Rise of the ‘rock star’ school superintendent: No Child Left Behind has created a demand for school administrators who can take the pressure, and some 20 percent of school districts are now seeking superintendents because of a shortage. [CSM]
One Class: In most communities, students attend school every day because they are convinced that educational achievement is essential to their future success. For many unfortunate reasons, however, this expectation does not exist for most low-income students in Chicago and other urban areas. How do we improve attendance at low-income schools where the current incentive of “a better future” is not sufficient? [NYT]
Students unaffected by academics’ views: CONSERVATIVES complain that college professors lean left when it comes to politics - and the data mostly show that is true. But new US research suggests the political attitudes of academics have little effect on what their students think. [Australian]
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