The Editor’s Notes

Need to know

• CMS teacher turnover hits 16.5 percent, a 12-year high

  The Charlotte Observer | October 1, 2015

• Schooling Isn’t Learning, the Rewards to Better Schools Are Enormous, and Other Observations from Eric Hanushek

  EducationNext | October 1, 2015

• New College Rankings Don’t Show How Alma Mater Affects Earnings

  The New York Times | October 1, 2015

• Assignment talk will get real with upcoming CMS magnet plan

  The Charlotte Observer | October 1, 2015

• Student loan default rates drop. Are income-driven repayment plans the reason?

  The Hechinger Report | October 1, 2015

• Want high schoolers to succeed? How students can plan their own schedules

  The Hechinger Report | October 1, 2015

• Brains At Play: What Do We Know?

  nprEd | October 1, 2015

• Wake County parents lobby for changes to assignment plan

  The News & Observer | October 1, 2015

• Website ranks NC near bottom for teachers

  WRAL | October 1, 2015

• Google Is Winning the Tech Race in America’s Classrooms. And Apple Is Losing It.

  Schooled: Slate | October 1, 2015

• Why Don’t Suburbanites Want Charter Schools?

  The Atlantic | October 1, 2015

• The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland

  The Atlantic | October 1, 2015

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