Remainders: Harder-to-game test added to city's G&T screening

  • A new test added to the city’s gifted screening battery is supposed to be harder to game. (Insideschools)
  • Occupiers who are protesting the political conventions said they hitched a ride on a UFT bus. (BuzzFeed)
  • A teacher explains how he introduces himself on the first day of school to set the right tone. (Yo Mista)
  • After a decade at a city school, a teacher-turned-student is surprised by what’s early. (Music and Beyond)
  • An argument for looking more closely at students when doing teacher evaluations. (Sara Mead)
  • Tracing the evolution of the Democratic Party’s education platform from 1972 to now. (Answer Sheet)
  • Paul Ryan said he’s okay with school prayer as long as individual states sign off on it. (HuffPo)
  • Michelle Rhee wasn’t always down with Obama’s education policies, but she is now. (Politics K-12)
  • The important anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit” first appeared in a teachers union pamphlet. (Edwize)
  • Some Horace Mann alumni are returning their diplomas to protest sex abuse. (HM Action Coalition)
  • A criticism of “How Children Succeed”: Grit without content is of little value at all. (Core Knowledge)