Skip to main contentRemainders: Pedro Noguera quits SUNY charter board in protest
By | February 2, 2012, 1:56am UTC - Citing philosophical differences, Pedro Noguera has resigned from SUNY’s charter board. (Metropolis)
- As a reminder, Noguera had taken heat for his position as a charter authorizer. (GothamSchools)
- The GE Foundation is putting $18 million into supporting the Common Core. (Curriculum Matters)
- Andy Rotherham: The GE donation is notable because the Common Core is divisive. (School of Thought)
- SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher: The state needs to start college prep in early childhood. (SUNY Blog)
- An Alabama politician says increasing teacher pay would violate biblical principals. (Think Progress)
- Chicago is releasing 15 years of notes from closed-to-the-public school board meetings. (WBEZ)
- Also in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in hot water after appearing in a pro-charter film. (Russo)
- A draft bill to overhaul No Child Left Behind could cost New York State school funding. (Politics K-12)
- Philadelphia rejected disgraced superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s request for unemployment. (Inquirer)
- A D.C. principal who ran into trouble was fired from her old job in Texas; here’s why. (Answer Sheet)
- Less than 40 percent of city students eligible for free breakfast take advantage of that. (SchoolBook)