Big Education Ape: Remainders: Four schools eliminate their kindergarten wait lists

Thursday, March 25, 2010

by Maura Walz

Four District 2 schools have eliminated their kindergarten wait lists, DOE officials said today.
Miss Brave was pulled into “an emergency UFT meeting” today about the possible impending layoffs.
If there’s no fat left to trim from the DOE budget, Miss Eyre wonders, why is the department hiring?
The winners of Race to the Top will be announced “very soon,” said Ed. Sec. Arne Duncan.
Politics K-12 wonders if states in severe funding crises, as several finalists are, can really Race to the Top.
Today’s entire Morning Joe show was on education reform and featured Bloomberg, Klein and Booker.
Amanda M. Fairbanks thought the MSNBC panel was a little heavy on politicians and light on teachers.
The DOE gave us some updated numbers on how many teachers are in the ATR pool right now.
Federal and city officials chose 5 city schools for a study of PCB hazards in school buildings.
Tucked away into the health care bill: more federal funding for abstinence education.
Illinois is trying to reform its costly teacher pension program. The teachers union there is not too happy.
In general, states that spend a lot on education had high NAEP reading scores, but that’s not always true.
And things may get crazy in New York, but at least teachers here have never faked a school shooting.