by Elizabeth Green,
at 9:02 pm
- A mother’s poem about how her daughter got 90′s and 3′s, then bombed the PSAT. (EdNotes)
- Last-minute registration centers opened today to place the unplaced. (Insideschools)
- The charter cap lift was big but not “mathematically” key for NY’s RTTT win. (EdVANTAGE)
- Los Angeles teachers aren’t too happy with the LA Times’ value-added project. (LA Times)
- A study finds “mutual consent” policies against forced teacher placement don’t pay off. (Ed Week)
- “Value-added data is not gospel,” writes David Leonhardt, summing up the LAT drama. (NYTM)
- A 29-page chronicle of reasons to be skeptical of value-added. (Economic Policy Institute, PDF)
- Poll: Michelle Rhee is so divisive that she is a “political wash” for DC’s mayor. (WashPost)
- A lack of training to teach special ed is deemed a “national crisis.” (Hechinger Report)
- Nationwide, charter schools are being urged to serve more English language learners. (Ed Week)
- Preschoolers use statistics when they interact with each other, a researcher finds. (Ed Week)
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