- In all, 35 states applied for Race to the Top’s second round today, with 10 to 15 states projected to win.
- New Jersey turned in a Race to the Top application that ignored a deal with the teachers union.
- Water fountains apparently contaminated with antifreeze sickened students at PS 20 in Queens today.
- Arthur Goldstein urges GothamSchools as an antidote to an excess of misleading education news.
- Rick Hess is skeptical that a trifecta of school reform films will make a difference in education policy.
- Pissed Off Teacher figured out how to help a struggling student — with just nine days left with her.
- Pre-K admissions letters are out, and early registration for the scarce spots starts this week.
- Confused about whether layoffs loom, Miss Eyre wonders if she’s in for a summer of “funemployment.”
- Brooklyn’s PS 29 is mourning after a beloved cafeteria employee died suddenly last week.
- Gotham Gazette offers another explainer about the state’s giant new education law.
- Down in Alabama, a Republican group was partially bankrolled by the state’s teachers union.
- This week’s national spelling bee could see the first home-schooled champion in a decade.
- A new study says high school students will take AP classes even if they don’t get extra credit.
- Applications to Teach for America are up disproportionately from students at Christian colleges.