Remainders: City teacher to spend next year at the Dept of Ed

Edwize profiles Michael Mulgrew, six weeks after we did. A new factoid: Two of his siblings are teachers.
GothamSchools blogger Ruben Brosbe says his teaching years have been the best of his life.
A Bronx mom describes how parents at her school raise extra funds, which don’t pay for extra teachers.
Besides that whole school governance thing, the State Senate doesn’t have much planned for Thursday.
A Staten Island teacher describes a public hearing about new charter schools in that borough.
Center for Immigrant Families members say parent “training” ignores how much parents already know.
Clara Hemphill on planning the Frank McCourt school: It’s a chance to build her almost-dream school.
John Merrow interviewed Diane Ravitch, who asks why Chicago’s schools aren’t better post-Duncan.
The auditor who okayed the city’s graduation numbers has missed problems before, Wayne Barrett finds.
Students who don’t report their SAT scores to colleges tend to have lower scores, a study concludes.
Most of the (20) people who have taken EdWeek’s poll say New York law will change for Race to the Top.
A HS for Law & Public Service teacher, Jason Raymond, will work at the Dept of Ed for the next year.
So if teachers aren’t motivated by merit pay, should their salaries be slashed? Some suggest so.
Leonie Haimson critiques the New York Times’ article about rising math and reading test scores.
Sebastian from “NYC Prep” on why it’s so much fun to grow up in the city.