A teacher outlines what he likes and doesn’t like about the state’s teacher evaluation law. (DOENuts)
Pallas: The evaluations pose deep tension between fairness and efficiency. (GS Community/Hechinger)
The AFT, Randi Weingarten’s national union, endorsed President Obama for reelection. (Teacher Beat)
But Norm Scott predicts rank-and-file members will be less likely to hit Allentown in 2012. (Ed Notes)
A Washington Irving HS teacher offers a deeply personal argument against school closures. (Edwize)
Legacy HS students’ organized closure protests were seeded in an after-school program. (SchoolBook)
The vice president of P.S. 161′s PTA reiterates the school’s recent history as it faces truncation. (EdVox)
An teacher finds many students with long commutes at a school facing turnaround. (Chaz’s School Daze)
A list of schools in all four outer boroughs that might still have space. (Insideschools 1, 2, 3)
The principal of Arts Media Prep describes how his school uses technology. (Learning Matters)
A N.J. teachers union head who earns $500,000 a year had wise words for the poor. (Real Clear Politics)
The Chicago Tribune yanked a comic touting the funding site DonorsChoose. (Romenesko via Russo)
D.C. is launching a gifted and talented program, but not for the first time. (D.C. Schools Insider)
Transformation Teacher
Over 500 students at Lehman High School staged a walked out today in protest of the proposed “turnaround.” After rallying in front of the school, they marched to the district office on Zerega Ave, chanting “cut the crap, not the teachers.”
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