A first look at the most important education news from this weekend and today:
Fordham's latest"Be all you can be and become a board member," by Miles Caunin, J.D., Ohio Gadfly Daily |
The latest issue of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics’s annual report on the well-being of America’s children is out, with mostly positive findings. (Inside School Research)
Today, Jack Martin—a finance expert—will replace Roy Roberts as emergency manager of the troubled Detroit Public Schools. (Detroit News)
The Boston School Department refused to release teacher-evaluation ratings to the Boston Globe.
Officials in South Carolina plan to expand the online course offerings of the state’s virtual school. (Digital Education)
In an editorial, the New York Times argues that testing has become overemphasized and that we ought to pay more attention to teacher preparation and implementing the Common Core; the piece also contends that Congress ought to retool school evaluations by adding some weight to indicators other than test scores.
