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April 9, 2009
Remainders: And now we will pause for a short spring break
Philissa and I will take a spring break along with the public schools starting tomorrow. Ours will involve a week of learning about the latest education research in San Diego, thanks to generous support from the Hechinger Institute.
Meanwhile, please stay tuned to our community section. If anything earth-shattering happens, we’ll post in the newsroom. Otherwise, we’ll be back April 20th, smarter and with a tan. And maybe then we can convince the doubters that we really do not have “an agenda,” besides good journalism.
- Steve Koss analyzes turnout for parent council elections and declares the results pathetic.
- Trying to trace stimulus money, Michelle McNeil finds all levels of gov’t fail “the transparency test.”
- Peter Murphy takes on Jonathan Gyurko’s analysis of charter school funding.
- Childhood poverty creates stress, which impairs memory, a study finds. (Via Joanne Jacobs.)
- Debating what makes a good school: Academic rigor versus hands-on experience?
- A 21st century writing expert says writing is “newly technologized, socialized and networked.”
- There’s concern that stimulus funds might not get sent equally to charter schools.
- An update to that North Carolina Teach For America study: Add more teachers and TFA still does better.
- Some fan mail, and some concerns that GothamSchools has an agenda. Comments?
- And: Arne Duncan introduced Neko Case, indie rocker, at the 9:30 club in D.C. last night. Video:
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April 10th, 2009 7:50 am
When a hedge fund is behind Gotham Schools there is an agenda. Sometimes you have to dig a little but you will find bias.
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April 10th, 2009 7:59 am
On a personal note, I was truly disappointed when my comment on the “Lil Mama…” charter school article showed up on your front page “Chalk It Up”, for an hour, or so, and then disappeared. I think your “Chalk It Up’s” could be a little more diverse.
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April 10th, 2009 9:18 am
More re “Chalk It Up”:
Nothing against KS, but are we going to have to look at the current quote till the 20th?It wouldn’t be too hard to dig up a plethora of examples of “us vs. them” with Tweed — not the UFT — as the catalyst.
Elizabeth and Philissa, have a great and well-deserved break. The two of you are doing ALL the heavy lifting for the rest of the NYC media.
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April 13th, 2009 5:02 pm
Hate to see you take a week off. I borrow so much from you guys, I don’t know what I’ll do. Come back rested so you can continue to do the work that the NYT and other bloggers should be doing.
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