- Mayor Bloomberg slammed senators again for letting mayoral control expire.
- He also instituted a hiring freeze that will affect school safety officers and crossing guards.
- A new social networking web site launches for New York City teachers.
- It includes videos of rubber room members’ family explaining the toll.
- Bon Jovi wouldn’t have gotten the reception Linda Darling-Hammond did at NEA.
- John Thompson offers a good roundup of recent writings on how to turn schools around.
- A teacher suggests ways to make test prep interesting — for both students and teacher.
- If a student admits illegal drinking on Facebook and friends you, do you turn her in? (Via Joanne Jacobs.)
- A push for teachers union finances to board the transparency bus. Openness could help teachers.
- Maybe we should say “transform” rather than “reform” schools. “Turnaround” is also problematic.
- Preschool parents and teachers shouldn’t be afraid of math; they should teach more of it.
- Nat’l Journal asks about mayoral control. Harold Levy and Randi: cautiously optimistic. Arne loves.
- How Sesame Street explains the American Revolution. (Remember the show dropped in the ranks.)
- And Richard Kessler praises a state senator — for boosting arts education.