Notes from the news, Aug. 29

Marc Lamont Hill: Black America needs to take responsibility Daily News
Hill says African Americans must join and build organizations, and change the rules and logic of the day if they are to improve their lives socially, politically, and academically.

African-American Males in Policy Spotlight Education Week
The Council of Great City Schools and the U.S. Department of Education co-hosted a daylong national summit to highlight solutions to Black boys' high drop out and suspension rates, low grades and test scores, and low college-going and completion rates.

Commentary: Making sense of what's happening in the School District Notebook
Guest blogger James M. "Torch" Lytle discusses changes in the Philadelphia school landscape.

EdReform Impossible Philly Teacher
A teacher says what's being offered is not true school choice and asks what happens to our urban school system when every school is a KIPP or Mastery Charter school.

Please email wendyh@thenotebook.org if we missed anything today or if you have any suggestions of publications, email lists, or other places for us to check for news.

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