One of the most controversial practices in education is tracking, the sorting and grouping students into classes on the basis of abilities.
Today, a leading advocate of detracking discusses her new book with me and her fears school choice policies will breathe new life into the sorting and segregating of students.
In a guest column, a college professor warns against the use of student test scores and drive-by classroom observations to assess teachers.
And readers share their views on the latest in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating case and its chief defendant, former Superintendent Beverly Hall.
