Quotable:
"The civil right is to an excellent education. It's not about having an art room."
-Miriam Lewis Raccah, founder and executive director of Girls Prep Charter School
Gotham Schools: Space is a "civil rights issue," Lower East Side parents say
Notable:
3,800:
Total number of portfolio exams, an assessment alternative to the Virginia Standards of Learning exam, administered last year by Richmond, a district with about 23,000 students. The number of portfolios in Virginia has more than doubled to 47,000 in the past three years.
Washington Post: Alternative test may inflate score gains