Interested in autonomous district schools that enjoy the flexibility and innovation of charters, while remaining in their local district? My Bellwether colleagues Mary Wells and Tresha Francis Ward created a toolkit for that.

Of the 11 million children with working moms, more than half spend more time in family childcare than any other setting. Sara Mead profiles a new report from All Our Kin looking at the conditions needed to help family childcare providers (and the kids they serve) thrive.

Cara Jackson on the conditions in which it makes sense to conduct an experimental study on students.

Daniel DiSalvo cites some of our work at TeacherPensions.org to note that most teachers in the Chicago strike will never benefit from the pension system that’s wreaking havoc on the district’s finances.

–Guest post by Chad Aldeman