Remainders: StudentsFirst, Randi Weingarten clash on Twitter

by Philissa Cramer, at 6:50 pm

StudentsFirst and Randi Weingarten are clashing on Twitter over abusive teachers. (Eduwonk 1, 2)
The fight, posted with the hashtag #protectourkids, started with Campbell Brown’s op/ed. (Twitter)
A study of “exam” schools nationally finds that they don’t serve more upper-crust kids. (EdNext)
StudentsFirst says Michelle Rhee herself wrote her new book, “Radical,” out in January. (Russo)
A mother whose son had a tough transition to ninth grade offers advice to others. (Insideschools)
New York is the second state officially to recognize graduates’ bilingualism. (Learning the Language)
Many policies focus on the best and worst teachers. What about the rest? (Starting an Ed School)
A teacher probes the murky intersection of caring about kids and their test scores. (Jose Vilson)
A potentially “irreplaceable” teacher says work conditions trump pay for her. (Miss Eyre/NYC Educator)

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