This article by Paula Rogo in Ebony addresses issues of diversity in the Boston Latin high school, and cites our work on specialized high school admissions in New York City.

This new article by Gail Robinson at CityLimits.org describes some of the challenges of high school admissions in NYC, with a focus on specialized high schools and other high schools with screened admissions methods. She cites some of our prior work on high school choice in NYC (here and here).

Along with Vanderbilt economist Ron Zimmer, I talk about the benefits (and costs!) of public school choice on the PBS series American Graduate. This episode is entitled Choice or Chance? and is produced by Nashville Public Television. (Send in your pledge now, or NPT will replace "Downton Abbey" with more of me talking...)

Curtis Chin's documentary Tested will be screened at the DOC NYC festival on November 15 and 17. I star as the romantic lead in the film, but there are of cute, smart kids as extras :) Tested explores questions of access as it follows a group of students preparing for the SHSAT exam in New York City.

I'm delighted to visit the City College of New York School of Education's Colloquium Series on Data and Data Driven Instruction this week. The topic will be: "Can Value-Added Improve Teaching and Learning?" Joining the discussion will be Mary Erina Driscoll, Dean of the School of Education. Thursday October 8, 2015 - 5-7:30 pm - Shepard Hall Room 207.