Remainders: Wishes, advice, plans, and a poem to start the year

“Twas the eve of the school year, and all through the town, no teacher was sleeping …” (Mr. Foteah)
A teacher’s advice about how to address race in the classroom starts with being prepared. (Jose Vilson)
A Bronx teacher advises colleagues to hope for the best but prepare for the worst this year. (JD2718)
A city teacher says she’s glad she doesn’t have a letter from her former self to refer back to. (Miss Brave)
A teacher explains why she is alone in not establishing a list of rules on the first day of school. (Mrs. Ripp)
A teacher’s plan for a new start includes setting class goals and going paperless. (No Sleep ‘Til Summer)
A database of city high schools’ college readiness rankings, complete with caveats. (NYC P.S. Parents)
Children who were in kindergarten at PS 150 on 9/11 reflect on their experience 10 years later. (NY Mag)
On the composition of the Panel for Educational Policy, the city’s “fake school board.” (Brooklyn Rail)
Jay Mathews says “good riddance” to new national standards just as they start to arrive. (Class Struggle)
Reviews of the two competing sets of Common Core “content frameworks.” (Flypaper 1, 2)
Educators say they’re hungry for resources to help them teach to the new standards. (Curriculum Matters)
A Philly principal is shocked by the idea that educators can collaborate in just 2 days. (Practical Theory)