- The U.S. Department of Education unveiled its vision for revamping vocational education. (Politics K-12)
- An advocate of apprenticeships offers her take on the country’s career education approach. (The Nation)
- A guide to spending on lobbying in New York State starts with always-hot education. (New York World)
- The DOE’s former number-two warns about the “vultures” who would curb mayoral control. (SchoolBook)
- In Florida, the decline of tourism has given rise to roadside hotels filled with homeless families. (HuffPo)
- A new Brookings Institution report argues that housing policy is education policy, too. (HuffPo)
- A group that has focused on helping schools improve is now working with start-up schools. (SchoolBook)
- The city’s budget watchdog sees little hope of recouping early childhood intervention costs. (GS Scribd)
- A Staten Island principal praises a female student who completed an unlikely project. (Soaring Seagulls)
- A Common Core implementation convention of states focused on teacher prep. (Curriculum Matters)