Remainders: A guide to averting the end of accountability

  • Mike Petrilli: Could the end of NCLB augur an end to the accountability movement? (Flypaper)
  • Debate on Sen. Tom Harkin’s ESEA bill has been scheduled for next week. (Politics K-12)
  • The bill would require the weakest schools to undergo one of six overhaul tactics. (Quick & Ed)
  • Andy Rotherham: Schools are more like the Boston Red Sox than the Oakland A’s. (Time)
  • Teachers in San Francisco protested outside Murdoch’s ed conference appearance. (HuffPo)
  • A South Bronx area is among 80 communities to focus on third-grade reading. (Curriculum Matters)
  • The principal of Telecommunications HS quotes poetry in support of the “we.” (Schoolbook)
  • Newark Mayor Cory Booker is looking for an education policy assistant. (On Ramps)
  • Chicago’s union is claiming a victory in its fight against the city’s extended day plan. (Catalyst)