- “Accountability is essential and non-negotiable, and testing works. Just not in reading.” (Flypaper)
- Confusing enrollment practices at one Memphis school lead to a call for an ASD-neighborhood schools task force. (Bluff City Ed)
- Pop quiz! Assess your knowledge of the two legislators who could soon head the Senate’s ed committee. (Politics K-12)
- A new study concludes that schools are spending 2 percent of instructional time on testing. (Curriculum Matters)
- Boyz II Men told Philadelphia students to push back against the budget cuts facing their schools. (Notebook)
- Don’t tell teachers unions that this year’s elections are boring, because they’re spending more than ever. (TIME)
- The latest in a series chronicling an urban classroom in Ohio highlights the challenges of tardiness. (Larry Cuban)
- Pearson apologized for an error in one of its products that a mother publicized. (Answer Sheet)
- On the history of the blackboard, an old-school educational tool that still works. (Slate)
- An investigation found that a North Carolina businessman is profiting mightily from charter schools. (ProPublica)
- An excerpt from Bob Herbert’s new book looks back at Bill Gates’ involvement in education. (Politico Mag)
- An argument for prediction markets, instead of backwards-looking school grades, in education. (Relinquishment)
- A new journal aims to fill education research gaps by publishing papers that detail failures. (Inside School Research)
- Here’s a primer on John Deasy’s long-expected but still surprising resignation as L.A.’s schools chief. (Atlantic)
- To replace Deasy for now, Los Angeles recruited twice-retired, 82-year-old Ramon Cortines. (L.A. School Report)
- The College Board’s effort to improve scores on exams that it designs raises big questions. (Shanker)