- Illinois is following Arne Duncan’s advice and lifting its charter school cap — to 120.
- Only a quarter of eligible voters cast ballots in parent council elections this year.
- Mike Petrilli thinks the NYC test scores are no big deal; his colleague Andy Smarick disagrees.
- The UFT says the its charter school saw a big test score bounce, no matter what the Post said.
- Maybe test scores are up because kids really love learning? A teacher says her kids are like that.
- The kinder, gentler Randi Weingarten gave a challenging report “a big hug,” Jay Mathews says.
- One way for cash-strapped families to deal with the recession: Lay off a kid.
- Diane Ravitch refines her argument: Racial integration wasn’t just meant to boost performance.
- A city high school student considers the issue of racial self-segregation among her peers.
- Teachers differentiate among their kids. So why don’t unions differentiate among teachers?
- Nationally, private schools pay teachers less in part because they offer better working conditions.
- A girl from the streets of Bed-Stuy gets a prep school scholarship, then gets tossed out of Harvard.