Week In Review (June 23-27)

DC Drama
Headaches -- Some Self-Inflicted -- Await AFT In Chicago
Groups Scramble To Round Up Celebrity Spokespeople
Spellings Speaks!

NCLB News
How To Spin The Latest Report Results
NCLB The Web Of Blame
Mainstream Takes On NCLB Study Different Cities, Different Results

Think Tank Mafia
KIPP Book (Work Hard, Play Nice) Coming In January
In Defense Of The Times, Wendy Kopp, and Arrogance

Teachers
The Lives Of Teachers, For Better And Worse
Narrowing The Teacher Achievement Gap In Chicago & NYC

Students
Time-Lapse Story Chronicles Fates Of 24 Kindergartners
A New Car For Perfect Attendance; $100/Month For Housing
Homeless Kids In The Classroom -- And How To Get Them Back

School Life
Who Got It Wrong? The Principal, Or The Press?
Gloucester Principal "Punks" Kids, Media, Self

Media Watch
More New EdWeek Blogs And Bloggers Not A Bad Thing
Favorite Passages & Paragraphs
Terry Bergeson, "Superintendent Of Public Destruction"?