A new study found that many kinds of parental involvement in students’ educations result in few academic benefits. (Atlantic)
But that conclusion may have been drawn from a flawed measure of what parental involvement really looks like. (New York Times)
Message on a repeating loop: Don’t become a history teacher. (EdWeek)
Which states make life hardest for illegal immigrant children. (NY Times)
America’s obsession with STEM is dangerous. (Washington Post)
‘Opportunity Culture’ tries to stretch one great class across many classrooms. (NPR)
A new poll reports that while a plurality of white parents oppose the Common Core, a majority of black and Hispanic parents support the standards. (Hechinger Report)
This week’s conviction of 11 Atlanta educators on racketeering charges related to test score tampering is an example of Campbell’s Law in practice. (Atlantic)
Former New York City schools Chancellor Joel Klein responds to a critique that he unfairly casts opponents to his reforms as cynical and self-interested. (New York Review of Books)
High levels of teacher turnover cost school districts upwards of $2.2 billion a year, says a researcher studying teacher retention and churn. (NPR)
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, the long-term affects of the disruption in New Orleans students’ education can be seen in high youth unemployment. (Hechinger Report)
Success Academy Charter Schools founder Eva Moskowitz criticizes New York City’s proposed new school discipline policy and similar restorative models as too lax. (Wall Street Journal)
Louisville, Kentucky provides a rare case study in successful school integration. (Atlantic)
New research suggests that while more education could improve the lives of middle- and lower-income Americans, it’s likely not a solution to rising inequality, which is being driven by sharp increases in wealth among the already-very-rich. (NY Times)
Five state remain exempt from No Child Left Behind. (Washington Post)
What ever happened to Kentucky’s landmark 1990 KERA law? (EdWeek)
