New York  Times

March 6, 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/education/07winerip.html?src=twrhp
By MICHAEL WINERIP

No one at the Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies works harder than Stacey Isaacson, a seventh-grade English and social studies teacher. She is out the door of her Queens home by 6:15 a.m., takes the E train into Manhattan and is standing out front when [...]

New York Times

Thu, Mar 3, 2011
By Trip Gabriel

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/education/03teacher.html?_r=1&hp

Some mayors are threatening mass teacher layoffs. In Providence, R.I., teachers, parents and union members rallied Wednesday outside City Hall and called on Mayor Angel Taveras to rescind the termination notices he sent to the city’s nearly 2,000 teachers.

The jabs [...]

By MICHELLE RHEE
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/opinion/23rhee.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

THE past year was a sobering one for American educators, as we learned that the United States is falling farther behind in international student rankings. To his credit, President Obama put forward a plan for change that hit the mark, a brilliant stroke that even the “abolish the [...]

By FERNANDA SANTOS
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/nyregion/27academic.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a2
Published: November 26, 2010
When it comes to education credentials, Shael Polakow-Suransky fills a lot of the holes in Cathleen P. Black’s résumé. He is a byproduct of a public school system, and his idea of climbing the career ladder was to start as a mathematics teacher and work his way [...]

By Michael Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 16, 2010; 12:01 AM
Programs that train teachers need to be radically revised, according to a panel composed of some of the country’s top educators, and eight states, including Maryland, have signed on to adopt the recommendations, scheduled to be released Tuesday.
Teacher-training programs have long been [...]

<In an administration that values statistical measurement, there are myriad ways to measure the impact of Klein’s initiatives. Different numbers paint different pictures: High school graduation rates are up. But standardized test scores in lower grades—used to justify continued mayoral control and to fortify the mayor’s two re-election campaigns—were shown [...]