Remainders: One teacher’s gratitude for standardized testing
- One teacher’s falling test scores make her thankful, and vow to work harder. (Year Seven)
- A new jobs site from The After School Corporation helps educators find work. (Insideschools)
- There’s no conspiracy to privatize in the business-minded schooling trend. (Larry Cuban)
- A push to train principals according to the ages of children they work with. (Early Ed Watch)
- Formative vs. summative tests? One’s a checkup, the other an autopsy. (Ed News Colorado)
- KIPP’s summit included galas, awards, and young scholars. (Vimeo)
- New Jersey is tightening its pre-K rules and focusing on poor families. (Hechinger)
- A political opponent of Michael Bennet’s pitched that Times story. (Politico)
- Arne Duncan will get the edujobs money out as fast as he can. (Politics K12, GS)
- The definitive difference between apples and oranges: a cartoon explainer. (Kids Are Dumb)
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