Remainders: Obama and Romney exchange ideas on education

In a pre-taped NBC interview, Obama said he still supported merit pay and charter schools. (EdMedia)
Then Romney explained to Education Nation why he thought class size wasn’t as important. (HuffPo)
A highly-anticipated PBS documentary on the high school dropout crisis premiers tonight. (PBS)
Parents say a new policy to merge special ed contracts has made it hard to get services. (DNAInfo)
An advocacy group criticized Maggie Gyllenhaal for taking a role in ‘Won’t Back Down.’ (Capital NY)
A teacher explains how the perfect conditions persuaded him to start another school. (GothamSchools)
The Chicago Teachers Union released the full text of its tentative contract. (CTU, via Catalyst’s Twitter)
A roundup of old school buildings that developers have turned into fancy residences. (DesignSponge)
The latest education model out of Sweden looks more like a Google office than a school. (Edudemic)
An eighth grader, not a political op, was behind the vandalism at Michael Grimm’s office. (Politicker)
Housekeeping note: GothamSchools will be publishing again on Thursday.