Remainders: Tisch hosts RttT summit for lawmakers in Brooklyn

by Maura Walz, at 7:29 pm

More than 100 city schools are competing to see who can reduce their energy consumption the most.
Merryl Tisch held a “summit” with lawmakers today in Brooklyn to gather support for raising the charter cap.
Some school districts, especially in Michigan, are hesitant to sign onto their states’ RttT plans.
Grace Church School, a private K-8 school in Greenwich Village, is expanding to high school.
Should teachers lower grades because of bad behavior in class? A parent wonders at InsideSchools.
Norm Scott spreads the word of the Jan. 21 anti-school closure protest outside of Bloomberg’s residence.
Liz Willen on the news that another kindergartner was left alone on a school bus: “This is not okay”…
…While a class of kindergartners may have been left alone on a Brooklyn playground for half an hour.
A Harvard professor told the NEA that technological advances will mean schools will need fewer teachers.
New Orleans could be a model for school systems seeking to draw teachers from all over the country.
Diane Ravitch says the deregulation of public education will create a new “Wild West of entrepreneurship.”
And here are some “hot spots to watch” in early education issues this year.

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Bad behavior in class pretty much precludes positive participation, a very important aspect of any class I ever wanted to attend or teach.
Eliot Ness

Now, I’m not a fan of Bloomberg and I do think that there SHOULD BE a protest, BUT not at his residence! This is a public issue and all the attention should be brought to Tweed and City Hall. Bringing this to his home will only piss him off – and close his mind.
http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/ norm

“Bringing this to his home will only piss him off – and close his mind.”

About the funniest thing I read today.
Ellen

Home, on Fifth Avenue or Fingerboard Road, is a place of refuge and safety, This is not a good idea and will promote sympathy for the Mayor and anger towards the demonstrators.

Despite some tense confrontations between protesters and police, nothing ever got physical and a lieutenant just said there were no arrests. 4 hrs ago
He's been frozen in that stoic position all night MT @lisafleisher: A protester speaks with his middle finger. http://t.co/xLar4NRU 4 hrs ago
Last of the occupy protesters just walked out together, shouting expletives and insults on their way out. #toughcrowd 4 hrs ago
Frank Thomas, DOE spokesman just told me no arrests have been made tonight at PEP despite confrontation between protesters & police earlier. 5 hrs ago
RT @leoniehaimson: It's been shown repeatedly that as one schl closes another overwhelmed w/ high needs kids that small schls won't take 5 hrs ago
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