Weekend Reading: Good Stuff From The New Republic, Pacific Standard, LA Weekly
Take a look at stories from weeklies and other sites I check on weekends -- and feel free to suggest other sites or stories I might have missed:
Here's What's Wrong With Teaching "Grit," KIPP-Style - a Carleton Professor in The New Republic http://ht.ly/wHob6 @KIPP
A Startup [Quad Learning] Gives Community Colleges An Elite Makeover http://ht.ly/wHnfI @Molly_HC
PolitiFact's Top 5 most popular fact-checks for April 2014 incl #CommonCore, debunks several myths http://ht.ly/wIXyE thanks, @LouisCK
“’If I Suspend Them, I Can’t Teach Them.’” @PacificStand http://ht.ly/wHnbJ
Let's Talk About Diversity and Prejudice in America's Public Schools - @PacificStand http://ht.ly/wHnaq
Duncan, Haslam to address 400 @EdWriters at Vanderbilt | Times Free Press http://ht.ly/wHoNF
Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’ | The Nation http://ht.ly/wHmXP 450 #LAUSD teachers @LASchoolReport @laweekly
Audio: Teachers Union President Weingarten to Seek Reelection - @BloombergRadio http://ht.ly/wHnsN