Remainders: A reformer defends the UFT's data report position

  • A reformer says the UFT’s Teacher Data Report position is right and the reports are flawed. (Rick Hess)
  • Hess and Randi Weingarten discussed school reform effects on teachers; here’s the video. (Flypaper)
  • IP records show that a site that mocks Michelle Rhee was set up using an AFT computer. (Politico)
  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office seems to have tried to speculate on teachers’ deaths. (HuffPo)
  • The U.S. DOE relaunched its data site with new bells and whistles. (Inside School Research)
  • A call for communities to screen “The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman.” (Ed Notes)
  • Andy Rotherham interviewed Arne Duncan and the transcript includes some surprises. (Time)
  • In addition to everything else, a city teacher wants to teach his students self-worth this year. (Mr Foteah)
  • What can a teacher do when students don’t know the basics. Often, not a whole lot. (Mike Goldstein)