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By | July 11, 2014, 8:50pm UTC - The AFT, Randi Weingarten’s national teachers union, is softening its support for the Common Core standards. (Politico)
- A city teacher says New York’s early adoption of the Common Core bodes well for his home state of Mississippi. (Rethink MS)
- Here are four tips for getting the most out of murky education research. (Atlantic)
- Fatigue, “administrative hassle,” and a desire for more led one experienced city teacher to retire this year. (Accountable Talk)
- This case against Stuyvesant High School isn’t that it’s not diverse but that it’s not nurturing for students. (Slate)
- A Stuy graduate made the same argument on this site in 2012. (Chalkbeat NY)
- In a frank interview, a Success Academy charter school teacher says says he’s kind of subversive. (Honest Practicum)
- Four acclaimed teachers went to lunch with President Obama. Here’s what they said. (Answer Sheet)
- A city teacher is puzzled when two brothers who seem to be headed in opposite directions swap paths. (Yo Mista)
- The U.S. Department of Education is going to study whether Khan Academy works. (Inside School Research)
- The founder of a high-performing Nashville charter school explains why he’s replicating it in Mississippi. (Hechinger Report)
- It’s conventional wisdom that schools should develop students’ “grit.” What about teachers’? (TNTP)
- For history buffs: Can you identify who said what about teacher tenure, and when? (Urban Ed)
- Turning Tony Bennett’s downfall into an allegory about the Common Core, teacher evaluations, and other policies. (Rick Hess)
- Increasingly, New Orleans charter schools are taking on students’ mental health challenges. (The Lens)