Must-reads for February 6, 2012

DPS likes to emulate everything New York City does, and not everything is what it’s cracked up to be. The parent activists at Class Size Matters give us a run-down of what the data says about all that.
Here’s what parents in New York are saying about DPS’ new fixation, extending the middle school day. They gathered up the research that says that if you’re not also improving instruction, it’s a waste of time and money and doesn’t help kids.
A very poignant commentary about what kids need, from a teacher for sick kids in a Chicago hospital.