A city principal who favors change warily prepares for more
Graduating seniors celebrated today inside the Cobble Hill School of American Studies
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)