Remainders: A light reading list for edu-nerds’ summer breaks

by Philissa Cramer, at 7:56 pm

A Teachers College fellowship program for outstanding principals is seeking nominations.
Teacher JD2718 lays out his priorities for the UFT’s upcoming contract negotiations.
It’s awesome how easy it is to capture and share video. Here’s another view of the PS 123 rally.
Debbie Meier, the progressive educator who opened schools in Harlem, on her favorite education books.
Linda Darling-Hammond at the National Review: There’s no link between mayoral control and outcomes.
A UFT rep takes a closer look at what students said about respect at their schools on the DOE’s surveys.
Another frontier for USDOE-NYC tension: Ed Sec Arne Duncan thinks cell phones are good for schools.
You know what preschoolers need? More math instruction. So says a new report.
Norm Scott looks at people (whose names begin with A or B) the UFT paid $100,000 or more last year.
Putting policymakers’ discussions on the record takes all the fun out of them, Andy Rotherham writes.
Are Massachusetts’s ”readiness schools” the frozen yogurt to charter schools’ ice cream?
Russo calls for more one-note education blogs, perhaps about Arne Duncan’s face.

Many fresh insights from city teachers and parents, plus much more, in tonight's Remainders: http://t.co/LGGtb2YA 2 hrs ago
MT @Insideschools: ... Our free event tonight about applying to public elem schools. Can't make it? Watch here http://t.co/DbtxySDj 7 hrs ago
From FDR High School, which is facing turnaround, a tale of academic perseverance: http://t.co/5pAOVawj Long but very, very worth it. 11 hrs ago
RT @nycdoenuts: Awesome post about teacher eval training for tchrs&princpls http://t.co/eiWdefta (& experience I had http://t.co/XKmvh2Ez ) 1 day ago
Latinos lament likely loss of Clemente name if P.S. 19 is closed: http://t.co/WB2gA6iX 1 day ago
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