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Remainders: Romney unveils choice-heavy education platform

  • In his first education policy speech, Mitt Romney promised lots of choice. (WSJ, HuffPo, Politics K-12)
  • Andy Rotherham: Romney’s proposals make good political sense — for President Obama. (Eduwonk)
  • Some of Romney’s claims about teachers and Obama weren’t fully factual. (Teacher BeatPolitics K-12)
  • Mike Petrilli: Romney’s proposals would swap one kind of federal overreach for another. (Flypaper)
  • And Romney’s policy proposals conjure up the education climate of 1999, before NCLB. (Quick & Ed)
  • Hamas is starting to teach Hebrew, “the language of the enemy,” in the high schools it runs. (Times)
  • The city’s new strategy for keeping juvenile offenders “Close to Home” should help in school. (NY World)
  • The latest charter-originating how-to guide aims to help teachers manage it all. (Starting an Ed School)
  • An argument that racial integration isn’t a feature of schools, but a school of thought. (Jose Vilson)
  • The inclusion of disabled students in state testing is another Common Core issue. (On Special Ed)
  • D.C.’s schools chief says she can’t see value in making teachers’ evaluations public. (Scholastic Admin)
  • A teacher says she’s losing something special as her longtime co-teacher starts maternity leave. (Prelife)
  • A call for city students to start spending more time getting down and dirty in nature. (Mr. Foteah)
  • A parent says her experience proves that school choice in New York City is two-tiered. (SchoolBook)
  • A Chicago parent says there are no choices there — so his family is leaving. (Charting My Own Course)
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Remainders: Across country, schools are rethinking suspension

  • Nationally, schools are reexamining the value of “zero-tolerance” discipline policies. (Hechinger/TIME)
  • Townsend Harris HS’s principal, bound for Scarsdale, says he wants a smaller system. (Daily Scarsdale)
  • The city’s charter school sector is again reporting about five applicants for every seat. (SchoolBook)
  • A teacher argues against the full-speed-ahead approach of tech-infused Olympus Academy. (Pissed Off)
  • An English teacher is fretting about the Regents exam that’s in just 14 days. (Miss Eyre/NYC Educator)
  • The after-school knifepoint mugging of a Brooklyn Tech student tops a Fort Greene police blotter. (Patch)
  • A tiff erupted almost immediately over a new report than pans current teacher preparation. (HuffPo)
  • The AFT is also planning to tackle teacher prep and reconsider old recommendations. (Teacher Beat)
  • A comic strip offers a guide for educators contemplating a flipped classroom. (The Innovative Educator)
  • Mitt Romney has named his education advisors, who do not include Margaret Spellings. (Politics K-12)
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Remainders: Mulgrew critic says concessions real, blackmail not

  • Michael Mulgrew’s email to UFT members about the lawsuit denies all of the allegations. (NYCDOEnuts)
  • A frequent critic of Mulgrew’s leadership says he doubts blackmail was behind concessions. (Ed Notes)
  • Tonight is the deadline to vote for Erasmus Hall building to restore its stained glass windows. (PIP)
  • Twelve city high schools, some specialized and some not, make a national top-1,000 list. (Newsweek)
  • A design firm won an award for sketching New York City with schools atop each skyscraper. (Curbed)
  • Katie Campos, N.Y.’s 26-year-old deputy education secretary, makes a 40 under 40 list. (City & State)
  • A British schoolchild is documenting and critiquing her sparse daily school lunches. (Never Seconds)
  • Leo Casey bullets some of the contents of the Joel Klein charter school emails the UFT sought. (Edwize)
  • After her son’s SAT score was cancelled, Liz Willen criticizes the test-industrial complex. (Insideschools)
  • Ravitch takes the Klein-Condoleezza Rice education report to task for IDing the wrong issues. (NYRB)
  • A father mocks the city’s renaming of 24 schools with a letter to a student-turned-scholar. (Insideschools)
  • A teacher offers a suggestion for helping students create “concept cards” to take notes. (Coach G’s Tips)
  • A city teen explains and extols his choice at attend a lower-cost college to avoid debt. (Learning Network)
  • Staten Island Tech’s principal says he adds “the salt and pepper” to teachers’ gourmet meals. (DNA Info)
  • A satirical letter-to-a-teacher’s-file lambastes the Common Core’s non-fiction mandate. (NYC Educator)
  • Eight experts and pundits tackle the topic “Is integration back in U.S. public schools?” (Room for Debate)
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Remainders: Zuckerberg’s IPO yield rivals city schools budget

