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What Common Core means in practice: On the Kojo Nnamdi show, two local educators discuss how the new Common Core State Standards will change the way teachers teach. (WAMU)

Duke Ellington renovation gets the nod: Community partners have signed off on the $82 million project at the arts-focused DCPS high school in Georgetown. Plans include a new 850-seat theater and a controversial rooftop deck. (Georgetown Dish)

Back to School fair: The Prince George’s County school system will be holding its annual fair on Saturday at the Showplace Arena, where students can register for classes and even get required immunizations. (Post)

Attrition and the success of KIPP: When middle-school students leave the high-performing charter network, its schools don’t fill those vacancies to the same extent as traditional public schools, and the latecomers they do admit tend to be higher-performing. But a study concludes that those discrepancies aren’t the reason for KIPP’s success, as some have argued. (Education Next)

Summer coding: With interest in computer science growing and few high schools offering classes in coding, summer programs have sprung up in New York City to fill the demand. (Chalkbeat NY)