Quick Hits
Quick Hits is a short compilation of question-raising news stories, blog posts, and video clips that Education Sector team members are reading or viewing each day.
- How could we have missed Banned Books Week? Go out there and do something subversive—read Huck Finn! (Banned Books Week)
- Could Singapore math raise student achievement, or is it just the 2010 version of “the new math?” (New York Times)
- We knew education budgets were tight—but selling ads on notes sent home? How much can a school charge for, “Johnny is failing my class?” (h/t Education Week)
- What is it that education schools teach prospective teachers? Hint: According to a Fordham report, it isn’t classroom management, working with standards, or helping teachers work with students in urban districts. (Flypaper)