Remainders: An engineer speaks out against "Coding for All"

  • 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)