Remainders: A list of who could be the new mayor's chancellor

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | August 26, 2013, 11:37pm UTC
  • Among names being imagined for the city’s next chancellor: John King, Barbara Byrd-Bennett. (DNA Info)
  • Education historian Diane Ravitch has endorsed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio for mayor. (GS in Brief)
  • Liza Featherstone: School libraries allow for reading for pleasure, so we need to preserve them. (AMNY)
  • Chicago schools opened today with police escorts for children walking through new zones. (Buzzfeed)
  • Advice for the many parents anticipating a return to a school-year schedule: Don’t wait! (Motherlode)
  • One of Israel’s teachers unions is going on strike because the other union won more perks. (Haaretz)
  • Merryl Tisch on Bill Thompson’s mayoral temperament and other education policy issues. (City & State)
  • South Korean students don’t love their terrific schools. (Korean Students Speak via NYC P.S. Parents)