A historical look at the city’s 24 “turnaround” schools concludes it’s lose-lose for students. (HuffPo)
Researcher Jennifer Stillman responds to questions about school gentrification. (GS Community)
A D.C. parent describes her family’s experience with a diverse school in a gentrifying area. (Flypaper)
An entrepreneurship internship for middle schoolers that started in New York is spreading. (VC Dispatch)
New Utrecht’s principal says the city’s poverty estimate for his high school is too low. (Bensonhurst Bean)
A crusading Long Island principal isn’t inspired by Relay Grad School’s model lessons. (Answer Sheet)
A summer program trains high school graduates in the life skills they’ll need in college. (SchoolBook)
Sweden, which has for-profit schools, does worse on PISA than its neighbor Finland. (Diane Ravitch)
NEA members erupted in applause when President Obama phoned it in at their meeting. (Teacher Beat)
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu talked about the educational silver lining to Katrina. (Atlantic)
In his first post at his new gig, Leo Casey says the Common Core is making all teachers new. (Shanker)
The return of an archival research series suggests that report cards don’t always predict life. (Slate)
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I shudder to think of what new plan Bill Gates will hatch if, perish forbid, he reads that story about longer womb time equaling higher test scores.
Anonymous
He will invent a microchip to insert into the uterus….the chip can assess whether or not the fetus will be career and college ready. If so it begins to transmit The Common Core standards into the developing brain. If not, you are alerted via a biometric bracelet the option to abort. It’s a win-win for the Gates Foundation.
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