The Daily Report Card: Low-Income Students, 650-Grand, Night School

Low Family Income Not a Major Reason For Poor Student Achievement – Education Next I don’t normally post press releases for research, but I wanted to flag this one. I imagine it’ll cause quite the stir… (educationnext.org)

Kokomo-Center plans to launch ‘night school’ next fall – Indiana Economic Digest The proposal will allow high schoolers to attend night classes to graduate, writes the Kokomo Tribune. (indianaeconomicdigest.com)

SACS recommends Homestead laptops – The Journal Gazette Southwest Allen County Schools will give laptops to students at a high school next fall after successful rollouts in two middle schools, writes Devon Haynie. (journalgazette.net)

Daily Number: The Monetary Value of a College Education – Pew Research Center Is college worth it? Altogether now… “The typical college graduate earns an estimated $650,000 more than the typical high school graduate over the course of a 40-year career, according to an analysis of census and college expense data.” (pewresearch.org)

Education philanthropy? Hardly – Learning Curve “The most effective change, however, would be a comprehensive plan to attack the very roots of poverty… those aren’t the changes, however, that are emerging from the reform movement.” (journalgazette.net)