School is open today after this weekend’s ice storm.
- The Shelby County school board plans to be more critical of funding requests. (Commercial Appeal)
- This comes in the wake of an audit released last week that found millions in missing items. (Commercial Appeal)
- A Hamilton County school is starting a garden. (WMCTV)
- A new plan for charter schools in Nashville would incentivize them to go into overcrowded areas. (Tennessean)
- A principal has a new plan for an alternative school in Franklin. (Tennessean)
- New York City school to be named after Nelson Mandela. (GothamSchools)
- School Choice for teachers in Indiana. (ChalkbeatIN)
- On teaching Nelson Mandela’s place in history. (Education Week)
- On retaining millennials in the teaching profession. (Bluff City Education)
- A report from Bain & Company highlights the challenge in building a bench of strong principal candidates. (Education Week)
- New Orleans’ Andre Perry: What does the Common Core mean to students at risk of being shot? (Hechinger Report)