- Education reporters gave a useful audio explainer on the issues behind the this week’s headlines about charter schools. (WNYC)
- A high school teacher gives one reason why charter school rallies will out-number other those held by other education groups. (Ravitch)
- Why the media is making way too big of a deal out of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to reverse some charter school co-locations. (The Nation)
- Nominate schools now for a $25,000 award for developing and keeping strong teachers. (Teaching Matters)
- New York legislators appear to be favoring a tax credit that would help taxpayers fund private school vouchers. (Flypaper)
- The AFT has launched an online “one-stop shop for the facts about for-profit education in America.” (AFT: Cashing in on Kids)
- The tougher new GED has test-takers worried that they no longer are up to standards. (City Limits)
- A new study of national data found that the youngest kindergarteners are the most likely to be held back. (MU News)
- A teacher says she forgot how to teach during her three-month maternity leave. (Charting My Own Course)
- A Minnesota student says her school’s inflexible fire-drill policies caused her to get frostbite during a recent one. (WCCO)
- An arts advocate says he is hopeful that the current moment will begin a new era for arts education in New York City. (ArtsUSA)
- A satirical take on the new SAT notes that tweaks can’t undo a lifetime “without proper educational resources.” (The Onion)
- An argument for students to learn the esoteric vocabulary words that the new SAT won’t require (Flypaper)
- Listen: People in the ed tech space say today’s political fights have nothing on the challenges that lay ahead. (Dropout Nation)
- StudentsFirst competes with teachers unions in political spending, but pales in comparison when it comes to dollars spent. (Center for Public Integrity)
