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Saturday, June 26, 2010

A city principal who favors change warily prepares for more | GothamSchools

A city principal who favors change warily prepares for more | GothamSchools

A city principal who favors change warily prepares for more

Graduating seniors celebrated today inside the Cobble Hill School of American Studies' new auditorium.
Graduating seniors celebrated today inside the Cobble Hill School of American Studies
Today was a roller coaster for Kenneth Cuthbert, principal of the Cobble Hill School of American Studies in Brooklyn.
At 1 p.m., he stood inside a new basement auditorium he excavated from a former garbage dump and watched more than 100 of his students graduate to shattering cheers. A few hours later, he learned that he might lose his

Remainders: A state budget on its way Monday, maybe

  • Governor David Paterson says we’ll have a budget Monday no matter what. (State of Politics)
  • But he may be headed for a big showdown with Speaker Sheldon Silver first. (Daily Politics)
  • Next year’s school battles are likely to be even dramatic than this year’s. (City Room)
  • An experiment: Does competition boost performance or encourage cheating? (Core Knowledge)
  • “Extremism in school reform is not a virtue,” says an ed professor. (Answer Sheet)
  • Curious internet outages have disrupted schools during the last few days of the year. (City Room)
  • Going deep into how accountability worked — or didn’t — at Kennedy HS. (NYC Parent Blog)
  • Kennedy’s former chapter leader describes how four city investigations floundered. (JD2718)
  • Remember NCLB? A look at how we entered a new era of ed reform. (Kevin Carey)
  • And here’s some great audio of Brooklyn first-graders reading their original poetry. (The Local)