Remainders: The viral story for why the principal’s camping

by Elizabeth Green, at 7:00 pm

The tent-sleeping principal of East Side Community HS explains why he moved outdoors. (YouTube)
Ross Global Academy’s former principal was de facto cleared of test-tampering charges. (NY Sun)
Kate Walsh says releasing teacher value-added data won’t serve all children. (Talk of the Nation)
Why not publish only the names of the top 25% of teachers?, suggests Doug Lemov. (TOTN)
Can the charter school founded by John King, now of NYSED, scale its success? (Boston Mag)
A push to consider cutting high school sports spending. (Reason via Flypaper)
A case that “blame the teacher” and “anti-teacher” aren’t the same, and that one is real. (Corey)
The president of D.C.’s teacher union calls the IMPACT evaluation “dangerous.” (Learning Matters)
India now has schools on wheels, so that teachers travel to students. (City Fix via Flypaper)
Reminiscing on NYSUT’s “rather breathtaking 180-degree turnaround” on RTTT. (NYFERA)

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How are the 25% best teachers determined? Unreliable test scores? Some things cannot be measured with numbers.

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