A racially segregated gifted program’s graduate sees promise in open-access gifted classes. (Hechinger)
StudentsFirstNY lashed out on Twitter against Bill Thompson for opposing school closures. (Capital NY)
High school math courses assumed to be rigorous often are not, research shows. (Curriculum Matters)
Democracy Prep is one of six city schools to adopt an Olympian-organized fencing program. (FOX NY)
Across the country, school construction is increasingly taking digital learning into account. (Ed Week)
The groups creating Common Core-aligned tests lose their federal funding in 2014. (Curriculum Matters)
Bloomfield: New York State’s teacher evaluations shenanigans should cost people their jobs. (HuffPo)
A teacher takes down musician John Legend for uncritically parroting ed reform axioms. (Jose Vilson)
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Obama’s former budget chief endorses VAM…Wow there’s a “ringing endorsement.” Let’s take the advice from the budget chief of an administration that routinely runs trillion dollar budget deficits… A definite “path to success.”
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