Remainders: Echoing Randi, Klein calls for teacher bar exam

Randi Weingarten said teachers should have a bar exam. Joel Klein said the same thing today. (Atlantic)
“Forget about tenure, forget about seniority,” D.C.’s union chief said alongside Rhee. (Fast Company)
The UFT brought in $125.5 million in 2010-2011 but, like many locals, operated at a deficit. (EIA)
A list of city schools that are especially good for students with disabilities has 53 entries. (Insideschools)
Publishers are responding to the Common Core, but education officials are still skeptical. (EdWeek)
Children in foster care are especially vulnerable in Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath. (Child Welfare Watch)
School custodians, such as those readying I.S. 211, have worked tirelessly since Sandy. (SchoolBook)
Students at a Harlem Children’s Zone charter schools became rapidly less poor recently. (Flypaper)
A new analysis finds that L.A. teachers have an unusually wide range in effectiveness. (Teacher Beat)
Eight states did not have a single district submit a Race to the Top-District application. (Politics K-12)
A longtime education policy wonk previews the Assembly’s likely ed issues this year. (Ed in the Apple)
A TFA critic says he was pleasantly surprised by his visit to KIPP’s NYC high school. (Gary Rubinstein)