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By | November 23, 2011, 1:20am UTC - Park Slope parents have launched a group to train parent organizations across the city. (Insideschools)
- A parent wondering about the legality of Saturday detention learns that it’s allowed. (Insideschools)
- Three alternatives to AYP that the 11 states applying for NCLB waivers have proposed. (Flypaper)
- On the 48th anniversary of JFK’s assassination, a tally of the schools named for him. (Answer Sheet)
- A 2o-question survey to determine whether a principal is operating in the 21st century. (I <3 EdTech)
- New Orleans’ Recovery School District, made up of charters, is centralizing admissions. (The Lens)
- An exploration of why most states’ new teacher evaluation rubrics have 4-5 categories. (Shanker Blog)
- The complexity of teaching might be something that sets humans apart from other species. (The Loom)
- School districts are concerned that the failure of a “Supercommittee” is bad budget news. (Politics K-12)
- A city teacher who criticized Teach for America says the program needs an extra year. (Gary Rubinstein)
- China’s plan to assure college grads get jobs is to limit what they study. (China Daily via Hechinger)
- During his visit to a school’s Thanksgiving feast, Chancellor Walcott talked nutrition. (SchoolBook)
- A Thanksgiving-time “National Day of Listening” on Friday calls for thanking a teacher. (StoryCorps)
- And we won’t be publishing tomorrow as Thanksgiving prep gets underway. Have a great weekend!