Remainders: Coffee and a snack on election day

by Anna Phillips, at 9:31 pm

Bloomberg bought “coffee and a snack” from a school bake sale after voting today.
Matthews says Arne Duncan (and all ed secretaries) did more good out of office than in it.
China ousted its minister of education over anger about school quality and jobless graduates.
Middle and high school students can get the swine flu vaccine for free beginning this Saturday.
Using test scores to evaluate teachers will lead to constant turnover in schools, Ravitch writes.
Ed in the Apple writes there are many missteps that Mulgrew could make in contract negotiations.
There is such a thing as too much parent involvement, one teacher writes.
Mayoral control is well and good, but we need more Joe Clarks writes Eduflack.
Norm Scott wonders how he would have fared with a former student in the current system.
Weingarten said a new report on attracting and developing good teachers is “disrespectful.”
LA students mourn a classmate who was shot after leaving a homecoming football game.
And it’s okay to scream at students, maybe even necessary, just not a lot.

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For ninety million bucks and counting, Bloomberg seems to have bought more than just coffee and a snack.

It's the last day to vote for the Erasmus Hall building to get funds to restore its historic stained glass windows: http://t.co/T8FWuU6k 7 hrs ago
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Notable that @WendyKopp joined Twitter today. @jgfong, thanks for the heads up! 11 hrs ago
You spoke, we listened: external links now open to a new tab! Check it: http://t.co/euEeKpkT. 11 hrs ago
Teacher Jen Kruse describes a story-telling assignment that her ESL students completed — and shares their work: http://t.co/DtNqmSrg 12 hrs ago
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