The Editor’s Notes

Need to know

• Lead writer responds to common Common Core English gripes: Q and A with Susan Pimentel, lead writer of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy

  The Hechinger Report | February 13, 2015

• Is Common Core Too Hard for Kindergarten?

  EducationNext | February 12, 2015

• New Rules Mean Healthier Fundraisers

  Education Week | February 11, 2015

• Move beyond test and punish

  The Wilmington Star News | February 11, 2015

• Education, economic development dominate Bryan Foundation annual meeting

  The Triad Business Journal | February 11, 2015

• CMS equipping each middle schooler with a laptop

  The Charlotte Observer | February 12, 2015

• Wake County schools to promote cultural proficiency

  The News & Observer | February 12, 2015

• Appeals Court Ordered To Hear School Records Case

  The Carolina Journal | February 11, 2015

• Nation’s high school graduation rate ticks up for second year in a row

  The Washington Post | February 12, 2015

• Girls Edging Out Boys in STEM Course-Taking, But Not Test Performance

  Education Week | February 12, 2015

• Avoiding the ‘recipe for disaster’ in ed tech plans

  The Hechinger Report | February 13, 2015

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