- Checker squares off against the universal Pre-K goliath in November’s Phi Delta Kappan.
- What do Eli Broad, Arne Duncan, Rick Hess, and Checker Finn have in common? Well, they all appear on Fenwick English’s list of the “Ten Most Wanted Enemies of American Public Education’s School Leadership.”
- Zero tolerance for the older demographic: A county prosecutor in Michigan is proposing jail time for guardians of low-performing kids who miss parent-teacher conferences.
- Researchers in Alabama report school buses are safe enough without seat belts (they’re six times safer than driving with momma to school)—and the security devises are too expensive anyway.
