10 it has visited so far. (Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
- Coalition urges quick state action on a plan to wipe out Detroit schools’ debt, but some legislators are balking at the price tag. (Detroit Free-Press)
- Louisville schools are struggling to fill more than 100 teacher vacancies. (WDRB)
- Oops, Louisville schools accidentally hired a teacher who had a felony conviction for drug trafficking in heroin even though she disclosed it on her application. Oh, by the way, the district’s top HR job has gone unfilled for more than a year. (Courier-Journal)
- The fight to unionize a Los Angeles charter school network is dividing parents. (L.A. Times)
- A children’s book series that places kids at the center of collective tragedies is sadly relevant again. (The Atlantic)
- From charter schools to teacher evaluations, four ways that Hillary Clinton would rule schools differently. (Politics K-12)
- How one of New Orleans’ only principals who led schools before and after Hurricane Katrina ensures her teachers reflect their students. (Hechinger Report)
- A teacher says research about the value of small classes doesn’t match up to her experience. (Pedagogy of the Reformed)
- Denver’s longtime superintendent is taking an unusual six-month break. Here’s why. (Chalkbeat)
- An anonymous New York City school leader says teacher evaluations won’t be ideal until there are tests in every subject. (Inside the System)
- A helpful primer on the intersection of race, class, and standardized testing. (The Notebook)
- How Richard Scarry’s classic word books changed over time to reflect evolving cultural norms. (Fusion)
- In rural Mississippi, schools can’t get the Internet to work for kids. (EdWeek)
- In a fact check of Hillary Clinton, studies suggests she’s wrong that there’s no evidence student test scores can be used to measure teacher performance. (EdWeek)
- Here’s what a few education reporters thought about University of Missouri students blocking reporters on campus. (Washington Monthly)
Students at Harshman Middle School, where Jack Hesser is a teacher, work on science projects.
Scott Elliott
