- Diane Rehm reads my mind and discusses: 1) education reform and 2) the future of newspapers.
- Flypaper says Baltimore’s Andres Alonso, formerly of NYC, deserves more kudos.
- Ed in the Apple says Obama threw bones to both sides yesterday, but is too top-down.
- The Columbia journalism students investigating contracts list the reasons the DOE is not transparent.
- They also think they found some sketchy dealings between the DOE and a tutoring company.
- A DOE staffer says restructuring is leading her to look for new work.
- The UFT shows how that state money targeted at reducing class size didn’t really work.
- Ha ha ha (school satire!): “Madoff Sentenced to Life Term as NYC Schools Chancellor.”
- The percentage of students eligible for free lunch in the city is growing.
- Sawchuck gets extended Randi reaction to Obama. Antonucci shows NEA is definitely against merit pay.
- How widespread is grade-fudging among New York City principals?
- A run-down summarizing new federal guidelines on how to spend school stimulus money.