Big Education Ape: Remainders: A new lottery for Tribeca kindergarten hopefuls

Friday, February 12, 2010

Obama’s exclusion of TFA from the federal budget could signal TFA’s end as a policy darling.
But federal Head Start programs would get a boost under the proposed budget.
The next tribulation for P.S. 234 hopefuls? A lottery for kids who don’t have siblings at the school now.
Peter Murphy takes a Buffalo state senator to task for waffling on charter schools.
Mimi lays out how teachers spend their last moments in a classroom before mid-winter break.
Do school libraries need actual books, or will computers do? Commentators weigh in at the Times.
Virginia is for lovers of virtual charter schools, predicts Jay Mathews.
The vote for new teacher quality standards in Houston was high noon at the OK Corral, Eduflak writes.
Eighth graders have a few extra days to apply to new high schools.
And Happy Valentime’s Day! (If you’re an ELL in Ms. Rubin’s class, that’s what you call it.)