- According to the Census Bureau (hat tip to the EIA Communiqué for this), the 2008-09 school year saw 157,114 fewer students enrolled in public education. It also saw 81,426 more public-school teachers join the profession.
- Hey, wonky education-policy addicts! Stop shaking and get your fix. The summer issue of Education Next is out—with some top-notch articles on blended learning, dual-enrollment programs, and New York’s Commissioner of Education (from Fordham’s Peter Meyer).
- NCTQ just earned itself a powerful ally. The reformist band of state superintendents, known as Chiefs for Change, just threw its support behind the organization’s review of colleges of education.
- Frank—and wise—talk from Nick Shundak, an education-school professor who not only sees major tears in the fabric of teacher training, but also recommends ways to go about mending them.
- With public-education quality so uneven, what’s a mobile military family to do? Start a charter network with schools at each of the U.S.-based installations to which they’re assigned. That’s the plan of a grassroots group out of Hawaii, anyway—and one supported by the House Appropriations Committee.
- Teachers from New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Colorado are stepping into the twenty-first century, with the creation of an open-source “resources clearinghouse” for Common Core adoptees to freely share resources, best practices, and lesson plans.
