- Word out of Albany is that lawmakers are readying to vote on a charter cap bill tonight.
- If the Assembly passes a charter bill tonight, the Senate would vote on it in the morning.
- A high school teacher is primarying Assemblyman Jonathan Bing, a charter school supporter.
- Summer weather is here and with it, the obligation to enforce schools’ vague dress codes.
- The UFT is claiming that high performing charters are losing tons of kids through attrition.
- Eighth graders take note: the last day to appeal a high school placement is next Tuesday.
- In Philly parents are concerned that an online-learning school hasn’t taught students the basics.
- Steven Eisman: the for-profit education industry is as destructive as the sub-prime mortgage industry.
- D.C. special-ed chief apologizes after plan to move students from private to public schools hits snags.
- Whether common standards are too much of a federal imposition is an issue that’s not going away.
- Nationally, teacher/student ratios have gone down, but has investing in more teachers paid off?
- Many NJ districts voted down their school budgets, but town councils are approving them anyway.
- CA is seeing a steep decline in the number of people enrolling in teacher preparation programs.