In the Times Union over the weekend, Tom Carroll looks at what more public charter schools will mean in Albany, where the district projects that 30% of city students will be enrolled in charters in a few years. Albany could end up being a good place to test out our anti-crap doctrine, as all bad schools (including crappy charters) face extinction. It all will come down to whether we view public education as a way of adequately meeting the educational needs of students or whether it continues to be little more than an employment agency for adults.

The NY Post says there is something stirring in the land of charter school applicants.

Also, the Syracuse Academy of Science shows how you go about keeping class sizes at a reasonable level - not by waiting for billions of CFE dollars but by just doing it. Somebody stop the madness.