Bellwether’s Lynne Graziano, Kelly Robson, and Juliet Squire go deep on charter school facilities in Idaho.
What were the top five teacher pension posts last year? Here they are.
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Here’s an old story, this time in Tennessee: State sets unattainable goals in testing contract, contractor agrees to them to get the sale. Hijinks ensue.
A lot of talk about the “Success Sequence” lately, here’s a critique.
Where ocean breezes blow: Mike Kirst exit interview – a lot of experience here. Related: Jerry Brown had a pretty good run. Here are a few takes on that. The incoming governor, Gavin Newsom, is splashing a lot of money around, so people are happy, but here’s Chad Aldeman with a caution.
School is too boring in too many cases. Hard to argue with that. Unfortunately, a lot of the ideas to make it less boring would also make it less educational – solving for that is a real puzzle for the sector to address.
State-by-state data from GLSEN’s school climate survey.
Woman brags about poaching deer on dating app to man who turns out to be game warden.