Remainders: City payroll scandal might be biggest theft ever

Public Advocate Bill deBlasio brought his wife, a public school mom, to oppose cuts today. (City Room)
An interview with KIPP’s CEO about graduates’ 33 percent 6-year college graduation rate. (Rick Hess)
A 10-year blogger of education technology issues, Will Richardson, is ending his run. (Weblogg-ed)
The UFT’s blog was named best blog by the New York Labor Communications Council. (Edwize)
A 1943 article about U.S. students’ lack of history knowledge could have been written today. (NPR)
The principal of a D.C. school where cheating is alleged resigned on Friday. (D.C. Schools Insider)
On early childhood, the Obama Administration hasn’t gotten much from Race to the Top. (Sara Mead)
When you actually know American education, The Economist’s coverage can seem shallow. (Flypaper)
Kindergarten is a time of simultaneous separation and clinginess, a father observes. (Insideschools)
With a new indictment, the CityTime scandal is looking like the biggest theft ever. (Running Scared)
Bigger budget woes have derailed President Obama’s bid to reauthorize NCLB. (American Prospect)
Kentucky became the first state today to ask the feds for flexibility in accountability. (Politics K-12)
Preparing for Aug. 29, MATCH Charter School surveys its new students and staff. (Starting an Ed School)
Our condolences to Mayor Bloomberg on the death of his mother, Charlotte, at age 102. (Times)