Remainders: Mayor says high schools harder to site than shelters

Bloomberg: “everybody wants more high schools, but nobody wants them in their neighborhoods”
Before calling out bad ed schools, we have to figure out what makes some bad, writes EduFlack.
The UFT’s internal opposition party is urging its members to vote against the mayor.
District schools should be able to hire non-certified teachers, like charters do, writes Peter Murphy.
Deborah Meier: what works with rich kids, works with poor kids, with “tweaks.”
America’s “best” high school could become a model for down-sizing grade-point systems.
Report on ELL students ranks NYC among the four most successful cities.
Theodore Sizer, founder of the Essential Schools movement, died yesterday at age 77.
“I think they are so used to it that they just live with it,” Sizer said of Americans and edu inequality.
A Brooklyn teacher says her school’s ATRs can’t teach, but who’s to blame?
…and Accountable Talk writes that we should be ashamed for publishing her thoughts.
Alexander Hoffman finds the vision of standards appealing, but is unconvinced they’ll improve anything.
Jamie O’Leary says it’s unfair to target Obama for hyping teacher quality.
And Duncan isn’t all about nutrition all of the time.