Skip to main contentRemainders: A strident defense of a 139-year-old high school
By | March 27, 2012, 12:54am UTC - Teacher Mike Albertson traces the recent history of Flushing HS, which could close. (Music and Beyond)
- A former city principal, now a top D.C. schools official, was fined for a conflict of interest. (GS Scribd)
- The Manhattan principal who created a teacher dress code now has one for students, too. (DNA Info)
- Across the country, dual-language instruction — classrooms in two tongues — is on the rise. (Ed Week)
- A teacher describes running a mock United Nations with new immigrants. (No Sleep ‘Til Summer)
- D.C.’s teacher rating system suggests that teachers improve at first, then plateau. (D.C. Schools Insider)
- The principal of Brooklyn’s P.S. 186 says teachers created their own Common Core tasks. (SchoolBook)
- More evidence that D.C. teachers suffer when their students’ previous teachers cheat. (Class Struggle)
- New York got low marks on Race to the Top transparency but high marks on data use. (Politics K-12)
- In a collaboration with Youth Communication, Anthony describes being the new kid. (GS Community)
- A teacher says what she would do if state tests weren’t school days away. (On the Shoulders of Giants)
- City Councilman Brad Lander issued a report showing more students in crowded classes. (SchoolBook)
- A former city teacher is suing, saying she was fired because of 15-year-old pictures. (Courthouse News)
- Another look at the soon-to-open city high school that focuses on software development. (Mashable)