Skip to main contentRemainders: A cost-benefit analysis for exerting school choice
By | February 1, 2012, 1:52am UTC - To escape low-performing schools, parents across the city expend herculean efforts. (Insideschools)
- A school closure plan has turned Assemblyman Keith Wright against mayoral control. (Politicker NY)
- A member of the Absent Teacher Reserve landed a regular job at “a school as it should be.” (NYC ATR)
- A city teacher skewers the idea that education before “reform” was better for all. (Jose Vilson)
- Peeking into a writers’ workshop when all of the myriad pieces are working together. (Mr. Foteah)
- Chinatown schools report an annual influx of new students after the winter vacation. (SchoolBook)
- Science teachers (including GothamSchools alum Kelly Vaughan) turn to storytelling. (Dot Earth)
- Tougher accountability for charter school performance is emerging nationally. (Time/Hechinger)
- A technologist explores the coming frontier when teachers can be replaced by algorithms. (TechCrunch)
- From Chicago, a searchable map of schools and their arts programs. (Ingenuity Inc)
- Diane Ravitch wonders if President Obama knows the effect of Race to the Top. (Bridging Differences)
- Mike Petrilli: The study that proved the value of a teacher also proved the value of test scores. (Flypaper)