Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox. A-F The newly approved bill requiring A-F grades includes consequences for schools that get poor marks. What’s not clear is what those consequences could look like. Chalkbeat Bridge FURY The A-F bill could supercede a grading system that’s been in the works in Detroit for months. The prospect led Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti to blast the process as “colonialism” and to accuse lawmakers of treating Detroiters like “third-class” citizens. Michigan Radio The Detroit News INNOVATIVE A newspaper columnist says the A-F bill makes sense, as does another bill just passed by the House. That one would let some districts apply for "innovative" status to be exempt from state rules like those governing the number of hours students have to be in school. The Detroit News TESTING The head of a testing company that helps schools measure student improvement says there are important lessons to be learned by the proposed Detroit rating system. Learning Policy Institute VOCABULARY A successful program that outfits babies and toddlers with recording devices to capture their communications at home started in Detroit last year with 50 parent-child pairs, and will be expanding to include another 150 families. Chalkbeat HUBS The main Detroit district is opening two family hubs where students and their families can access a range of governme Source: Breaking News
0 Yorumlar