Remainders: Mayor Bloomberg's mixed achievement gap record

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | August 4, 2011, 11:11pm UTC
  • Apropos of today’s news, a rundown of Mayor Bloomberg’s record on the achievement gap. (Wonkster)
  • City principals received students’ state test scores today but they won’t go public until next week. (GS)
  • Andy Rotherham explains his family’s decision-making process for school choice. (School of Thought)
  • The bidding is now open to create testing systems that match up to the standards. (Curriculum Matters)
  • An Israeli study of instruction says blending “traditional” and “modern” is best. (Starting an Ed School)
  • A push to get the city to make more information accessible online is gaining steam. (Gotham Gazette)
  • A first draft of a first step toward common standards content “frameworks.” (Curriculum Matters)
  • More on the AFT’s “Parent Trigger” presentation, from which it has distanced itself. (Teacher Beat)
  • Questions about timeline and propriety on the Gates-Wireless Generation deal. (NYC P.S. Parents)
  • A teacher reflects on powerful words to use on a troublesome student: I’m proud of you. (Mr. Foteah)