- A nonprofit with Rudy Crew on its board is accused of firing its leader for backing Bloomberg.
- At LaGuardia High School, budget cuts are threatening upper-level math classes.
- LinkEd kicks off a series of posts about assessment with Teacher Data Report analysis.
- Two state lawmakers urge Mayor Bloomberg to listen to critics during mayoral control talks.
- Do teachers unions really care about policies supported by education research?
- Teachers imagine life without the extra $150 stipend via “Teacher’s Choice.”
- Aaron Pallas wonders if the College Board’s latest test is really worth anything.
- A California man who’s deep in debt says he regrets going to college. (Via Joanne Jacobs.)
- A researcher explains the complex factors that make early childhood programs successful.
- A third of all teachers in Sweetwater, California, are asking for the superintendent’s head.
- The New Republic meets ATR’s and finds aged 60s activists, “sense of entitlement.”
- Rotherham thinks that transparency alone isn’t enough; accountability is necessary, too.
- Elementary school teachers in Massachusetts will now have to pass a math test.