Remainders: City schools received thousands of complaints

  • More than 3,300 complaints were lodged against city schools last year, an 11 percent increase. (WSJ)
  • Joel Klein’s lasting legacy may be the number of current superintendents he trained. (Learning Matters)
  • Cathie Black accompanied Mayor Bloomberg to Albany for the Cuomo’s address. (Daily Politics)
  • Black’s $47,600 Bulgari bracelet is on view at the Museum of the City of New York. (Abacus Mom)
  • Early-2oth-century ed theories dictated the construction of the John Jay HS building. (Brownstoner)
  • A researcher outlines pros and cons (mostly cons) of seniority-based layoffs. (Rick Hess Straight Up)
  • A former teacher is starting a website to connect parents to teacher-tutors. (Beyond Teaching)
  • Malia and Sasha Obama returned to school from vacation a few days late. (Russo)