Morning Announcements: Achievement Gaps Persist, Even Among High-Achieving Students

New York Governor Cuomo dropped his plan to use state money to pay for college classes for prison inmates due to political controversy. Many proponents of the plan say it’s a blow to criminal justice policy – and will leave inmates unskilled and unprepared to enter the workforce after their release. The New York Times 

According to a new report, Florida law enforcement officers believe that the Common Core State Standards will better prepare students for college and a career, and subsequently, reduce future crime. State Impact

A new report from Education Trust finds that African-American, Latino, and low-income students who scored in the top of their class on assessments in their sophomore year fall behind other high-achieving students by the time they graduate. EdSource

A bipartisan bill introduced this week in Congress would make education research more timely and relevant. Politics K-12