Photo by Håkan Dahlström on Flickr.

Mostly winners, but some losers in school lottery: About 71% of the 17,000 entrants in the school lottery got matched with one of their choices. (Post)

More on the lottery results: Education officials and an activist discussed the lottery results and other matters on the Kojo Nnamdi Show. (WAMU)

Money for AP scores: An organization is paying students and teachers for passing scores on AP tests at a number of high schools in the area, including 3 in DC. (Post)

DC drop-out rate: Do charter high schools do a better job of preventing dropouts that DCPS? One blogger argues they don’t. (Post)

Montgomery schools will be open Easter Monday: The newly added school day is part of a plan to make up for snow days and meet the state’s requirement of 180 days of instruction. (Post)

Fairfax teacher wins award: Elizabeth Galinis, a science teacher at Hayfield Secondary, was one of 40 winners of a

Milken Educator Award, which carries $25,000. (Post)

New schools superintendent for Virginia: Gov. Terry McAuliffe picked Steve Staples, who has urged a testing system that “more accurately reflects” students’ knowledge and abilities. (Post)

Preschool needs to be high quality: Both Democrats and Republicans are missing something in the national debate over early childhood education, says Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. (Post)

Opting out of standardized tests: Parents in Philadelphia, New York, and other places are choosing not to have their kids take state-mandated tests, and a debate is ensuing. (Post, NY Times)

Upcoming events:

School boundary presentations and working groups: The advisory committee on student assignment will present proposals and lead working groups to discuss them at three different DCPS high schools on April 5 and April 8.