- A report from Garth Harries’ latest meeting with special education parents.
- A teacher on her school’s union chapter: dysfunctional, but very well-intentioned.
- Another teacher on a colleague at her school who “definitely should not be teaching.”
- Tom Vander Ark, formerly of Gates, maps out the “new American education agenda.”
- Cory Booker takes to the HuffPost, and Klonsky surprisingly likes what he reads.
- Diane Ravitch says the Harlem Children’s Zone offers lessons, but not the ones David Brooks saw.
- Christine Quinn is jumping into the search for pre-K options in the Village.
- The Department of Education is admitting some problems getting G&T results to parents.
- A super-useful summary of Obama’s proposed 2010 education budget, from New America.
- Are school districts neglecting to read the USDOE’s advice on stimulus spending?
- The former union activist who manuevered performance pay in Denver will go to Washington.
- Charlie Barone found he had little common ground with academics at a panel on teacher quality.
- Los Angeles teachers won’t be able to strike in protest of layoffs following a judge’s decision.
- Sawchuck marvels at AFT ad campaigns. New in D.C., maybe, but not in New York City.
- The USDOE’s inspector general will audit New York’s stimulus spending.
- Peter Murphy of the state charter school association isn’t happy with Merryl Tisch.