Current Issues

How Diplomas Based on Skill Acquisition, Not Credits Earned, Could Change Education – The Hechinger Report

Grilled by lawmakers, Betsy DeVos Says Voucher Rules Should Be Set Locally – Even If Some Kids are Shut Out – ChalkBeat

News & Notes: Revised ELA and Math Standards; Public Meetings for ESSA Plan – NYSED

99.4 Percent of School Budgets Pass

Update on Regents Action

New York State Gives Common Core A Makeover – And a New Name – Chalkbeat

Teacher: I Love My Job, But The Chaos of Urban School Reform is Wearing Me Out – The Washington Post

Education Secretary’s Role on School Policy Limited – The Intelligencer

74 Interview: NY Education Chief MaryEllen Elia on ESSA, Undocumented Students & Turning Schools Around – The 74

Beyond Test Scores, Here Are New Ways States Are Tracking School Success – PBS Thirteen

Sub Shortage Leaves Schools Scrambling When Teachers Call In Sick – The Hechinger Report

Minority Teachers in U.S. More Than Doubled Over 25 Years – But Still Fewer Than 20 Percent of Educations, Study Shows – Washington Post