New York City Council members, joined by NAACP representatives, advocates, parent leaders and the UFT, launched a campaign to increase school diversity and credit multiple measures of student success at a press conference in the City Hall rotunda on Oct. 22.

A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association New Orleans, a community organization, has found that two-thirds of New Orleans public schools had registration forms that could discourage undocumented immigrants from enrolling, possibly in violation of federal law.

The Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity at the University of Minnesota Law School has released a report that concludes that Chicago’s massive experiment with charter schools has been a failure.

No sooner are we back from vacation than some critics are saying we should end the summer breaks to avoid a slide in learning. Their arguments ignore the benefits of summer vacations: enrichment, unstructured play and family time for kids – and rejuvenation for teachers.

“What I love about this program is that we recognize that complexity and treat each teacher with dignity,” she said. “And what I have learned is that the earlier we get in to help and the longer we stay, the greater the results.”

U.S. students scored in the middle of the pack among the 44 countries and regions participating in the first-ever international assessment of students’ creative problem-solving skills.