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Where to now for DC?: Although DC’s schools remain largely segregated, Colbert King says DC is right to focus on allocating resources to low-performing schools. But Sam Chaltain urges using school choice as a way to create more diversity. (Post; Of, By, For/Ed Week)

Brown’s questionable legacy: De facto racial segregation has increased in schools in the Northeastern US since 1968, and at least one town in the South has seen the return of separate and unequal. One observer concludes that stubborn inequities and the unintended consequences of desegregation have left us little better off than in 1954. (Post, Atlantic, Politico)

Brown and the First Lady: The decision had a significant impact on Michelle Obama’s life. (NYT)

Arts education in Anacostia: The transformation of Savoy Elementary shows the arts aren’t just a frill, but can be a component of academic success. (Post)

Shutting down the school-to-prison pipeline: A DCPS high school principal in Anacostia says we have to “stop incarcerating what is essentially adolescent behavior.” (DCist)

DCPS and charters must coordinate: If we want a rational education system, one DC parent says, planning has to include both sectors. (Post)

Proposed DC education budget goes to full council: It would divert renovation funds from Spingarn HS to other schools and increase funding for some at-risk students. (Post)

ANCs oppose boundary changes: The Tenleytown/Friendship Heights and Glover Park commissioners criticized the proposals floated by the DC Committee on Student Assignment. (Current)

Over 100 DC schools provide free meals to all: As part of a new federal initiative for high-poverty schools, 75 DCPS schools and 32 charters serve free breakfast and lunch to all students. (DCFPI)

DC-area schools and technology: Districts are using tablets and other devices in different ways, from sending home video lessons, to letting students learn at their own pace. (Post)

Prince George’s 6th-graders learn coding: At a low-income school in Landover, kids are learning the basics of computer programming. (Gazette)

Which AP exams are most popular in Montgomery?: At the top of the list is US government and politics, with over 4,000 students taking it. (Post)

Fairfax students may get lighter penalties: The county school board is considering shortening suspensions and moving towards forms of discipline that keep students in class and aim to help them learn from their mistakes. (Post)

Inequities in teacher pensions: Most teachers leave their school systems before they qualify for even a minimal pension. (Post)

Ed reform in New Jersey: A $100 million investment from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t been able to jump-start Newark’s struggling schools. (New Yorker)

The graduation gap: Many low-income students make it to college, but, sometimes because of seemingly minor obstacles, they often don’t graduate. (NYT)

Bias in teacher observations: Principals give higher ratings to teachers whose incoming students are high-performing, according to a Brookings Institution study. (Ed Week)

Upcoming events:

The Public Charter School Board will hold its May meeting at 7 pm tonight, May 19, at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, 1100 Harvard St. NW. Or you can watch it live-streamed here.