The Editor’s Notes
The Hechinger Report is running a series of letters between Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in Rockville Centre, NY, and Jayne Ellspermann, principal of West Port High School in Ocala, FL, about how the Common Core standards are impacting kids, for better or worse. Here is letter two: Common Core works – when teachers and parents get a say in rewriting it.
Yesterday, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released a report entitled, “Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States.”
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Rising Graduation Rates: Trend or Blip?
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Low-Income Children, High-Performing Schools
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The War on the War on Poverty: North Carolina conservatives are ousting the state's anti-poverty advocates
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Darrell Allison: Scholarships fulfill state's obligation
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Report: NC Child Poverty Rate Would Double Without Intervention Programs
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Concern over school budget, classroom results
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Cash for high-poverty schools in peril
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Weather leaves many hungry
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FAST bus passes allow students to stay after school for activities
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Immigration status creating barriers for some students
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Educator Leads Campaign to Transform Lives of Black Boys
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How Can Schools Address America’s Marriage Crisis?
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Dissecting A Frog: A Middle School Rite Of Passage
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Computing in the Classroom
