Remainders: A high school science teacher named a “genius” | GothamSchools- A high school science teacher is among the MacArthur genius award winners. (Curriculum Matters)
- In LA, Diane Ravitch gets big cheers with her criticism of Duncan, Oprah, Gates. (YouTube)
- On Brian Lehrer, Mulgrew calls the mayor’s announcement on NBC a “publicity stunt.” (WNYC)
- How can Mark Zuckerberg give away $100 million when Facebook isn’t public yet? (NYT)
- Arguing that “Superman”s suggested solutions are “unimaginative and rather derivative.” (Startl)
- One story that got cut from “Superman”: the drafting of the Green Dot-UFT contract. (HuffPost)
- NJ Gov Christie’s ed reforms: make firing teachers easier, reform tenure. (Bloomberg)
- The IBM high school could mean a new grade 14 and 16 get added to the list. (CityRoom)
- Shelly Silver lends his support to expanding Millennium High School downtown. (DNA Info)
- A WSJ columnist calls out Obama for not taking a side in the D.C. mayor’s race. (WSJ via Russo)
- Matt Lauer weirdly described a preschool as providing “tough love,” but did it? (Early Ed)
- And we are launching a jobs board! The first 40 jobs posted will be free. (GothamSchools)