Remainders: Cami Anderson picked to lead Newark schools

Cami Anderson, a top NYC school official, will be Newark’s new superintendent. (Star-Ledger, WSJ)
Honoring National Teacher Appreciation Day with a local thank-you tweet. (#thankateachernyc)
Ed Sec Arne Duncan’s teacher appreciation letter is receiving critical comments. (Ed.gov, Edweek)
A retired teacher’s new blog fact-checks the city’s education reporters. (Untamed Teacher via Ed Notes)
What to do if you want to go to public high school in September but didn’t apply. (Insideschools)
On New York City’s two DOEs: Dennis Walcott’s and Shael Polakow-Suransky’s. (Ed in the Apple)
Near Ground Zero, Stuyvesant High School students reflect on Osama bin Laden’s death. (City Room)
The post-Osama invention of a Martin Luther King quote is a lesson plan on punctuation. (Atlantic)
Why is a May 12 labor rally unlike all other rallies? Because it involves teaching. (GS Community)
An involved parent shares an open letter about issues with this year’s CEC elections. (NYC PS Parents)
There might still be room at tomorrow’s screening of a new documentary on Pace HS. (GS Calendar)
Michelle Obama’s fitness-focused dance moves were caught on tape at a school today. (Jezebel)
There are just 223 black teachers in Denver’s schools, down in the last decade. (Ed News Colorado)
Atlanta’s Board of Education has announced it will stop communicating with the press. (WABE)
A teacher describes what standardized tests are like for the students who don’t pass them. (GOOD)