The Editor’s Notes

Ann Doss Helms at The Charlotte Observer has written an important article about why it is going to be even more difficult going forward to calculate student poverty: Squishy numbers: Why it’s harder than ever to talk about poverty in CMS

• Common Core, Choice, and a Teenage Clockmaker Highlight Ed. in GOP Debates

  Education Week | September 17, 2015

• Trump criticizes Bush for supporting Common Core

  The Washington Post | September 16, 2015

• KIPP’s explosive growth came with slight dip in performance, study says

  The Washington Post | September 17, 2015

• can u fix education w/ txts?

  The Hechinger Report | September 16, 2015

• Dress Code Drama: What's A Principal To Do?

  nprEd | September 16, 2015

• College Access Index, 2015: The Details

  The Upshot: The New York Times | September 16, 2015

• NC budget leaves hundreds of teacher jobs uncertain

  The Charlotte Observer | September 16, 2015

• Senate and House leaders praise education decisions, rush to meet Friday’s budget deadline

  NC Policy Watch | September 16, 2015

• Schools in Irving, Texas, Feared Islam Well Before They Thought Ahmed Mohamed’s Clock Was a Bomb

  Schooled: Slate | September 16, 2015

• Why Teachers Aren’t Getting Their Pensions

  The Atlantic | September 16, 2015

• Report: Want More Racially Diverse Educators? Then It Is Time To Improve Teacher Working Conditions

  The Huffington Post | September 16, 2015

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