Remainders: Brizard will get a year's severance from Chicago

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | October 12, 2012, 10:28pm UTC
  • J.C. Brizard will get a year’s salary after resigning as Chicago’s schools chief after 16 months. (Tribune)
  • Joe Biden hammered Paul Ryan on his proposed education cuts in Thursday’s debate. (Politics K-12)
  • Diversity is an asset at Brooklyn Latin, a specialized school with many students of color. (Schoolbook)
  • School Improvement Grants are yielding mixed results in 40 Colorado schools getting them. (ENC)
  • A Philadelphia school just had its library refurbished after the library sat closed for 25 years. (Notebook)
  • A takedown of the Joel Klein-autobiography takedown says it puts personality over policy. (Sara Mead)
  • A teacher describes the swap between an experienced teacher and two newbies. (Chaz’s School Daze)
  • Foreign investors are providing new influxes of capital to build charter schools in the U.S. (Reuters)
  • Susan McKinney JHS students protested a proposed Success Academy co-location. (Fort Greene Patch)