Remainders: City Parent Academy to start Saturday as planned

  • The city’s Parent Academy is launching on Saturday, now with Sandy-related sessions. (Insideschools)
  • Staten Island’s New Dorp High School and I.S. 2 are now sharing space with high spirits. (SchoolBook)
  • The winners of  a federal innovation contest now have a month to secure matching funds. (Politics K-12)
  • Federal jobs data shows that teachers hold second jobs more than others. (Inside School Research)
  • An urban educator makes the case against the ubiquitous term “achievement gap.” (GOOD/Notebook)
  • The end of a series on upping your progress report score precedes the high school reports. (Datacation)
  • A teacher describes how the impulse to help Sandy victims is taking effect at his own school. (Mr Foteah)
  • A city teacher says gas rationing is going to stop him from getting to school Friday. (NYCDOEnuts Twitter)