In the “credit recovery” courses that are propping up Los Angeles’s graduation rate, there’s a wide gap between what work could be required and what is. (L.A. Times)
One response to the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 was the creation of a news service just about segregation. (Alabama School Connection)
Could Massachusetts be heading for a Common Corexit? Backers of a referendum to recall the standards say they have enough support to require a vote. (NECN)
Education envy is shifting from Finland to Estonia, a smaller and even less diverse country two hours away where few students score low on international exams. (Hechinger Report)
Remember Rocketship, the charter network that was going to bring personalized learning to a million kids? It scaled back its goals by nearly 100 percent. (NPRed)
The head of the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation’s education division found inspiration for pushing personalized learning in Memphis. (Facebook)
Where the Silicon Valley-driven “personalized learning spectrum” came from and what it looks like in practice. (Larry Cuban)
Only 8 percent of New York City teachers are men of color. A new initiative aims to change that. (Chalkbeat)
Across America, there’s a big gap in principal demographics, too. (The Atlantic)
A personal story about the lasting impact of having teachers who look like their students, from the daughter of one Detroit’s only black male teachers in the 1970s. (Washington Post)
Get to know Chicago’s longest-serving teacher, who has been at his school for half a century. (WGN)
San Francisco took the unusual step of no longer offering algebra to middle schoolers. Here’s why. (Priceonomics)
Kids in one Australia school can play with toy guns — as long as they have a license. (Joanne Jacobs)
