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LAST-DAY-OF-SCHOOL EDITION:

• “This has been one long damned year,” says Bronx teacher JD2718, whose summer plans involve work.
• NYC Educator reports that his summer is unexpectedly plan-free for the first time in 20 years of teaching.
• Ms. M says she’s glad the start of school was changed because she won’t return from Syria until Aug. 30.
• If you want to listen to Alice Kooper’s classic end-of-the-year rock anthem, head over to Edwize.
• It’s teacher appreciation day for Pissed Off Teacher.
• Kids say the very cutest things to Miss Brave, on the occasion of her becoming their teacher for next year.
• The city is holding a “family reunion” for students past and present, tomorrow in Riverbank State Park.
• The Department of Education produced a video about the last day of school at PS 57 in East Harlem.
• Insideschools wants you to grade your child’s school year.

ALSO:

• Bronx Lab principal Marc Sternberg was picked as a White House Fellow, so he’ll be in D.C. next year.
• Ruben Brosbe, GothamSchools’ resident excessed teacher, compares job interviews to first dates.
• Principals are leaving two high-profile Upper West Side schools.
• Budgets aren’t likely to to get any better in 2011, so Warren Buffet is urging Federal Stimulus 2.0.
• Preschool teachers are paid poorly and turn over quickly. Early Stories sees a connection.
• The Quick and the Ed looks at three school turnaround attempts but says it’s too early to tell which works.