Remainders: Cell phone storage market still thriving under ban

by Philissa Cramer, at 7:39 pm

The market for cell phone storage continues to thrive under the city’s school phone ban. (Mashable)
Tottenville High School’s softball coach won’t let players talk to the press, against city policy. (Post)
A teacher sends himself back to the ATR pool rather than face “turnaround” hiring. (Chaz’s School Daze)
The nonprofit behind the Common Core helped Michelle Rhee launch StudentsFirst. (Teacher Beat)
Heroic pilot Sully Sullenberg cites Rhee as an American hero. (North Jersey Record via NYC Educator)
Mitt Romney and President Obama seem to have similar positions on whether class size matters. (TPM)
A parent whose high-scoring child lost out in a high school lottery receives advice. (Insideschools)
A Texas judge sent an honor student who works two jobs to jail for sleeping through school. (KHOU)
Says a teacher: “The time is now to consider all the things that happened since September.” (Jose Vilson)
John Chubb, the interim head of Education Sector, has left Mitt Romney’s new education team. (Russo)
The head of a football team-less school questions the future of high school football. (Practical Theory)
Boston’s single K-8 teacher of Spanish as a foreign language talks teacher evaluations. (Hechinger)
Just in time for TFA’s summer institute, Gary Rubinstein launches an “Occupy TFA” blog. (Teach for US)
A teacher admires the cheerful tenacity of a student whose disability has left her behind. (Mr. Foteah)

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Don’t forget my open letter to Obama here: does Ed Secretary Duncan agree with Romney on class size? – The Answer Sheet – The Washington Post – http://goo.gl/bqpJc

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