nightcap
March 13, 2009
Remainders: What Bronx 18-year-olds want from Obama
- The Green Dot charter school in the Bronx is searching for teachers with “demonstrated ability.”
- A Bronx 18-year-old asks Obama to make college affordable. Another is in favor of school uniforms.
- Joel Klein’s Education Equality Project has a new web site, blog, and executive director.
- In our Community section, Ken profiles KIPP Infinity, and Aaron critiques the latest Klein, Sharpton op-ed.
- Corey also offers a point-by-point critique of that op-ed.
- Emily Alpert highlights a metaphor for teacher layoffs: It’s like “trimming a tree.”
- Teachers in California are wearing pink to protest layoffs.
- An overview of how to teach creativity, plus an argument that it can be taught.
- Why the math wars are dying down a little, plus why they’ll stay around anyway.
- Folks agree that NCLB should include growth models, but not on how to do them.
- And finally, in a sign of the conventional wisdom on the teaching profession:
Rocky Mountain News cartoonist Ed Stein still publishes on his web site. Via the Schools for Tomorrow blog.
Feb. 10: You’re invited!
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