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by Maura Walz, at 7:49 pm

One of those Central Falls, RI, teachers hung an effigy of Obama in school — and is sorry.
Working with a university on standards, rather than using Common Core, won’t satisfy the RTTT judges.
Hawaii’s RTTT app includes an admission that teachers get evaluated once every five years.
The KIPP charter network and the AFT have settled their dispute over working hours at a Baltimore school.
Everybody’s mother and daughter and son and some dads, too, were at the bake-sale ban rally today.
Inside the UFT election: Chaz explains why he’s voting down the ICE ticket with one exception.
That exception teacher makes his case, invoking his opposition to Randi Weingarten as a plus.
Michelle Rhee’s hunt for master educators to evaluate D.C. teachers has launched. Apply here.
Students against the MTA are “the most promising transit advocacy campaign going,” says Streetsblog.
Community contributor Dana Lawit says her best teacher-evaluators are her students.

Allon: We have way too many people at Tweed and way too many administrators in schools. I would cut. Maybe they could go back to classroom. 6 hrs ago
Mayoral control? Allon would keep it, but ask for fewer votes on PEP, where all but 5 votes are mayoral appointees, to be "less autocratic." 6 hrs ago
In response to Bx parent who asks if Allon would stand up to state "testing machine:" I would put a moratorium on testing, K through fifth. 6 hrs ago
Allon: Was it fair to disclose TDRs? "you don't put something out there that's not fully baked." 6 hrs ago
Allon: "You all know the problems. We could argue about them until midnight. Graduation rates, big schools vs small schools... remediation." 7 hrs ago
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