Phantom MenaceCAP: Even the statisticians who performed the [Fordham Institute] study have distanced themselves from the conclusions about the effect of NCLB on high achievers.

Damn The Facts, Full Speed Ahead!Eduwonk:Fordham’s report on the alleged “race to the bottom” on state standards because of No Child Left Behind found, at most, a “walk to the middle.”

Michelle Rhee got blind support from Washington PostDailyKos: Media Matters offers a litany of cases in which the Posts editors attacked Rhees critics and lauded Rhee—led by the editorial boards refusal to engage with the cheating scandal that took place on her watch.

The Green Bay Packers of Ed Schools: Michael Goldstein:New Teacher Project teachers were 5.0 points out of 50, or 0.10 standard deviations, “better than the average teacher.” And UNO alum teachers were 2.1 points out of 50, or 0.04 standard deviations, “better.”

Teacher, Leave Those Kids AloneAmanda Ripley:At the national and local levels, [South Korean] politicians are changing school testing and university admissions policies to reduce student stress and reward softer qualities like creativity.

Teachers Protest Rupert Murdoch At School SummitHuffPost: Teachers in the San Francisco Bay area picketed Thursday outside an education conference that features News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch …

Teacher Sets Herself on Fire in Front of Students:A 44-year-old math teacher who set herself on fire in front of students at her school in southern France died Friday.

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