on the US Education Secretary that says that Robert Bobb is a breath of fresh of air to the school district.

They also report on the local school district that wants to move to all digital textbooks by 2015.

on the state education chief targeting the achievement gap.

Gov. Christie’s transition advisers wanting tough new school rules in New Jersey.

on teacher contract negotiations in the Portland area that have faltered.

with a policy brief looking at high schools in the Philadelphia area.

They found that white students and Asian students are most likely to wind up in the most selective schools in the district. They also found that too many students are selecting some schools which means the school gets to decide who goes and that the non-selective schools are the schools that both teachers and students want to avoid the most.

with a major report on charter schools in the USA. They find that black students are most disproportionally found going to charter schools. They did find White students going to more charter schools out in the west through.

In some cities blacks on average are going to a charter school way more than they would a regular public school.

They found around 45% of charter schools they looked at to be 99-100% made up of black students.