Have you heard about Nathan Gibbs-Bowling yet? The Washington state teacher of the year went viral this week. (Tacoma News Tribune)
In a blog post, Gibbs-Bowling diagnoses America’s big problem — most people just don’t care about poor people of color — and offers a solution: stronger teaching, distributed more fairly. (A Teacher’s Evolving Mind)
Go inside a Denver school that successfully employed joy as a tool to turn itself around. (Chalkbeat)
Some teacher turnover boosts student achievement, a new study of D.C.’s schools concludes. (Washington Post)
School choice is the new normal, and so are the challenges that come with moving away from centralized bureaucracies. (Flypaper)
More schools are teaching students in two languages. Get to know one of them. (Hechinger Report)
Looking back on the charismatic professor who argued in the early 1900s against teaching math to most kids. (The Atlantic)
Are Detroit’s schools in as singularly bad shape as they seem? A Nashville father sees local parallels. (Dad Gone Wild)
The founder of the Green Dot charter school network might run for mayor of Los Angeles. (L.A. Times)
An L.A. teen with immigrant parents and a teacher who treats math class like a varsity sport earned one of just 12 perfect AP Calculus scores last year. (L.A. Times)
Report says charter schools plan wide expansion in Ohio. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Feds make it clear if too many kids opt out of state tests there will be consequences under ESSA. (AP)
Pro-voucher group sues an Ohio school district for access to student lists. (Columbus Dispatch)
Families caught sneaking their kids into selective Chicago schools with fake addresses could face lifetime bans. (Sun-Times)
