Big Education Ape: Remainders: New D.C. teachers contract making charters nervous

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

by Maura Walz

All but eight upstate school budget proposals up for voter approval this week passed.
Their approval came despite Gov. Paterson’s predictions of voter anger over state spending.
NYSUT said the pass rate shows New Yorkers support school spending even in the dire economic climate.
Is student feedback a good measure of teacher effectiveness? Teacher Beat wonders.
Richard Kessler memorializes a great arts teacher, the former arts department chair at Beach Channel HS.
The big raises in the new D.C. teachers contract make some charters nervous they can’t afford to compete.
Mulgrew’s retirement incentive plan depends on the city replacing veteran teachers with brand new ones.
Norm reads emergency union meetings as signs the UFT wants to tamp down teacher unrest.
Education technology specialists discussed what they can learn from venture capitalists yesterday.
Ed Reform Now is continuing its steady stream of new pro-charter, anti-union television ads.
The final vote on proposed Texas social studies standards is scheduled for Friday.
And a second-grader took the spotlight in the debate over immigration reform today.