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By | October 7, 2013, 10:45pm UTC - The N.C. district that was a showcase for Joel Klein’s Amplify has suspended the program. (TechCrunch)
- Teachers-to-be from Hickory, N.C., are getting training virtually from Brooklyn’s P.S. 10. (Brooklyn, N.C.)
- An ex-Baltimore deputy mayor says Andres Alonso took only the good from working for Klein. (Flypaper)
- But a Klein fan says Alonso didn’t raise test scores enough to run New York’s schools. (Dropout Nation)
- Ireland’s education minister had positive impressions after visiting three city schools. (Belfast Telegraph)
- A parent says getting tea and cotton balls from his child’s teacher at P.S. 9 soothed his fears. (City Room)
- A Syracuse, N.Y., program aims to get more students to college, but results so far are mixed. (Atlantic)
- A Bronx high school’s art teacher says students win since art class has become popular. (SchoolBook)
- A city teacher details her first graders’ benchmark assessment about sea turtles. (Critical Classrooms)
- Joe Lhota says his family plans to march in Tuesday’s rally to support charter schools. (GS in Brief)
- An upstate mom’s post against her child’s test scores has gotten 1,322 appreciative replies. (Facebook)
- A documentary highlights restorative justice programs in New York City schools. (American Prospect)