Everyone should learn to code is a new truism in education. An engineer argues that it’s wrong. (Slate)
The consortium making the tests that New York might start using released new sample items. (PARCC)
A teacher reviews her school’s new Common Core-tied curriculum, unfavorably. (Critical Classrooms)
Noah Gotbaum, a City Council candidate, is making education the heart of his campaign. (LaborPress)
Harlem Village Academies’ CEO started a blog with a video of a groundhog eating a peach. (GS in Brief) Culled from the web, money-saving do-it-yourself tricks for teachers at the start of the year. (BuzzFeed)
Checker Finn: Proficiency matters so much in the real world that we can’t start ignoring it. (Flypaper)
A charter school advocate says Mayor Bloomberg’s biggest legacy will be the city’s schools. (U.S. News)
Schools with lower scores posted growth in Tennessee’s Achievement School District. (Gary Rubinstein)
A city teacher compares what city high schools offer to what suburban schools offer. (DOENUTS 2.0)