Remainders: Where's Cathie Black?

Cathie Black visited two schools in Queens today, but city officials kept it a secret. (DN,NYT, NY1)
Assemblywoman Cathie Nolan and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer came along. (WNYC)
Nolan chose the two schools — both are diverse and have many low-income students. (NYT)
Rick Hess: Black and Polakow-Suransky’s union isn’t likely to work smoothly. (EdWeek)
A private school consultant says the public schools are turning off more parents. (Abacus Mom)
Stacey Gauthier explains her idea of what makes a highly effective school. (GS Community)
A bill freezing charter school funding failed in the State Senate last night. (Times Union)
State Senate Education Committee leader Susie Oppenheimer may win. (Politics on the Hudson)
Senate Republicans are calling on Craig Johnson, a pro-charter school advocate, to concede. (DN)
Will NY teachers ever oust a union president like teachers in D.C. just did? (Ed Notes)
A teacher doesn’t miss her old school, but she does miss her old students. (Miss Brave)
Arne Duncan visited a school undergoing the “transformation” model. (Politics K-12)