- Joel Klein went on Morning Joe and had a much easier time than the teachers union president had.
- City Limits looks at whether Harlem Children’s Zone works and how it can be copied.
- Perhaps HCZ should be more open to outside analysis before it’s copied, writes Linda Perlstein.
- A teacher blogger thinks bad PR caused Klein to call for a snow day, not a change of heart.
- City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez says there’s no space for Girls Prep to expand in PS 188.
- Special education advocates are upset to see that funding is flat in the new proposed budget.
- Leonie Haimson writes that one day closing schools will be seen as ill-informed urban renewal.
- The UFT should fight the rubber room stories with incompetent admin stories, a teacher writes.
- Candidates running for UFT positions have to pay for lists of chapter leaders to get the word out.
- Without Monserratte, the Senate Dems can’t pass much, putting action on a charter cap on hold.
- Rep. Vernon Ehlers, a big supporter of math and science education, announced he will retire.
- Michael Jonas has a piece looking at two sides of the school turnaround debate.
- And Houston schools may end salary bumps for teachers with advanced degrees.