Remainders: A parent-activist says good riddance to John White | GothamSchools

Remainders: A parent-activist says good riddance to John White | GothamSchools

Remainders: A parent-activist says good riddance to John White

by Philissa Cramer

• Leonie Haimson: John White has consistently ignored parents’ concerns. (NYC Public School Parents)
• Gov. Cuomo: Mayor Bloomberg is peddling “propaganda” by threatening teacher layoffs. (Daily Politics)
• It’s not clear how the impending government shutdown will affect the education dep’t. (Politics K-12)
• Mike Petrilli suggestions that suddenly idle government workers volunteer-mob D.C. schools. (Flypaper)
• An assessment of charter school management organizations finds they range in quality. (ProPublica)
• The report about EMOs overstates how many charter schools are run by for-profit groups. (Eduwonk)
• Seth Andrew explains why his charter school network is taking over Harlem Day Charter. (HuffPo)
• A fight over Finland is at the heart of tensions threatening a national standards coalition. (Rick Hess)
• Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is starting to signal where he stands on schools. (Russo)
• Once again, the city has extended the deadline for parents to run for district councils. (Insideschools)