Skip to main contentRemainders: The Common Core tour heads to New York City
By | December 4, 2013, 11:53pm UTC - Top state education officials will host public forums on the standards next week. (GS Blog, Ed Notes)
- One teacher explains why she asks students to talk about tragedy in her current events class. (Atlantic)
- At many schools, long cafeteria lines mean just a few minutes are left for scarfing down lunch. (NPR)
- One in four public school parents say their schools give phys ed short shrift. (Schooled in Sports)
- One Alabama district will soon be handing cash to students who earn high ACT scores. (Answer Sheet)
- Seniority and teacher discipline are two looming issues with NYC’s teacher contracts. (Teacher Beat)
- A principal describes the “most emotionally and physically demanding…rewarding job.” (HuffPost)
- Children in a Swiss “forest kindergarten” get to explore and play on rope swings. (Joanne Jacobs)