- Other than cutting funds, where has Paterson been on education issues? Carroll asks.
- Merryl Tisch said she’s concerned that charter operators often don’t want to do turnarounds.
- The White House says the stimulus has saved 250,000 education jobs, a quarter of them in Cali.
- Emily Glickman says the Times’ Speyer piece forgot the other side of the G&T debate.
- A critique of the Kristof piece says he’s blaming parents while ignoring poverty.
- NYC Educator thinks the school aides should stay on so they can lock and unlock schoolyard gates.
- Small class size is key to the Icahn charter schools’ success, writes Leonie Haimson.
- A teacher emails the mayor to ask: if social promotion is over, why can’t her students add?
- In New Jersey, Christie vouchers, Corzine calls for pre-k, they agree on more charters.
- And SpecEd students may sue Hawaii if it goes through with “furlough Fridays.”