Remainders: D.C. teachers contract funds raises with private cash | GothamSchools

Remainders: D.C. teachers contract funds raises with private cash | GothamSchools

Remainders: D.C. teachers contract funds raises with private cash

by Maura Walz

• The New Teacher Project released its thoughts (pdf) on the lessons of Race to the Top’s first round.
• Here’s USDOE’s own analysis of why Delaware and Tennessee walked away Race to the Top winners.
• David Steiner says he plans to spend the next two months building union support for New York’s RttT app.
• D.C.’s new teachers contract will debut soon; $65 million in funds from Broad, Walton are paying for raises.
• Obama’s new budget trades guaranteed Reading is Fundamental funding with a contest for literacy dollars.
• The next round of Race to the Top will include a new “Race to the Common Test” subsection.
• Mr. Talk argues that if seniority-based layoffs disappear, fewer people will want to become teachers.
• For-profit charter manager Victory Schools charges schools twice as much per pupil as non-profit CMOs.
• Chicago is launching a standardized test to gauge preschoolers’ readiness for kindergarten.
• In a new study, economist Eric Hanushek argues high turnover in tough schools may not be so bad.
• And on this Tuesday before the end of spring break, one teacher has the Sundays.