Remainders: A “plea for peace” between two edu-pundits | GothamSchools- A spending bill is pulled out of consideration meaning K-12 funding will likely be flat. (EdWeek)
- Rhee says Cathie Black will succeed because she did, but Rhee was basically fired. (Flypaper)
- Parents: How should Black change the arduous high school admissions process? (InsideSchools)
- Just like the State Department, teachers are learning the perils of promised confidentiality. (HuffPo)
- Jay Mathews issues a “plea for peace” to Diane Ravitch and Whitney Tilson. (Washington Post)
- Coming to comment threads: the Center for Education Reform’s “media bullpen” (Linda Perlstein)
- That’s 300 comments per day/per staffer, funded by the Gates Foundation. (Schools Matter)
- States’ interest in changing tenure rules is likely to continue into 2011. (EdWeek)
- Given funding to start a service program, a D.C. school isn’t sure where it went. (Washington Post)