Current Issues

The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students – NY Times

Report: 6 Million Students Miss Too Much School – District Administration

A Surprising Truth About American Education – Washington Post

Illinois Ends Much-Debated PARCC Test For High School Students – Chicago Tribune

What Makes A Highly Effective School? New York State Takes Its First Crack at Describing What Will Count – Chalkbeat

U.S. Spending On Prisons Grew At Three Times Rate of School Spending: Report – Reuters

Majority of State’s Schools on Track With Evaluation Agreements – Politico

How is Education Policy Being Made in New York State? Pass it First, Take Public Comment Later – Chalkbeat

NCLB’s Legacy: As the ESSA Era Begins, Have Policymakers, Educators Learned From the Past? – The Hechinger Report

With Homeless Students on the Rise, Will New Education Law Help? – U.S. News

State Takeover of Public Schools – Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks – NYSSBA.org

Administration Lays Out Draft Rule for School Accountability – ABC News