- A roundup of how six likely Democratic mayoral contenders stack up on education policy. (City & State)
- The graduate of a top D.C. school describes his poor preparation for Georgetown University. (WaPo)
- The Brooklyn Zen Center lets area high school students replace detention with meditation. (City Room)
- The Department of Education is looking for “talent acquisition associates” to screen teachers. (OpenHire)
- Mitt Romney told supporters privately that he would shrink the U.S. education department. (MSNBC)
- Dan Brown brainstorms five things teachers should never say and asks for others. (Get in the Fracas)
- The principal of Amistad Dual Language School outlines her path to bilingual leadership. (DNA Info)
- A teacher reminisces after seeing an ex-student who was always in trouble everywhere else. (Mr. Foteah)
- Leonie Haimson rounds up and maps what we know and don’t know about wait lists. (NYC P.S. Parents)
- A teacher argues that teaching for the test is far more insidious than teaching to the test. (SchoolBook)
- A retired city schools researcher is seeking survey responses about testing from city teachers. (Ed Notes)
- A package of news stories about violence in Philadelphia’s schools won a Pulitzer Prize. (Inquirer)
- An oldie but goodie: A teacher recalls Manning Marable, who also won a Pulitzer. (GS Community)
- We’re tweeting tonight from public hearings at two high schools facing turnaround. (GS Twitter)