The Daily Report Card: When One Charter Closes, Does Another Open? — Plus: Occupy, Purdue Guns, Bus Suit

This is why closing a school is hard – Get On The Bus Indy Star ed reporter Scott Elliott looks at the case of the officially-closing — but unofficially-reopening — Fountain Square Academy. (blogs.indystar.com)

Most RCS master plan options would close schools – Richmond Palladium-Item …”including its highest-performing school,” writes Brian Zimmerman. (Palladium-Item)

Franklin Twp schools appear ready to fight parents’ busing fee suit – 13 WTHR …but parents are still ticked about the bus fees. (wthr.com)

Teacher evaluation: It’s a race, but to where? « School Matters Steve Hinnefeld blogs his doubts about Indiana’s new teacher evaluation system. (inschoolmatters.wordpress.com)

Andrew Rotherham: Forget Wall Street, Go Occupy Your School District – TIME “We have phony wars about teacher pay or No Child Left Behind that dance around the real issues.” (ideas.time.com)

How we ruined the Occupy generation — Joanne Jacobs America’s current 20-somethings got bad advice from their parents: Specifically, that “a good job is guaranteed so there’s no need to worry about about paying off student loans.” (joannejacobs.com)