- Bill Perkins says he’s tested the mayoral control cake, and the toothpick is still wet, or something.
- Beth Fertig hopes today’s deal results in fewer Bloomberg campaign mailings.
- Alaska’s the only state not in the red this year. It’s also the only state that’s expanding pre-K.
- Clara Hemphill on the Upper West Side pushes for a school to honor Frank McCourt.
- NYC Educator says he’s glad the hiring system worked for Ruben Brosbe, but it won’t for him.
- An NPR segment about turning around a Bronx school without firing a single teacher.
- Obama didn’t need to be sold on the data-wall requirement.
- Do the national standards folks need some grammar standards of their own?
- Mike Petrilli on Race to the Top, “the carrot that felt like a stick.”
- Rotherham says Duncan has made his job harder by not being firmer on the Race regulations.
- And Azi Paybarah dissects the anatomy of a Bloomberg-bashing press event.