- Opponents of school closings and charter schools are suing to protest outside Bloomberg’s apartment.
- The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools ranks NY 8 out of 50 for charter school laws.
- Beth Fertig has a map of school closures and the charter schools that could replace them.
- If RttT money is doled out for political ends, NY probably won’t fair very well.
- U.S. News’ education package offers four takes on NCLB.
- “Let’s dump it and try something different,” writes Jay Mathews about NCLB.
- Richard Kessler: the quality of in-school art partnerships is better when admins have a vision.
- A Brooklyn College professor defends Maxwell HS against closure to save their partnership.
- A P.S. 187 parent says tests don’t reveal anything about why her child’s school is good.
- James Eterno and Arthur Goldstein argue that closing Jamaica HS would be an “egregious error.”
- Amanda Fairbanks: teachers unions are like print media. Whatever replaces them hasn’t arrived yet.
- Ed in the Apples says Weingarten’s recent speech brings her another step closer to Shanker.
- TNR shifts through Weingarten’s speech and finds many questions went unanswered.
- The NYTimes offers some tips for teaching students about the earthquake in Haiti.
- A teacher contemplates what CA’s parent trigger could really mean for unionized teachers.
- Peter Murphy seeks to correct myths about charter schools some lawmakers are buying into.
- And Texas says “no thanks” to RttT, concluding it’s not enough money to make change worthwhile.