On Saturday, March 6th, the LinkEd team headed over to the Hilton New York Hotel to attend the 5th annual Celebration of Teaching & Learning, the nation's premiere professional development conference for educators. Over 8,500 educators  from across the country attended this year - wow!

There is an interesting article in Gotham Schools that talks about the sustainability of charter schools. They are concerned that if the hedge fund managers stop thinking that charter schools are the "hip, trendy way to donate money" that their success could waver. They also suggest that they are taking money and resources away from innovative public schools... though I make the argument that this money would not have gone to schools in general and that the popularity of charter schools is just adding money to the education system.

Every parent wants their child to get a college degree in hopes that they will get a good job that pays well and makes them happy. Unfortunately, it seems that racism is getting in the way of this dream.  The unemployment rate for black male college graduates 25 and older in 2009 has been nearly twice that of white male college graduates — 8.4 percent compared with 4.4 percent. Many job seekers have even edited their resumes to seem "less black". Read the full story here.