The Editor’s Notes

Need to know

• New School-Leader Standards Stir Dissent

  Education Week | May 8, 2015

• Don’t overlook, as I did, the nation’s largest college readiness program

  The Washington Post | May 8, 2015

• Inequality in the U.S. is excessive, and community college might be the solution

  The Washington Post | May 6, 2015

• These schools graduate English learners at a rate nearly 75 percent higher than other schools. What are they doing right?

  The Hechinger Report | May 8, 2015

• Bush’s Forgotten Book

  The Weekly Standard | April 27, 2015

• 4 Takeaways From Jonathan Kozol On Race, Poverty And Corporate Reform In Education

  Learning Lab | May 8, 2015

• Legislature gives final OK to keeping schools on grade curve

  AP: Greensboro News & Record | May 7, 2015

• Revenue surplus colors NC House budget talks

  The News & Observer | May 7, 2015

• School standards, charters discussed

  The Greenville Daily Reflector | May 7, 2015

• Status quo isn’t making schools better

  The News & Observer | May 8, 2015

---

---