posted on
Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:
News and Analysis
The School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) in Tallahassee has just over 300 students, and the waiting list to get in is much longer. (State Impact)
An employee of Jeb Bush’s education foundation was unequivocal when New Mexico’s top schools official needed someone to pay her travel costs to Washington to testify before Congress: The foundation would give her “whatever she needs.” (Washington Post)
Maryland
The superintendent of schools in Maryland’s Montgomery County is again asking the Board of Education to change the start time of school days. (WAMU)
New York
School schedules with afternoon dismissals and long summer breaks contribute to an achievement gap between low-income and wealthier students and waste billions of dollars a year, according to a report from ReadyNation, which advocates education policies that prepare students for work. (Huffington Post)
To understand how things have changed since Carmen Fariña became schools chancellor, consider where she has chosen to be on roughly 200 occasions this year, often five times per week: in schools. (Chalkbeat)