Remainders: Philly to try to cash in on online schools' popularity

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | April 18, 2013, 12:42am UTC
  • Philadelphia is launching its own online school after seeing how popular the concept is. (Notebook)
  • “Keep calm and carry on,” a city parent who is stunned by New York’s tests told his daughter. (Economist)
  • The finder of last year’s “pineapple” test question wants to know about this year’s test. (NYC P.S. Parents)
  • Brown University is creating maybe the first MOOC for high schoolers, on engineering. (The Choice)
  • Parents in Boston, where many schools are on break, are trying to explain Monday’s bombing. (HuffPo)
  • The nonprofit that gave us “Widget Effect” argues in “Leap Year” to focus on teachers’ first year. (TNTP)
  • Parents want the Department of Education to open more gifted and talented programs. (Insideschools)
  • At an education technology conference, a teacher says he was basically ignored. (Mr D’s Neighborhood)
  • InBloom, the controversial student data management firm, is planning to grow. (Digital Education)