- Chris Smith worries that, years into data-driven policies, the city doesn’t see students as people.
- Looks like New York State is going to apply for RttT in round one with a lot of competition.
- Congress approved the ‘10 education spending bill with a spike in funds for the Teacher Incentive Fund.
- Accountable Talk wonders why so many new teachers are being marked “unsatisfactory.”
- A blogger approves of Mulgrew’s tough talk, but wants to see some action.
- Norm Scott is protesting the DOE’s decision to hold an important public meeting in Staten Island.
- Columbus HS teachers and students are planning to protest their school’s likely closure.
- Anything more than an apple for the teacher may not be kosher during the holidays.
- Flypaper has a roundup of writing about Fordham’s new report on tracking in middle school.
- Liz Willen writes about the trials of high school choice once the choosing is done.
- Corey Bunje Bower pokes some holes in a Mathews’ column on closing bad charter schools.
- Miss Brave offers her own edition of Kids Say the Darndest Things.
- And cafeteria service for teachers at one school could end because most teachers won’t touch the food.