Remainders: Obama’s “quiet revolution” in education

by Elizabeth Green, at 7:54 pm

Rahm Emanuel says Arne Duncan is leading a “quiet revolution” in education reform.
After an interview with Randi Weingarten, Sawchuck calls her Henry James-like.
Today’s emergency PEP meeting was a perfect example of rubber-stampedness.
Parent leader Lisa Donlan says of governance: “Ultimately we get the government we deserve.”
Columbia Journalism School students will cover charter schools in a major way this summer.
NYC Educator, on Regents-grading: Try “to make them pass by any means necessary.”
A report on the state of arts education included the game “Name that instrument.”
A Chicago charter school’s teachers voted to join the teachers union.
Michigan State is getting a grant to teach education researchers economics.
LA Unified will hire no Teach For America members in the fall. (Via Amy Fagan.)
And Bronx students made a documentary showing how they use low-cost laptops:

Despite some tense confrontations between protesters and police, nothing ever got physical and a lieutenant just said there were no arrests. 2 hrs ago
He's been frozen in that stoic position all night MT @lisafleisher: A protester speaks with his middle finger. http://t.co/xLar4NRU 2 hrs ago
Last of the occupy protesters just walked out together, shouting expletives and insults on their way out. #toughcrowd 2 hrs ago
Frank Thomas, DOE spokesman just told me no arrests have been made tonight at PEP despite confrontation between protesters & police earlier. 3 hrs ago
RT @leoniehaimson: It's been shown repeatedly that as one schl closes another overwhelmed w/ high needs kids that small schls won't take 3 hrs ago
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