Remainders: Chicago teachers set to vote on allowing a strike

by Philissa Cramer, at 8:55 pm

Chicago’s teachers are voting tomorrow on whether to allow their union to call a strike. (Catalyst)
Ed Sec Arne Duncan is turning his attention to colleges that have low graduation rates. (The Choice)
Proposed changes to the city’s school discipline code strips punishment for some offenses. (Wonkster)
Kicking off a week of artist visits to city schools, sculptor Jeff Koons visited P.S. 112. (SchoolBook)
Six in 10 principals Michelle Rhee hired in 2008 are no longer at their schools. (D.C. Schools Insider)
Before Barack Obama created School Improvement Grants, Mitt Romney had the idea. (Politics K-12)
The principal of a large school in the Bronx visits all classes in the first weeks of the year. (Hechinger)
“It won’t be long now” before the end of the year and the feelings it brings, a teacher writes. (Mr. Foteah)
Zombie teachers are on the prowl, first in high schools, as the year wanes. (Miss Eyre/NYC Educator)

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