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December 15, 2009
Remainders: Gov. Paterson endorses raising the charter cap
- Paterson wants the cap lifted, asks: are we racing to the top, or to the middle?
- Here’s how Paterson’s 10 percent school aid reduction break down district-by-district.
- It could be “wishful thinking” to expect the state legislature to act on RttT proposals in time.
- Peter Murphy says the Regents’ unanimity on the RttT proposals is an important statement.
- Some rural states are holding off on Race to the Top, suspecting the competition is “an urban game.”
- Ravitch writes that the rise of hedge-funder-backed charter schools has historical ties.
- At its delegate assembly meeting tomorrow, the UFT will vote on a school closings resolution.
- Norm Scott says the UFT has a history of not putting up a real fight when the city closes schools.
- Ed in the Apple argues that the power to close schools should rest with the state ed department.
- Mathews: our fixation on closing the achievement gap forces us to hope white students don’t improve.
- Marcus Winters writes: using state data to evaluate teachers will take the politics out of education.
- It’s no surprise when it takes weeks for schools to fix basic equipment, but it’s still not fun.
- Florida’s RttT plan requires districts to include the plan’s provisions in their union contacts.
- The likelihood a charter school teacher will leave teaching is 132% greater than district school teachers.
- A Texan pre-schooler was told to cut his hair, while a Wisconsin teacher cut students’ hair herself.
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December 16th, 2009 5:14 am
Hey, Obama, they’re about to yank our children’s free Metro card passes away that enables them to get to school, learn, and make this a better country…Goldman Sachs, AIG, and many other firms got huge, multi-billion dollar bailouts, how about kids? Can we get a little something for them here?
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