“A college system at the breaking point meets the Internet revolution.” Jeff Selingo, a member of Education Sector’s new K20 Task Force, talks MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) and the future of higher education. (On Point)
With a January 2013 deadline pending. School district officials in New York are grappling with the amount of the weight to give student test scores, observations, and student surveys when evaluating teachers. Of the 700 districts statewide, only 75 have reached agreements on teacher evaluation reform. (Wall Street Journal)
Small beginnings. Nearly half of all students who earned a bachelor’s degree in 2010-11 began their postsecondary career at a community college, according to this new report. (h/t Inside Higher Ed) (National Student Clearinghouse)
Experimenting with larger classes. Classes of up to 60 students at one New York elementary school have two teachers—one that primarily delivers instruction and another that works with struggling students. (h/t A Skeptic’s Politics) (New York Daily News)
Chad Aldeman 
Kristen Amundson 
John E. Chubb 
Constance Clark 
Peter Cookson Jr. 
Thomas Dawson 
Joni Finney 
Andrew Gillen 
Sara Mead 
Jeff Selingo 
Ben Wildavsky 
Mandy Zatynski 
3/21/2013 | Andrew Gillen tells the 
4/5/2013 | Jordan Weissman discusses Andrew Gillen’s Higher Ed Data Central and the increase in college tuition in 
3/28/2013 | Chad Aldeman’s Chart You Can Trust “The Evergreen Effect” is discussed in