Remainders: Black’s nuanced take on releasing teacher ratings | GothamSchools- Francis Lewis High School students have extended an open invitation to Cathie Black. (NY1)
- Black can see both sides of the debate over releasing teacher ratings, she told the Daily News.
- Unusually for high school, one Bronx teacher has “looped” with many of his students. (JD2718)
- The city’s policy on bringing the holiday season to school: Discuss, but don’t endorse. (Insideschools)
- David Bloomfield: The way Cathie Black was chosen has fatally damaged her leadership. (EdVox)
- Parents say they don’t understand why the city wants to close MS 571 in Prospect Heights. (The Local)
- Two years after delivering a scathing review, an expert praises a Boston charter school. (Mike Goldstein)
- A top DOE charter school official is leaving to head the Hebrew Charter School Center. (JTA)
- Advice for teachers who want to write lessons about national education news stories. (Learning Network)
- An assistant principal at Grover Cleveland HS in Queens is bringing geocaching to his students. (Times)
- Geoffrey Canada says libraries play an important role in improving schools. (School Library Journal)
- A $3 billion Ca. initiative to lower class size and add counselors is working, a study says. (EdWeek)
- Students should rate their teachers, but not on anonymous sites, says one teacher. (Pissed Off Teacher)
- A teacher reports being told her school is going charter, then not. (Peace in the Classroom)
- Students at Brooklyn’s John Jay campus aren’t happy about a new school moving in. (OTBKB)