  • Mark Zuckerberg’s IPO yield today was about $20 billion, what the city schools spend each year. (WSJ)
  • More schools are taking the option to sub Common Core prep for two days of class. (Insideschools)
  • A teacher offers suggestions for getting students to open up when they aren’t inclined to. (Mr. Foteah)
  • A question: Why hasn’t the DOE used its right to try to fire U-rated teachers all along? (Ed in the Apple)
  • Even most high-quality charter school studies fall short of the gold standard of research. (Shanker)
  • An online chat about the pitfalls of testing included Community section writer Mark Anderson. (Nation)
  • Education writers from across the country are still chatting in Philadelphia. Read their updates. (Twitter)
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Remainders: On the absurdity of schools talk with non-teachers

  • A teacher recalls a conversation with her non-teacher husband about testing. (Miss Eyre/NYC Educator)
  • Arne Duncan said he doesn’t know why states keep offering free tutoring that doesn’t work. (Politics K-12)
  • Education writers from across the country have convened in Philadelphia. Read their updates. (Twitter)
  • The director of fiscal strategy for StudentsFirst says LIFO causes more teachers to be laid off. (Flypaper)
  • Students who left a Denver school suspected of cheating saw their scores fall later. (EdNews Colorado)
  • The UFT has issued the RFP for community social services grants that it promised last week. (Edwize)
  • “Top-rated” teacher Maribeth Whitehouse offers 10 explanations for why she teaches. (Learning Matters)
  • A Camden principal fired six years ago for whistle-blowing thrives; the district struggles. (Inquirer)
  • Rishawn Biddle calls New York City’s latest ed policy news “all in all, not a bad move.” (Dropout Nation)
  • The chair of L.A.’s Democratic party wants DFER to stop using the party name. (LACDP via Ravitch)
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Remainders: Confusion surrounds state test grading this year

  • Teachers are complaining about flawed scoring guides for this year’s state tests. (Insideschools)
  • David Coleman, College Board’s new chief, said future SATs will be Common Core-aligned. (EdWeek)
  • A parent reports that state test prep took a backseat to a talent show at her son’s school. (Insideschools)
  • A teacher says project-based learning keeps students motivated through exam season. (Mr. Foteah)
  • A teacher says the city’s plan to flag teachers subject to disciplinary action is problematic. (JD2718)
  • A city program encourages District 75 teachers to incorporate more art into lessons. (Schoolbook)
  • Students in P.S. 22′s chorus perform Tracy Chapman’s “Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution.” (PS22 Chorus Blog)
  • A teacher details his experience in the “Rubber Room,” with an apologia for taxpayers. (Protect Portelos)
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Remainders: Reevaluating new evaluations after they’re in place

  • A Los Angeles teacher says a robust teacher evaluation protocol has turned into a checklist. (Hechinger)
  • Jay Mathews says he changed his mind about value-added ratings: They won’t work. (Class Struggle)
  • A city teacher with top students scored low while her students aced an advanced exam. (GS Community)
  • Analysts say the “Pineapple” debacle isn’t likely to hurt Pearson’s growing education arm. (Crain’s NY)
  • Two Denver schools are under scrutiny after test scores fell amid tighter security. (EdNews Colorado)
  • Reading materials at city schools are likely to change under Common Core standards. (Learning Matters)
  • A teacher and union leader reports that a principal sent to sensitivity training has resigned. (JD2718)
  • A Park Slope parent makes and sells maps showing the zones for neighborhood schools. (SchoolBook)
  • A teacher worries what will happen to a depressed student over the summer. (Miss Eyre/NYC Educator)
  • Tech leaders are showing an increasing interest in public schools and their students. (Fast Company)
  • A half-hour show on education innovation by Channel 13 features Chancellor Walcott. (Metrofocus)
  • A parent asks whether she must honor her child’s teacher’s summer school suggestion. (Insideschools)
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Remainders: Assessing advocacy groups’ influence and impact

