Morning bell: ... Unless it’s about race (or KIPP)

MoCo scores up, racial/ethnic gap too

An internal Montgomery County Public Schools report reveals that while student achievement is up across the board (and in every demographic), in some areas the gap between white/Asian and black/Hispanic scores has widened. (Gazette)

NoVA Latino students facing ‘resegregating’ schools

Four out of five Latino students in NoVA attend schools that are majority-minority, and have worse teachers, buildings, and a weaker curriculum. (Post)

Test scores rise at charters, drop in DCPS

Scores have improved among charters and public schools in more affluent wards (1,2,3,6), while student proficiency rates declined in DCPS schools in poorer wards (4,5,7,8). (DCFPI)

Initial DCPS budget stirs opposition

While overall spending is increasing, an effort by Chancellor Henderson to realign spending between schools appears to mean that some schools will lose staff and programs. (Post)

KIPP seeks to build second DC high school

KIPP DC has selected a site in southwest to build a new high school, but area leaders including Councilmember Tommy Wells are concerned that it will not serve that community’s children. (Post)

More on Mathematica’s KIPP report

Another view on the performance evaluation of KIPP charter schools, suggesting far more grey area than the report’s (and schools’) champions or detractors have perviously indicated. (Shanker Blog)

A look at educational reform in New Orleans

A new book titled Hope Against Hope profiles three New Orleans schools, their staff and students in a sort of ethnography of school reform. (Education Next)