Remainders: City exempts 27 high schools from special ed push

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | May 2, 2012, 10:28pm UTC
  • The city is exempting 27 high schools from a push to enroll more special ed students. (Insideschools)
  • State officials have tossed another test question, this time on the fifth-grade math test. (SchoolBook)
  • The journalists who flagged suspicious test scores say a federal program is flawed. (Education Reporter)
  • A report from the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit of education reform folks. (Marketplace K-12)
  • NYC-based ed tech entrepreneurs convened this week to talk about the future. (Digital: Hechinger)
  • An exploration of the conceptual border separating teachers and their unions. (Shanker Blog)
  • Dan Willingham: Reading comprehension strategies takes joy and turns it into work. (Willingham)
  • A new study finds pre-K has an outsized benefit for non-English-speakers. (Learning the Language)
  • A reform group has picked a charter teacher and Hunter High student as blogging fellows. (NYCAN)