Afternoon Announcements: inBloom’s Closure Will ‘Put a Brake On’ Improving Education Through Data

inBloom’s closure “is a pity. It will put a brake on attempts to use big data to improve education.” The Economist

An 11th-grade student writes what she learned on a 72-mile class hike. “What we didn’t expect to find taught us the most” she writes. Learning Deeply

The Council of Chief State School Officers has named the 2014 teacher of the year. The honor goes to Sean McComb, a high school English teacher in Baltimore. Teacher Beat

A new study finds that girls outperform boys in all subject areas, all over the world in school. That includes math and science. NBC

Cincinnati Public Schools is a nationally recognized model for the ‘whole-child’ approach to education, in which community partners are engaged to address every student’s social and emotional needs, as well as their academic ones. EdSource