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 and viewing each day.
- Michael Bennet has filed a new bill that would create an institute for principals to be trained in turning around low-performing schools. Could this Denver model succeed nationally? (Denver Post)
- Can you be a Freebird in a Dodge Caravan? And what does all that have to do with teacher inservice?(Stories from School)
- What does a dyslexic former NYC police officer and now doctoral candidate have to say about special education? Plenty. (Speedchange)
- How much bang for the buck are we getting from Race to the Top? (Education Next)
- What’s y = mx + b? A rapping algebra teacher shows students about slope intercept. (YouTube)