- Jay Mathews offers a snippet of authentic talk from master teacher Rafe Esquith’s room. (Class Struggle)
- A much-heralded 20-minute expansion of recess in Chicago’s schools faces steep challenges. (Catalyst)
- Democracy Prep Charter High School’s graduation gets the “Talk of the Town” treatment. (New Yorker)
- Marcus Winters of the Manhattan Institute: The next mayor should support charter schools. (City Journal)
- Joel Rose describes the “Teach to One” instructional plan in his New Classrooms model. (EdTech K-12)
- A city private school is offering 50 percent scholarships for students who want to contribute. (Beekman)
- A tech innovator says Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were both right and wrong about education. (Quartz)
- A new novel about a pedophile teacher adds to the tumult about teachers who are bad people. (TIME)
