NY Equity Debate, CA Results, Jim Ryan’s Commencement, Parent Rights, Civics, More!

Good overview of the California ed stakes/results last night. Big debate in New York City over admissions to the city’s selective public high schools, which function as their own school system within the school system. They’re not at all diverse relative to the demographics of the public school population in the city. People fall roughly …

Free College…But Wait, There’s More! ESSA Plans, Civic Ed, DeVos’ Visits, Choices, And Boat! Plus Jim Ryan Returning to C’ville. More!

Bonnie O’Keefe on teacher turnover and school improvement work. Phillip Burgoyne-Allen on Constitution Day and civic ed. Ashley Mitchel and Chad Aldeman on ESSA plans. (Plus other ESSA takes). New documentary on the digital divide – premieres on Nat’l Geo on 9/26. Preview here. There are a bunch of ways to support Americans in pursuing post-secondary education …

LeBron’s Fanboys, A Neighborhood Schools Advocate’s Choices, Willits, Ryan, A Loss, More…

Kevin Durant on LeBron James: So much hype comes from being around LeBron from other people,” Durant said. “He has so many fanboys in the media. Even the beat writers just fawn over him…It’s not LeBron’s fault at all; it’s just the fact you have so many groupies in the media that love to hang …

Friday Fish Porn – Events Edition, Plus That’s Not A Stripah, It’s A Wahoo…

Ben Wallerstein is not a stranger to fish porn, he’s been featured here a few times. Here he is today with a striped bass – locally called Rockfish – from the Chesapeake Bay week before last. It’s a bruiser, it’s that time of year, and soon you will be able to catch them on the …

Friedrichs’ 4-4 Split, Is Giving The Poor Choice A Bridge Too Far For Today’s Facebook Social Justice Warriors? Emory Chalking, ACT, SAT, And Native Ed, Catholic School Comeback? Charters, Diddy’s Charter, School Boundaries, Grade Inflation, Volcanoes!

As expected ruling just came down, Friedrichs is a 4-4 split (pdf). Stay tuned for new justice… Kelly Robson and Andy Smarick on a renaissance for Catholic schools: But over the last decade or so, some corners of Catholic education—a field long wedded to traditional ways—have embraced a series of innovative reforms. New approaches to instruction, governance, …

Two Romney Reactions

Jim Ryan is bullish on the choice components of Romney’s ed plan. I think there is a lot less there than he hopes. Doesn’t this line from the Romney paper (pdf), “adopt open-enrollment policies that permit eligible students to attend public schools outside of their school district that have the capacity to serve them” have …