Remainders: The school issues behind invisible Dasani's story

The role of school factors heavily into the The New York Times’ tale of a homeless girl’s life. (GS In brief)
Learning Matters is giving away tickets to a talk with Lee Hirsch, director of “Bully.” Email if you want one!
Sol Stern explains the personal reasons for joining one side of the curriculum wars. (City Journal)
Cold water is thrown on rumors that Kaya Henderson could be the city’s next chancellor. (Answer Sheet)
Larry Littlefield chronicles cushy pension sweeteners that city teachers have received in recent decades.
How educators in schools can think and talk differently to breed better collaboration. (Ms SpEducate)
Stanford researcher Linda Darling-Hammond said she’s not a candidate for chancellor. (GS in Brief)
An evaluation of Connecticut schools shows most charters outperform nearby schools. (NECharters.org)
A beloved teacher busted for pot – wrongly, he says – was quickly removed from his school. (Buzzfeed)
A writer struggling through a co-location story breaks for a fleeting celebration of Madiba’s life. (HuffPo)
For siblings who were beaten by school classmates, one transferred quickly, but the other can’t. (DNA)
City lawmakers are poised to pass a resolution calling for changes to state testing policies. (GS in Brief)