The DOE’s ex-chief operating officer has the same job in Joel Klein’s News Corp. group. (BusinessWeek)
The Panel for Education Policy is looking to hire help with logistics and compliance. (Simply Hired)
A muffled recording of last night’s New America Foundation talk on the future of teaching. (Russo)
Instructions for this week’s Fight Back Friday against budget cuts; 40 schools are participating. (FBF Blog)
A look at the Broad Superintendents Academy, which this year got 758 applications for 8 spots. (EdWeek)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney isn’t a big fan of common standards. (Politics K-12)
Teacher Mark Anderson launches a multi-post series on the role of curriculum. (GS Community)
A mom says her son is bored during the lead-up to the English Regents exam. (Insideschools)
Educational models are like Apple products: Something new comes out right after you buy. (Jose Vilson)
What is the UFT doing at MS 216, where teachers say their principal is harassing them? (Ed Notes)
A former city principal is among the readers weighing in on Diane Ravitch’s “miracle” op/ed. (Times)
John Merrow of PBS is interviewing Wendy Kopp next week in New York, and vice versa. (JCC)
An annual talent show highlighted strengths and weakness of Collin Lawrence’s school. (GS Community)
The New York Times’ tutoring story today looked pretty much just like a similar story last year. (Daily Intel)
I noticed that…
Wow, 758 applicants want to attend the Broad Supt Academy (Going Rogue Academy) so that they can become antagonistic, incompetent, destructive, and veritably clueless about educational policies.
Pogue
And, to the 750 applicants who don’t get the spots, there’s always the McDonald’s hiring sessions to fall back on.