Remainders: Duncan and union leaders call for summit

  • Duncan, Van Roekel and Weingarten called for a summit on labor-management relations. (WashPost)
  • The speeches of Albert Shanker have disappeared from the AFT’s website. (Huffington Post)
  • The New York City DOE’s food services are so big they “dictate the rules of the game.” (Insideschools)
  • Valerie Strauss has a round-up of the most “quintessential” Michelle Rhee quotations. (Answer Sheet)
  • Justin Cohen thinks schools might need a “Middle Management for America.” (Mass Insight)
  • A teacher gives some advice for taming a trouble-making class. (EdWize)
  • Yesterday’s mystery UFO sightings were more likely balloons released by a Westchester school. (DN)
  • A Pa. school district might ban staff and students from talking to reporters without permission. (SPLC)
  • And a California Congressional candidate wants to do away with public schools. (Mother Jones)