Remainders: On the higher-poverty future of education reform

  • The rise of concentrated poverty in major cities could pose a problem for school reform. (Hechinger)
  • Chancellor Walcott said the city schools’ official cell phone ban is here to stay. (SchoolBook)
  • A teacher lists the realistic, yet major, victories he has elicited from his students. (Mr. Foteah)
  • A new report looks at what districts think about federal school turnaround mandates. (CEP)
  • Half of Long Island principals signed a request to slow down teacher evaluation changes. (Newsday)
  • A new study finds that charter school quality varies widely across networks. (Inside School Research)
  • Andy Rotherham: We must accept some lemons to create strong charter schools. (School of Thought)
  • An argument that if conservatives think teachers are overpaid, they must not value teachers. (TIME)
  • On the Hawthorne Effect: People tend to change their behavior when someone’s watching. (Shanker)
  • A look back at “Another Look at Lesson Planning,” before SWBAT entered the dictionary. (ASCD)
  • A backer of a losing school board candidate told a reporter he should lynched. (Ed News Colorado)
  • A charter school leader-hopeful gives a view into writing her school’s prospectus. (Charter Notebook)