Quick Hits (4.27.12)

Lessons on tolerance. A look inside two very different Los Angeles classrooms that seek to learn more about the 1992 L.A. riots, even though their outdated textbooks don’t cover such “recent” events. (NPR)

Don’t bandage it; overhaul it. Jamie Merisotis of the Lumina Foundation, like many others, says it’s time to get a handle on ever-increasing tuition costs. But he cautions: it will take “a fundamental rethink of some of the most cherished assumptions about higher education.” (Huffington Post)

Sweet gig. In what it is believed to be the first such position for any school district nationwide, Stephanie Abrams manages social media—including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube— for Los Angeles Unified. And she gets paid $93,000 per year to do it. (Education Week)

Darren Criss from “Glee” will be there. OK, that isn’t much of an education connection, but it’s the only way we can let you know who’s going to be at this year’s Nerd Prom – aka the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. (Politico)