Remainders: From YouTube, an "American Idol" for teachers

  • YouTube is launching an internet-wide “American Idol” search for the best video lesson. (TechCrunch)
  • One Chicago teacher on the picket lines has signs that impugn Rahm Emanuel’s music taste. (Gawker)
  • A Boston teacher explains why he has opted out of the profession: It’s about autonomy. (HuffPo)
  • Teacher Will Johnson argues that “lean production”  is killing the teaching profession. (Jacobin)
  • Some parents at a Harlem charter school are upset about the school’s data talk. (Columbia Spectator)
  • Mike Petrilli: The issues under debate in Chicago’s strike are “confusing” by design. (Flypaper)
  • A principal who protested N.Y.’s evaluation law describes talking to a low-rated teacher. (Answer Sheet)
  • A teacher suggests a list of contract demands that the UFT should make. (Chaz’s School Daze)
  • A student and an academic are starting an advocacy group for students with disabilities. (SchoolBook)
  • An examination of why teachers unions strike and why school boards let them. (More Thoughtful)