The Telegraph – James Brooks

“Brainchild of billionaire owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, it is hoped the new institution, based in Billund, Denmark, will put its rural surroundings on the map and become known as the “Capital of Children””(more)

The New York Times – Editorial Board

“The Common Core standards do not call for a specific curriculum, reading list or anything like that. Rather, they lay out an ambitious set of goals for the math, reading and writing skills that children should acquire as they move through school.”(more)

The Indianapolis Star – Arne Duncan

“President Obama put forward a plan last week to make access to high-quality early learning a reality for every 4-year-old in America by making full-day preschool available to families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line”(more)

NPR – Elizabeth Blair

“…there have been a lot of claims about the benefits of the arts on the mind: Listening to Mozart makes you smarter; playing an instrument makes you better at math. One program…is putting these theories to the test. The Turnaround Arts Initiative…is using an intensive arts curriculum to try and improve eight low-performing schools.”(more)

Business 2 Community – Tina Tedd

“If you want to be successful in business, you need to acquire numerous skills. Aside from marketing, management, accounting, or communication skills that are the basis of business success, fluency in foreign languages is a skill that will give you a competitive advantage.”(more)

The Huffington Post – Catherine Atkin

“President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal calls for a historic investment in early learning that marks the boldest expansion of educational opportunities in a generation.”(more)

The Huffington Post – Stacey Stewart

“Working together in new ways can make a big difference in how our kids learn. That’s the message from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), two unusual allies — and strong partners of United Way — who have come together around a common passion: struggling students.”(more)

BBC – Staff Writer

“Controversial plans to change what has to be taught in England’s schools are being rushed in and could “create chaos”, head teachers say.”(more)

NPR – Monica Miller

“Cursive handwriting is disappearing from the list of required courses at U.S. schools, so one New Jersey grandmother is making sure her grandson’s schoolmates know how to loop their Ls and curl their Qs.”(more)

The Washington Post – T. Rees Shapiro and Sarah L. Voisin

“The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting new national standards that don’t require such instruction, cursive could soon be eliminated from most public schools.”(more)