- Miss Brave is losing her “wackness” as the start of school approaches, and she isn’t happy about it.
- D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee has gotten the Oprah Winfrey endorsement.
- Speaking of Rhee, John Merrow is featuring her for the 10th time tonight, and the topic is testing.
- A school is a boring place to work if the teachers don’t talk a little dirty, Pissed Off Teacher says.
- The Department of Education is looking for someone to supervise testing in Manhattan.
- The middle of high school isn’t a good time to move to NYC, according to Judy Baum.
- Mildly Melancholy, a teacher who was fired last year, had her first day at a new charter school.
- Ice cream sounds really good right now. Here are Robert Sietsema’s frozen food picks.
- Given all the criticism about the state tests, Crissy Strining wonders if promotion policies are irrelevant.
- Bad news for the new journalism: The Washington Post killed its hyper-local news site today.
- British students get their test scores today — and their college admissions hinge on the results.
- Emily Glickman worries that prep for private school admissions tests has gotten too much attention.
- Is Diane Ravitch’s opposition to Obama’s education policies all about states’ rights?
- The Core Knowledge Blog is back, comparing teaching to tapping out tunes without the melodies.