- An email telling Brooklyn Tech students they had the day off turned out to be a hoax.
- David Byrne suggests sending more state money to arts in schools instead of operas and symphonies.
- Richard Whitmire says a Bed-Stuy boys charter school is the “most impressive” school of its kind.
- Early Ed Watch warns districts against cutting back on full-day kindergarten to save money.
- Some teachers say they’re getting calls from a research firm asking what they’d give up for raises.
- A UFT blogger has a set of new years resolutions for Joel Klein, in case he ever asks.
- Joel Klein tells NY1’s Lindsey Christ that he’s sticking around for another four years.
- A teacher who’s been in the rubber room for two years tells his story to the Financial Times.
- Aaron Schutz wonders if TFA actually makes its members feel disempowered.
- One teacher’s goal (among many) for 2010: to find a new job, and not in teaching.
- Alexander Hoffman writes that solid arguments don’t always need research backing them up.
- Peter Murphy calls the UFT’s charter schools proposals a selfish wish list.
- Tom Vander Ark ranks his top 10 people who will impact education in 2010.
- A teacher says it’s almost refreshing when politicians say they want more charters to win RttT.
- Jay Mathews has more on D.C.’s teacher evaluations and reactions to his column.
- Pointing to a high school classmate’s success, a teacher says education needs to change.
- And coming soon to a school library near you: the Baby-Sitters Club, now with text messaging.