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Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:
News and Analysis
Hispanic students have made significant gains on federal math tests during the past decade, and Hispanic public school students in major cities including Boston, Charlotte, Houston and the District have made some of the most consistent progress, according to a report released Monday. (Washington Post)
Florida embraced the school accountability movement early and enthusiastically, but that was hard to remember at a parent meeting in a high school auditorium here not long ago. (New York Times)
They never tell you in teacher school, and it’s rarely discussed elsewhere. It is never, ever portrayed in movies and tv shows about teaching. Teachers rarely bring it up around non-teachers for fear it will make us look weak or inadequate. (Huffington Post)
New Jersey
Why does a Rutgers University professor from one of the most affluent towns in New Jersey want to take away great schools from Camden families? (Courier-Post)
A state-appointed arbitrator ordered Newark Public Schools last month to rehire a teacher the district tried to fire under New Jersey’s revised tenure legislation. (NJ Advance Media)