Skip to main contentRemainders: On Twitter, a celebration of teachers and their strike
By | September 11, 2012, 12:04am UTC - A trending hashtag on Twitter last week documented things that #NoTeacherSaidEver. (Larry Ferlazzo)
- First Twitter responses to Chicago’s teacher strike ranged from exuberant to sad to incisive. (BuzzFeed)
- Here are a couple of views of how the strike’s first day played out on the ground. (Teacher Beat, Catalyst)
- Mitt Romney used the strike to pan Obama, but it’s Obama’s ally who is being protested. (Politics K-12)
- Among the ways new New Yorkers find affordable housing: a real estate service just for teachers. (Times)
- Chris Whittle’s new Avenues School blends public school, private school, business, and a mall. (NYMag)
- A city teacher argues that what education needs is a set of standards for digital learning. (SchoolBook)
- Michelle Rhee used to occupy an uncomfortable place in the Democratic Party, but no more. (Atlantic)
- A student who wrote about the city’s special ed reforms here is blogging his college search. (The Choice)
- Rick Hess says the Daily News’ takedown of School of One used research in twisted ways. (Straight Up)
- A teacher lists four ways that small schools hurt students, starting with curriculum. (Chaz’s School Daze)
- A father says (satirically) that Valium is too often left off school supplies shopping lists. (Insideschools)
- A teacher in a shared building takes issue with the new school’s promo materials. (Inside Co-Location)