Remainders: NAEP reading scores an “epitaph” for NCLB | GothamSchools

Remainders: NAEP reading scores an “epitaph” for NCLB | GothamSchools

Remainders: NAEP reading scores an “epitaph” for NCLB

by Anna Phillips

• The nation’s reading scores plateaued, but low achieving students did make gains.
• Jay Mathews writes that the flat scores can be read as an “epitaph” for No Child Left Behind.
• The Assembly’s budget plan would restore $193 million to NYC schools.
• UFT president Michael Mulgrew is attending a re-election fundraiser for Charlie Rangel.
• A retired teacher says he’s voting for Mulgrew because he’s a mature leader, unlike the opposition.
• Rick Hess says Arne Duncan’s list of political favors will hurt his credibility and RttT.
• A Florida bill that would pay teachers primarily based on test scores is dangerous, writes Valerie Strauss.
• Center for American Progress calls for teacher effectiveness reforms to have a larger role.
• The UFT chapter leader of Tilden HS asks two tough questions he wants Mulgrew to answer.
• UFT elections are coming soon and in the last few days before break, the campaigning is heating up.
• Staten Island could lose 150 teachers, or 5 percent of its total, if the budget cuts go through.
• Across the city, class sizes could grow by five students as a result of the cuts, Klein warned today.
• Assembly member Deborah Glick argues for smaller class sizes and keeping the charter cap in place.
• Florida aced the NAEP reading test that was released today, writes Jay Greene.
• For a few hundred dollars, principals can find out how their high school grads are doing in college.
• And calling all education reporters — Hechinger is looking for someone to blog about community colleges.