American education may not be experiencing the dramatic crisis we’ve grown so used to hearing about—and black and Latino students, in particular, are doing better over time. (FiveThirtyEight)
Public school teachers write about testing, joy, and gray hairs in an essay series on Gawker. (Gawker)
A former city Department of Education official explains the tensions between the Bloomberg and de Blasio eras of educational change as a clash of “blue-collar” and “white-collar” values. (CRPE)
Most public school students in the U.S. now come from low-income families. (Washington Post)
Teachers are more likely to injure their voices than any other professionals—but most don’t know how to tend to them. (Chalkbeat Tennessee)
Calls for bilingual pre-K programs are increasing in New York. (Chalkbeat NY)
Could the idea of the mad male genius hold back women in the classroom? (KUNC)
Children’s innate sense of how numbers work doesn’t necessarily line up with how math is taught in schools. (Radiolab)
Annual assessments and the federal role in education are all on the table as Congress dives into the the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (Education Week)
An educational consultant argues that differentiating instructuion works better in theory than in practice. (Education Week)
How toxic stress can take a toll on student learning. (Latino USA)
“Engaging multiple modalities.” “Measures of student growth.” Why is education reporting so boring? Let’s talk about jargon. (The Atlantic)
And, a weekend listen: Education reporters discuss some of the top issues for 2015. (Bloomberg EDU)