VERGARA
The high-profile Vergara v. California case has ended, with a state superior court judge ruling that California’s laws on teacher tenure and dismissal “unfairly saddle disadvantaged and minority students with weak teachers, infringing on those students’ right…to an equitable education.” (Education Week)
SAME OLD TESTS
A budget agreement in Michigan will increase school-aid funding by 4 percent and keep the Michigan Educational Assessment Program test for another school year, rather than transitioning to the Smarter Balanced exams. The agreement will cross Governor Snyder’s desk by the end of the week. (MLive)
‘TECHNIAL DIFFICULTIES’
Citing “technical difficulties,” the Detroit Public Schools failed to apply for Head Start funding for the fall. (Detroit News)
CRISTO REY
Detroit Cristo Rey, part of a chain of private Catholic Schools, is being held up as a model for its efforts to help minority students succeed in college. (NPR)
FORDHAM IN THE NEWS
EdCentral: “Test-and-Punish is a State of Mind, not the State of Reality”
Education Next: “What We’re Watching: On the Rocketship”
Politico Morning Education: “House loses ‘champion’ of charters and choice”
START YOUR MORNING OFF RIGHT
Las Vegas Weekly: “All By Himself: Man uses McCarran Layover to Film Celine Dion Music Video”
