Weekend Edu-Reads

Hotel California? Mike Antonucci tracks down the laborious process it would take for a California teacher to drop out of their union.

“Centralizing and decentralizing education governance is a popular American pastime.” Jason Weeby on the latest machinations in Chicago.

Bonnie O’Keefe in Governing on state innovations in assessment policy.

Conor Williams goes inside Washington, DC’s pre-k program.

AEI and Third Way map out the common ground on accountability in higher education.

This McKinsey report on robots  the future of work is interesting and has some important implications for equity, politics, and the education sector.

Do Georgia’s K-12 teachers deserve the same retirement choices as their peers in higher ed? I say yes.

–Guest post by Chad Aldeman 

Friday Fish Pics — Son Catches, Dad Releases

Just because Andy is gone fishin’ doesn’t mean we pause Friday Fish Pics. This week we have Bellwether’s Jason Weeby and his 6-year-old son. The younger Weeby caught a beautiful 12″ rainbow trout on Sardine Lake in Northern California:

The fish nearly escaped Jason’s grasp, yielding this gem of a photo:

–Guest post by Chad Aldeman