- Parents suggest ways to simplify the city’s labyrinthine high school admissions process. (Insideschools)
- The New York Times’ education editor faces attendance issues as a P.S. 11 class parent. (SchoolBook)
- A teacher outlines five contradictions he sees in the teaching strategy of “differentiation.” (Jose Vilson)
- About a third of disabled New Yorkers live in poverty, where they are largely stuck. (Gotham Gazette)
- Aiming to encourage more conversation, CNN has launched a new education blog. (Schools of Thought)
- The Walton Foundation donated $25 million to help KIPP charters double enrollment. (Denver Post)
- Eleven states officially filed first-round applications for No Child Left Behind waivers. (Politics K-12)
- An upstart force among Los Angeles’s teachers wants a referendum on its platform. (Teacher Beat)
- A charter school founder continues her series on applying for authorization. (Charter Notebook)
- In Germany, a kindergarten building is shaped like a kitten, complete with a tail slide. (ohdeedoh)