With high school graduation rates rising steadily since 2002, a team of reporters go deep on the strategies schools have been using to drive that increase. NPR Ed
The national movement to extend the school day with after-school programs prompts school districts and community organizations to share data and strategies in new ways. EdWeek
One in four young black people are neither in school nor employed in nine U.S. cities featured in a new report. The Atlantic
Students petition the College Board to let them retake the SAT for free after an error caused scores from one test section to be thrown out. Answer Sheet
Here’s what test-taking looks like in Baltimore, India, Pakistan, South Korea and more places around the world. The Atlantic
And in China, officials are using drones to identify students who cheat on the country’s college entrance examination. CBS News
Renovations at an Oklahoma school uncover 100-year-old chalkboard drawings. NewsOK
A fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute takes a deep look at changes that have reshaped New Orleans schools since Hurricane Katrina. Washington Monthly
Michael Petrilli used a linguistic algorithm to analyze the tweets of prominent education policy officials, teachers and writers and found a lot of upbeat, analytic people. Education Next
Even though college tuition in Norway is free, the children of parents without a college degree are just as unlikely to attend as American children of parents who didn’t go. The Hechinger Report
The Mexican government reinstates its new teacher evaluation plan after the country’s June 7 elections, which the teachers union had threatened to disrupt, were carried out smoothly. EdWeek
Don’t miss WNYC’s series on a transgender third-grader attending a Brooklyn public school. SchoolBook
The New York teenager who spent more three years on Riker’s Island, much of it in solitary confinement and waiting on a trial that never happened, commits suicide in the wake of his post-release struggles to return to school and society. The New Yorker
