Remainders: When everything in a school works but the toilets

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | October 30, 2013, 12:17am UTC
  • Everything’s going well at Brooklyn’s top-performing schools — everything but the bathrooms. (DNAInfo)
  • Campbell Brown’s Parent Transparency Project has its roots in Republican consultants. (Mother Jones)
  • Bulletin boards in Memphis display how arts teachers there demonstrate student growth. (Chalkbeat TN)
  • Here’s a rundown of why Memphis is such an interesting education scene right now. (Hechinger/Atlantic)
  • Author Maya Angelou is taking a hard line against President Obama’s Race to the Top. (Answer Sheet)
  • A city teacher calculates that he has spent a quarter of class time this year on testing. (Accountable Talk)
  • Political ads about education policy initiatives take a cartoonish, and spooky, turn in Colorado. (HuffPo)
  • One little-discussed Sandy side effect: Students in affected areas have harder social lives. (SchoolBook)