Remainders: Teachers report 10-hour workdays in new survey

  • A new report by Scholastic and the Gates Foundation details how hard teachers work. (Hechinger)
  • The author of “Hip-Hop Education” contrasts a jail school and an arts school. (Providence Phoenix)
  • Pittsburgh’s teacher residency collapsed after the union withdrew its support. (Education Sector)
  • An Upper West Side magnet school emphasizes tech-driven project-based learning. (DNA Info)
  • Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch visited a Staten Island charter school Thursday. (S.I. Advance)
  • An elected parent council in Queens passed a resolution against high-stakes testing. (NYC P.S. Parents)
  • A teacher at a selective school says the TDRs might finally start dialogue on pressure. (GS Community)
  • Randi Weingarten reflects on what the United States can learn from school reform abroad. (The Nation)
  • The latest installment in a series by a mother who wound up producing the school play. (SchoolBook)
  • Those who student-taught in top city schools stayed in teaching longer. (Inside School Research)
  • A school librarian in Connecticut reenacted “The Hunger Games” in a YouTube video. (Russo)