Will John King’s last effort to desegregate New York’s schools work? Chalkbeat- A comprehensive article on the incoming Secretary of Education’s plan to attempt to revamp struggling schools through integration.  A good accompany piece to the informative This American Life podcasts on segregation from this summer.
 
Confusing Ohio test results are latest effort to unravel Common Core’s promise, Washington Post- Ohio officials are interpreting Common Core test results different from the rest of the country – which is directly contrary to the reason Common Core was created in the first place.
 
A Black Boy in Baltimore, The Atlantic- A teenager in Baltimore is attempting to redefine the stereotypes of his neighborhood in West Baltimore through writing and other forms of creativity.