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Thursday, March 11, 2010

by Anna Phillips

Ed Week has a cool map of the Race to the Top finalists and info about their applications.
Rick Hess says Arne Duncan and Diane Ravitch are missing the point of accountability, charter schools.
City Council is holding a hearing this Friday on how MetroCard cuts will affect education.
Tomorrow is the application deadline to run for seats on two citywide councils on ELL and Special Ed.
The EVP of Wireless Generation has some tips for Race to the Top finalists on their data systems.
Sherman Dorn writes that Kristof’s latest column makes it important to remember that TFA is not scalable.
Diane Ravitch’s new book should make reformers think twice, writes Sara Mosle in Slate.
The UFT election is coming up and Norm says district reps are intimidating the opposition groups.
Texas is accusing Fox News of inaccurately reporting on its revisions to state social studies standards.
A teacher gets “awesome” results on her data report and wonders what effect these reports have on peers.
Parents in the Mission District, CA aren’t any happier about school turnaround plans than ones in NY.
More than 100 middle schoolers took part in the Daily News New York spelling bee that began today.
Two parents are planning a bake-in at City Hall to protest new bake sale policies.
When he brought data-driven methods into his classroom, he lost his spark, a new teacher writes.
And Room for Debate takes up the question: how does the size of a school affect its students?