Remainders: Jeffries defends his relationship with DFER | GothamSchoolsby Elizabeth Green- After a report that DFER supports Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffries gets slightly defensive. (PolitickerNY)
- Previously, Jeffries has indeed criticized the Bloomberg administration on education. (GS, GS)
- The ideologies of teacher groups make it hard to know what teachers really want. (Jeff Henig)
- A new documentary shows how teaching became an esteemed profession in Finland. (Salon)
- Turnover is high among charter school teachers in Los Angeles, a study finds. (LA Times)
- Chicago Public Schools and Groupon partner to help donate school supplies. (Catalyst)
- Putting the teacher layoff wave in perspective: “it could have been far worse.” (Quick and the Ed)
- A new radio series reminds that roughly one million students drop out of school every year. (NPR)
- Another legal challenge urges co-located charter schools to pay rent. (CityRoom, GS)