  • A series of articles tackles the growing clout of big advocacy groups, and their mixed results. (EdWeek)
  • A teacher at a turnaround school says he’s not getting clear details about hiring. (Chaz’s School Daze)
  • The city’s scoring of the state’s math and reading tests should be finished by Wednesday. (SchoolBook)
  • Parents are upset after New Jersey’s state test asked third-graders to reveal a personal secret. (CBS)
  • Educators are signing a petition to keep the state Global Studies Regents exam. (Mr. D’s Neighborhood)
  • A teacher describes five test-prep strategies that work for him — but also make him sick. (NYCDOENuts)
  • A teacher who taught AP Calculus for the first time this year explains why it was also the last. (JD2718)
  • Ravitch notes the nasty names that charter advocates called her and other critics in emails. (DR’s Blog)
  • A teacher asks why his colleagues are surprised by the charter backers-Joel Klein emails. (Jose Vilson)
  • Since David Wakelyn resigned as Gov. Cuomo’s education deputy, no one is in charge. (Ed in the Apple)
  • In Georgia, students in every grade will complete surveys that help evaluate their teachers. (Hechinger)
  • When the math gets ahead of one teacher, she tells her students she needs to slow down. (Mrs. Ripp)
  • A teacher singles out a former student who makes her feel like she has made a difference. (SchoolBook)
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Remainders: Quinn ramps up mandatory kindergarten lobbying

  • Council Speaker Christine Quinn is ramping up her lobbying for mandatory kindergarten. (Insideschools)
  • Rick Hess says American schools are plagued by a “culture of can’t” that holds them back. (Straight Up)
  • Joel Rose of New Classrooms offers a blueprint for how to reinvent classrooms for the future. (Atlantic)
  • Diane Ravitch says the Quinnipiac poll question about school closures was misleading. (DR’s Blog)
  • A summary of city, state, and Obama administration teacher appreciation messages. (NYC P.S. Parents)
  • A parent explains why he filed a Freedom of Information Law request to see the state tests. (SchoolBook)
  • A math curriculum’s Kickstarter bid raises crowdsourcing vs. venture capital issues. (Hack Education)
  • The superintendent of Scarsdale’s public schools makes a case against new evaluations. (Newsday)
  • Research and experience show an educator urban students can fall apart after graduation. (Coach G)
  • The irony of a new teacher licensing exam is that it was designed by teacher educators. (Teacher Beat)
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Remainders: Late Beastie Boy remembered as a student

  • MCA’s teacher remembers him as a likable kid and a mediocre student with a deep soul. (Schoolbook)
  • A brief history lesson on the famous names behind the turnaround schools changing names. (EdWize)
  • U.S. Department of Education officials spent today with teachers to celebrate the profession. (Ed.Gov)
  • 60 Minutes is taking a look at the mysterious founder of the growing Gulen charter chain. (CBS News)
  • Teacher says city’s anti-truancy ads won’t be helpful to some struggling parents. (Pissed Off Teacher)
  • Colorado educators say mix of online and in-person teaching should be on the rise. (Ed News Colorado)
  • Public school advocates are sweating over slated federal budget cuts, despite House bill. (Politics K-12)
  • Eric DeGiaimo and his ascent from neglect, which we covered Tues., was also profiled on TV. (ABC 7)
  • A cancer group wants a ban on indoor tanning in New York State for teenagers. (Capital New York)

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