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By | January 15, 2011, 2:21am UTC - A DOE spokeswoman says Cathie Black regrets her “off-handed joke” about birth control. (WSJ)
- A teacher predicts that any more foot-in-mouth moments may cost Black her job. (Accountable Talk)
- Mayor Bloomberg also apologized that Black postponed a school visit on the non-snow day. (DN)
- Peter Murphy disputes Juan Gonzalez’ take on the charter school funding freeze lift. (Chalkboard)
- Tennessee tea partiers are demanding that schools limit teaching about “minority experience.” (TPM)
- Arne Duncan will visit Minnesota next week, home of the new House ed committee chair. (EdWeek)
- Liam Julian: reform types can seem as rhetorically hollow as teachers unions. (Flypaper)
- Mike Petrilli: it’s only a matter of time before video cameras are used to monitor teachers. (Edu Gadfly)
- Andy Rotherham: cameras are best used not for accountability, but to improve teachers. (Eduwonk)
- The NY Public Library wants kids to adapt Newbery Award-winning books into 90-second videos. (io9)
- And here’s “A Wrinkle in Time” in a minute and a half. (Vimeo)