Remainders: Why De Blasio's pre-kindergarten plan won't work

  • A consultant reviews early childhood research that shows few long-term advantages. (WSJ)
  • Another student, this one a girl on her way to school in Sunset Park, is missing. (DNA Info)
  • A coalition pushing for free meals in school took its cause to City Hall. (GS In BriefCapital NY)
  • A teacher’s guide – questions included – to finding rigor in Common Core math tests. (GS Community)
  • Chancellor Dennis Walcott said he’d have done nothing differently as chancellor. (Capital NY)
  • A new celebrity teacher reality TV show is “shameless,” according to a review by the UFT. (EdWize)
  • A school banned bracelets popular with students because they were such a distraction. (NY Post)
  • The government shutdown deal included support for alternatively-trained teachers. (EdWeek)