Remainders: The $100m typo that made charter lobbyists sweat

by Elizabeth Green, at 7:15 pm

A law prof concludes scaling great urban schools requires “massive human capital improvement.”
$36.6 million: The magic number Mayor Bloomberg spent on his campaign so far.
Tony Avella, in a new mayoral campaign ad, accuses Bloomberg of opposing democracy.
The second round of pre-kindergarten admissions has begun, Insideschools reports.
A House committee pushes $446 million for don’t-call-it-merit-pay, just shy of Obama’s request.
Same budget made charter supporters sweat — until it turned out there was a $100 million typo.
What do teachers do in the summer? Trivia night! (Via Joanne Jacobs and Flypaper.)
Dorn gives four ways to evaluate teachers, endorses the “Bayesian bump.” (Not a dance move.)
U.S. children likely to have unmarried moms, household that spends >30% income on housing.
A CUNY professor and I discussed mayoral control on a Staten Island television program.
Jay Greene finds good adolescent books that aren’t mopey, aren’t whining, and aren’t Twilight.
Jose Vilson is concerned that too few men of color teach at New York City schools.
The Gadfly highlights problems with a new growth model school report card in Texas.
And poor education, health care are new forms of racism today, says Hazel Dukes.

Michael M.

I highly recommend the first link: “A law prof concludes scaling great urban schools requires “massive human capital improvement.” ”

It is an insighful overview of the “fix communities” vs “fix schools” debate. Per the article — we must do both.

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12 NYC schools on @Newsweek's list of best 1,000 American high schools (not the same as last week's list): http://t.co/1tqx9o2C 13 hrs ago
Dennis Walcott runs, sings in a church choir, and makes the week's meals on Sundays: "I can do everything except sew." http://t.co/vVOBRp5G 16 hrs ago
@JBrownDPost: surprised to see that federal gov. doesn't have a way of deciding "what worked" for the SIG schools over 3 yrs process. #EWA12 1 day ago
.@tkonz: Of 18 SIG schools, only about 4 teachers were recruited from strong schools because they "wanted to be part of a big change" #EWA12 1 day ago
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