Remainders: Competitors line up for Round One of RttT

by Anna Phillips, at 10:44 pm

Chris Smith worries that, years into data-driven policies, the city doesn’t see students as people.
Looks like New York State is going to apply for RttT in round one with a lot of competition.
Congress approved the ’10 education spending bill with a spike in funds for the Teacher Incentive Fund.
Accountable Talk wonders why so many new teachers are being marked “unsatisfactory.”
A blogger approves of Mulgrew’s tough talk, but wants to see some action.
Norm Scott is protesting the DOE’s decision to hold an important public meeting in Staten Island.
Columbus HS teachers and students are planning to protest their school’s likely closure.
Anything more than an apple for the teacher may not be kosher during the holidays.
Flypaper has a roundup of writing about Fordham’s new report on tracking in middle school.
Liz Willen writes about the trials of high school choice once the choosing is done.
Corey Bunje Bower pokes some holes in a Mathews’ column on closing bad charter schools.
Miss Brave offers her own edition of Kids Say the Darndest Things.
And cafeteria service for teachers at one school could end because most teachers won’t touch the food.

Pogue

A “Race to the Top” competition?…Oh, my gosh, I’ve never wanted to lose something so badly in all my years.
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Maybe Obama could take the same approach to health care. The people who most line the pockets of the private insurers can get insurance. Or does it already work that way?
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