What We're Reading: Taking aim at "college for all"

Mike Petrilli: We’d be doing high school students a favor if we told them not everyone has to go to college. (Slate)
A mom whose black son got into Stuyvesant HS says she would change the preparation schools offer, not the admissions criteria. (Kveller)
A New York Civil Liberties Union contest asks teens to describe the civil rights issue of their generation. (NYCLU)
The NYCLU is also challenging the use of Tasers in Syracuse schools after one was used on a crying student. (NYCLU)
Los Angeles has launched a program to help educators secure philanthropic grants. (Marketplace K-12)
A father who toured D.C. charter schools for his son found that they won’t solve inequality. (Atlantic)
A mom who was told her son was reading too slowly shares his progress in pictures. (The Meta Picture)
Juan Williams: De Blasio’s “crackdown on charter schools” is the best thing to happen to school choice. (Fox News)
A Bronx teacher critiques a Connecticut newspaper’s coverage of charter schools. (Stamford Advocate)
Satire: Meet suburban parents have embarked on a quest for the mythical perfect school district. (The Onion)
Facing History is offering grants covering teacher training and classroom materials to N.Y. and N.J. schools. (Facing History)
Maybe studies show charter schools as producing additional days of learning because they actually have more school days. (Shanker Blog)
The principal of P.S. 67 in Fort Greene says the school has improved since it was once considered for closure. (DNA Info)
Despite the political tumult in many states, the Common Core seems to be taking hold in classrooms. (Education Next)
A teacher lists five things her colleagues wish parents knew about their kids, including that they can do more. (Motherlode)
Christopher Myers: Just 93 of 3,200 children’s books published last year featured characters of color, and that’s a problem. (New York Times)
Finland’s education minister: “School should be where we teach the meaning of life.” (Atlantic)
A new study by a Stanford group that has found charter school gains before found them again in L.A. (CREDO)
A disgruntled Stuyvesant HS grad says she wishes someone had steered her away from the “cult of achievement.” (Huffington Post)
A Bay Area mom reflects on her family’s tense kindergarten admissions process. (A Girl and A Boy)
The head of a company that creates free learning tools says his model is the wave of the future. (Dave Margulius)