Remainders: In the rest of the world, education policy goes on

Excerpts from a parent listserv on the topic of tonight’s mayoral control deathwatch party.
Did mayoral control really expire today? A Daily Politics reader says it might have.
Business leaders in Chicago have concluded that Arne Duncan’s reforms failed. (Via Russo)
A space fight in Red Hook between a district school and a charter school rages on. Norm Scott reports.
Mike Petrilli thinks the Supreme Court’s “firefighter case” clears the way for teacher testing.
A teacher says she’ll try to enjoy the summer, even though she has to return to the rubber room next fall.
Our blogger Ruben Brosbe reflects on what he wishes he had known when he interviewed the first time.
Where are Garth Harries’s special education recommendations? Insideschools wants to know.
Speaking of Insideschools, today was most of its staff’s last day. More on this tomorrow.
Los Angeles schools sup’t Ramon Cortines isn’t pleased that Brüno posed with his students.
Britain’s schools chief, Ed Balls, is releasing a paper officially calling for NYC-style progress reports.
Randi Weingarten’s most recent “What Matters Most” column is a reflection of her time at the UFT.
Here’s an example of what not to write in your kid’s private school kindergarten application.