Remainders: Cuomo says "basic agreement" on ending LIFO

Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg racheted down the heated layoff debate. (State of Politics)
P.S. 22 hasn’t had a single chorus student ever need to take summer school. (NY Mag)
Principals who saved money for next year are fighting the city’s plan to take half away. (WNYC)
Sec. Duncan says tests are not the best way to measure art and gym teachers. (Dana Goldstein)
He also gave his most definitive, and negative, take on seniority rights yet. (WSJ)
Ruben Brosbe: wanting LIFO gone doesn’t mean supporting the ouster of senior teachers. (GS)
Miss Eyre hopes the backlash to the anti-teacherism is coming soon. (NYC Educator)
On class size: districts should go smaller for some students, larger for others. (Time Magazine)
Valerie Strauss: Diane Ravitch takes a lot of heat for someone without policy power. (Washington Post)
Is it better to focus on local issues, or should Eduflack run for the State Senate? (Eduflack)
Proving “comparability” under ESEA should mean more than transferring teachers. (Ed Money Watch)
Providence’s mayor explains his decision to fire all of his city’s teachers. (NPR)
Michelle Obama read “Green Eggs and Ham” yesterday for Read Across America Day. (Jezebel)