Remainders: After a year in the auditorium, a playground arrives

After a year without a playground, Ruben Brosbe’s students get one. (GothamSchools Community)
A young boy with autism interviews his mom for Story Corps. (Via Insideschools)
Proposed alternatives to bake sales-gone-healthy, from the DOE. (WNYC)
A manual for parents showing how to transform their children’s school. (Catalyst Ohio)
Arne Duncan sparks challenges in Congress; ESEA’s chances: bad. (EdWeek; EdWeek)
Philly’s all-education news site is a modern-day one-room schoolhouse. (Notebook)
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are campaigning for billionaires to give more. (Reuters)
A researcher finds that the “persistently dangerous” category is flawed. (EdWeek)
How can the government help young children develop “soft skills”? (American Prospect)
Communities start applying for Promise neighborhood grants. (Paul Tough)