- Without money for salary hikes, the city isn’t likely to get many of the contract demands it wants.
- Is saying good schools are about good teachers like saying good restaurants are about good waiters?
- Charters get less per pupil funding, but the city and the budget office disagree on how much less.
- Leonie Haimson talked about the downsides to charter co-locations on Good Day NY.
- A new teacher looks at two master teachers with completely different styles and wonders which is best.
- Outsourcing arts education will “balkanize” the arts education field, writes Richard Kessler.
- A UFT caucus, New Action, is planning to cross-endorse Michael Mulgrew in the upcoming election.
- The Panel for Educational Policy will vote on co-location plans affecting 16 schools tonight.
- The city’s contract demands may be, well, demanding, but public opinion is behind them, a blogger writes.
- Some principals consider parents’ teacher requests and maybe that’s not a bad thing, writes Jay Mathews.
- Want to hear the congressional testimony about charter schools given today? The link is here.
- Tom Vander Ark has a summary of the testimony, says Eva Moskowitz is a “charter rock star.’
- House edu committee showed love for charters, but had concerns about access for special ed students.
- And former Education Secretary Rod Paige has a new book out about the achievement gap.
