The Grade

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Faces Criticism for Reversals WSJ: In the interview, Mr. Cuomo said he supported a change of course because the large number of parents who allowed their children to skip statewide tests last year was “a totally new fact to take into consideration.” Fear of Deportation Is Driving Migrant Kids to Stay Home from […]

In honor of Black History Month, this year’s debate over #OscarsSoWhite, and the annual EWA national conference on education journalism coming up this spring, I asked around a few education newsrooms to find out how things were going on the racial diversity front. What seems clear from these initial anecdotal results is that the education […]

Bright: Automated Teachers, Augmented Reality And Floating Chairs BEST OF THE WEEK NYT: Bridging a Digital Divide That Leaves Schoolchildren Behind http://ow.ly/YNIag Sacramento Bee : Parents alarmed after hearing about California student data transfer http://ow.ly/YNJpw Washington Post: King trying to repair the administration’s frayed relationship with teachers http://ow.ly/YNIkE USA Today: Education Dept nominee on path to […]

USA Today’s massive look at the inadequate national and state tracking system for teachers who have abused kids continues to make the rounds (and has already generated some renewed interest in closing the existing loopholes. The main story package is here: Broken discipline tracking systems let teachers flee troubled pasts. There have been several updates and add-ons, […]

In ‘Vergara’ arguments, unions say courts should stay away from teacher tenure debate KPCC:  Much of Thursday morning’s oral arguments in the California Court of Appeals was spent wrangling over whether it was appropriate for a court to weigh in — or whether teacher job protection laws were a matter of policy best left to the state […]

Less than 48 hours after Success Charters’ 11-page letter to the New York Times made claims that the Times was ignoring numerous incidents of NYC school staff who abuse children verbally or physically, the paper fired back with a new story that includes interviews with both the child and mother who were involved in the 2014 videotaped incident. From […]

Wow: Broken discipline tracking systems let teachers flee troubled pasts https://t.co/cxNDHOOwWg via @usatoday pic.twitter.com/zgfUSDofAo — alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) February 15, 2016 Sometimes stories are just so big and broad in scope that , while they seem super important, they can look pretty daunting to read. This often happens with investigative pieces or any other attempt to […]

Ruling Raises Objections to Release of Personal Student Data AP: A recent federal court ruling ordering the release of personal data on more than 10 million California students highlights the growing amount of information schools now collect — and the loopholes that allow it to be released. School system reassures immigrant families fearful of being deported Washington Post: “Children […]

On Tuesday, Success Charters delivered an 11-page letter to the New York Times that claims to describe an imbalance in the Times’ coverage of school staff who abuse children verbally or physically. “In a week, with a computer and Google, Success Academy discovered nearly 50 such incidents that occurred over the last 18 months… the Times […]

Accountability Grabs the Spotlight at Senate ESSA Oversight Hearing PK12: Tuesday’s congressional hearing was second so far on oversight of the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act. Why LAUSD’s projected graduation rate shot up nine points in one month KPCC: What looked like a sudden shift in the numbers is the result of what district […]