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By | May 24, 2013, 11:44pm UTC - Philadelphia advocates are trying to drum up support for Cincinnati-ish “community schools.” (Notebook)
- The city’s revamp of vocational schools must balance twin focuses on college and careers. (SchoolBook)
- A national StudentsFirst official says he wants proof from critics of Bloomberg’s school policies. (HuffPo)
- Performance pay is back on legislators’ agenda, after a possibly research-related lull. (Teacher Beat)
- A mom says she’ll vote to pay more taxes for her kids’ schools, but she won’t give her time. (Broad Side)
- Less known than how students sort into schools is how they’re sorted once they’re there. (Shanker)
- Like many states and districts, Washington, D.C., is hoping the Common Core is a cure-all. (Hechinger)
- One D.C. middle school is also trying to overhaul its math instruction with computers. (Greater Greater)
- I talked about our election feature, The Next Education Mayor, on “Road to City Hall” on Thursday. (NY1)