What parents should do when they see Common Core-aligned homework they don’t understand, instead of freaking out. (Hechinger Report)
When one school raises money by selling pastries and another auctions off a trip to Mexico, gaps between the haves and have-nots in public education only grow (Chalkbeat).
An argument against the IEP as a tool to make sure students with disabilities get the support they need. (Atlantic)
It’s study-official: Kindergarten in 2010 was a lot like first grade in 1986. (NPRed)
A secret clause in the new federal education law guarantees students the right to walk to school. (Fast Company)
Insights from a black teacher who attended an integrated school and taught in a segregated one. (EducationNC)
To help elementary schoolers learn math, New York City wants schools to give them teachers who really know the subject. (Chalkbeat)
The Common Core’s biggest fans come from the business world — and its biggest enemies. (Fortune)
Someone just like one-time New York City schools chief Ramon Cortines is Los Angeles’s dream superintendent. (L.A. Times)
A top-dollar SAT tutor says he’s part of the problem facing American education. (Vox)
Dan Mihalopoulos: New face for Chicago schools has a checkered past (Sun-Times)
Illinois governor says he won’t help with Chicago’s school finance crisis with a commitment to his reforms. (WBEZ)
Louisville parents rally for more school funding. (Courier-Journal)
Data shows Louisville schools often violate their own code of conduct rules. (Courier-Journal)
Feds quietly close down a long running probe of Milwaukee’s voucher program. (Journal-Sentinel)
Tensions are high in Detroit over teacher “sick out” protests. (WDIV)