Remainders: Detente between TFA's Kopp and NEA president

Common ground reigned when Teach for America’s founder talked with the NEA’s chief. (Teacher Beat)
Teachers at PS 277 in the Bronx don’t know how their efforts yielded an F grade. (Schoolbook/WNYC)
Charter schools were twice as likely as district schools to get F progress report grades. (Gary Rubinstein)
A city teacher recalls being wrongly assigned to special ed and ESL classes in his youth. (Jose Vilson)
None of the finalists in a national contest to find the most innovative teacher is from New York (GOOD)
A teacher-blogger who’s up for the prize explains why she favors recognition but not rewards. (Mrs. Ripp)
SUNY’s Charter Schools Institute rejected a Victory school for Long Island. (Newsday via HuffPo)
A city teacher offers 10 reasons for his colleagues to start their students on blogging. (Mr. Foteah)
A New Jersey’s education law expert offers five myths about Chris Christie’s ed policy. (Answer Sheet)
The leaflet that the Grassroots Education Movement is handing out at union ATR meetings. (NYC ATR)
A guidebook to winning an NCLB waiver signals that judging will play a major role. (Politics K-12)
An investigation finds half of students in Colorado’s costly online schools drop out. (Ed News Colorado)
The big new idea is for schools to do homework at school and schoolwork at home. (Curriculum Matters)
A study finds it’s not a longer day but how the extra time is used that matters. (Inside School Research)
NYC charter exec James Merriman starts a blogging stint with a call for elevated dialogue. (Eduwonk)