Remainders: Jeffries defends his relationship with DFER

By 
Elizabeth Green
 | July 25, 2011, 10:34pm UTC
  • After a report that DFER supports Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffries gets slightly defensive. (PolitickerNY)
  • Previously, Jeffries has indeed criticized the Bloomberg administration on education. (GS, GS)
  • The ideologies of teacher groups make it hard to know what teachers really want. (Jeff Henig)
  • A new documentary shows how teaching became an esteemed profession in Finland. (Salon)
  • Turnover is high among charter school teachers in Los Angeles, a study finds. (LA Times)
  • Chicago Public Schools and Groupon partner to help donate school supplies. (Catalyst)
  • Putting the teacher layoff wave in perspective: “it could have been far worse.” (Quick and the Ed)
  • A new radio series reminds that roughly one million students drop out of school every year. (NPR)
  • Another legal challenge urges co-located charter schools to pay rent. (CityRoom, GS)