Class may replace race as grounds for school integration decisions. (New York Times)
Test scores are up at the Newton Street School in Newark, NJ. Read the first, second, third, and fourth installments of the Times’ series on this school.
About one-quarter of New York’s new teachers this year attended public schools in the city when they were students. They qualify for a $1,000 recruitment bonus as part of “Gotham Graduates Give Back.” (Daily News)
The Department of Education recommends books for summer reading at each grade level; has your child started yet? (NY Post)
Back-to-school sales are starting earlier this year, as retailers compete for parents’ dollars in a weak economy. (Wall Street Journal)
A new report from Harvard examines the costs of delaying school entry, a practice known as “redshirting.” (Sun)
California State Senator Darrell Steinberg proposes an all-out push to cut the drop-out rate in half in the next 10 years. (SF Gate)
Thousands of schools in the UK have been closed by government employees striking for better pay. (BBC)