In the last week, on Fordham Institute's Flypaper blog (see here), Terry Ryan blogged about front-loading compensation for new teachers; Emmy Partin discussed Gov. Strickland's "clarification" of his view toward charter schools; Kathryn Mullen Upton talked about figuring out what new teachers to hire now that it's time for schools to start that process; and Emmy Partin got down on what exactly "overhauling" a failing school really means.