Remainders: Outspoken school leader wins Principal of the Year

  • Carol Burris, the Long Island principal fighting the state, is her colleagues’ principal of the year. (Patch)
  • Nominate top educators for Manhattan Media’s annual prizes, starting now. (Blackboard Awards)
  • Chancellor Walcott is urging principals again to “turn down the pressure” about testing. (Insideschools)
  • Tomorrow, Walcott will attend P.S. 169Q’s pre-test “Common Core-themed song and dance.” (GS Twitter)
  • On opting out of testing, a choice Saratoga Springs’ school board promotes. (Finding Common Ground)
  • Manhattan father Matthew Levey wants to open an international charter school in Brooklyn. (DNAInfo)
  • DFER’s teacher arm released a report finding broad support for the Common Core standards. (TFER)
  • A proposal: Selective colleges can diversify by committing to admit valedictorians of all schools. (Atlantic)
  • A principal says integrated classrooms benefit students with and without disabilities. (SchoolBook)
  • A teacher argues that high expectations aren’t always real expectations, unfortunately. (Teachbad)