Remainders: Tracing the roots of discontent at Bronx Science

  • Teachers are fleeing the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, citing leadership problems. (Times)
  • Tracing Bronx Science’s leadership problems back to Harold Levy, three chancellors ago. (Wonkster)
  • Hilary Lustick: Republican presidential candidates don’t meet Common Core standards. (GS Community)
  • Wyoming lawmakers are still hinting that they might give up on the Common Core. (Curriculum Matters)
  • A new study suggests that 10 percent of all teachers nationally leave after their first year. (Teacher Beat)
  • Congress is funding a new center to identify and promote ed technology innovations. (Digital Education)
  • Teachers in Tacoma, Wash., are still striking, even though a judge ruled they couldn’t. (District Dossier)
  • A teacher describes the excitement of teaching his third-graders new vocabulary words. (Mr. Foteah)
  • An argument that schools have gotten a lot more boring recently as art and music diminish. (Salon)