What we’re reading
- “The strange death of education reform, part two” —Matthew Yglesias
- “Chicago’s two mayoral candidates have starkly different visions for reckoning with the city’s steep enrollment losses and under-enrolled schools.” —Chalkbeat Chicago
- There are parallels between the “reading wars” and the “math wars.” Math, however, requires far more direct instruction to build the foundation necessary for higher-order problem-solving. —Natalie Wexler
- “Why did America’s leaders stop caring about schools?” —Economist
- Grades are the primary basis for making decisions about students, but teacher autonomy makes grading inconsistent even between classrooms in the same school. —The Conversation
