- The WSJ’s editorial board says mayoral control saves “kids from the tyranny of union-dominated failure.”
- Pedro Noguera suggests Obama think broadly and move the teacher-quality debate forward.
- Andy says the Times Klein profile was too much about personality. Helen says it’s “open season” on Klein.
- Chaz offers a report from the rubber rooms, and criticizes the union for not supporting teachers there.
- A teacher says she knows what her students need, and data won’t help her figure that out.
- The nation’s report card could soon include a detailed report on the five largest states, including New York.
- The American south is remarkably less well-educated than the northern parts of the country.
- Around the country, states are getting into the business of setting cell phone rules.
- Educators, weigh in on a professor’s argument that “learning styles” (tactile, visual, etc.) don’t exist.
- Chad Aldeman catches an interesting point in a conversation about how to improve tests.
- Richard Simmons, newly minted ed activist: “Kids aren’t well-rounded, they’re just…rounded.”
- Eliot Spitzer uses his Slate column to push an innovative way to pay for college.