Remainders: Brooke Astor estate to leave $30M to city education

Brooke Astor’s estate has been settled; “New York City Education” is getting $30 million. (Daily Politics)
P.S. 125 in Harlem is getting help from a nonprofit after cutting its arts program last year. (Spectator)
A look at a social and emotional learning curriculum at Brooklyn’s P.S. 24. (Learning Matters)
At least 18 states allow teacher ratings to be made public, a practice that is divisive. (Ed Week)
Ed Sec Arne Duncan defended key elements of his policy agenda to a skeptical Congress. (Politics K-12)
Denver now has an “early warning” system to tell schools which students are at risk. (Ed News Colorado)
Leonie Haimson transcribes — and annotates — the city’s school budget testimony. (NYC P.S. Parents)
Hilary Lustick describes an effort to teach a student to challenge authority safely. (GS Community)
A math teacher laments the forces that seem to pigeonhole teachers by subject area. (Jose Vilson)
After lamenting the time crunch before for the class play, a teacher lauds the performance. (Mr. Foteah)
The head of human capital for D.C.’s public schools says he wishes he could end choice. (Hechinger)
Dozens of Chicago-area professors warn against student test scores in evaluations. (Answer Sheet)
An educator who is launching a new school continues a series on the Common Core. (Charter Notebook)
Be sure to follow our coverage of three schools’ turnaround hearings tonight on Twitter. (GS Twitter)