Remainders: Black “doesn’t work for the city yet,” mayor says | GothamSchools

Remainders: Black “doesn’t work for the city yet,” mayor says | GothamSchools

Remainders: Black “doesn’t work for the city yet,” mayor says

by Anna Phillips

• Bloomberg says Cathie Black isn’t a public servant yet, so her school visits aren’t public. (DN)
• The Awl slams the Department of Ed’s press strategy for Black’s debut. (The Awl)
• A student skips schools, but dazzles subway riders with his math skills. (GS Community)
• A teacher finds that a classroom problem he’d solved has reappeared this year. (GS Community)
• Rubert Murdoch’s new media project may employ Klein’s education knowledge. (CNBC)
• Surveying the work of Generation Klein 9th graders, a teacher doesn’t see progress. (NYC Educator)
• Students and staff at Sheepshead Bay HS are protesting the school’s possible closure. (Ed Notes)
• New York has fewer students than Texas, but similar numbers of special ed students. (Flypaper)
• Education credentials aside, is Black even prepared to manage the DOE? (More Thoughtful)
• NJ Gov. Christie is ordering another district to lower its superintendent’s salary. (WSJ)
• Massachusetts, Ohio, and other states are seeing districts opt out of RttT. (EdWeek)
• House voted up a bill that would increase free meals in schools, improve nutrition. (WaPo)