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Rise & Shine: Some kids still shut out after second HS round

  • The number of kids qualifying for gifted programs is up. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily NewsPost)
  • A mom who started out opposing a charter school learned more and became its biggest supporter. (Post)
  • After the second HS admissions round, some kids were placed in schools they didn’t pick. (Daily News)
  • Dueling lobby groups are heading to Albany to push their plans for mayoral control. (Post)
  • A big issue for Albany to work out is the role of parents in the school governance system. (Daily News)
  • A Queens school custodian quit after it was revealed that he stole cleaning supplies. (Daily News)
  • There is growing dissent in D.C. over the city teachers union president’s leadership. (Washington Post)
  • The two-year span for federal stimulus funding has school advocates worried. (USA Today)
  • Lame-duck state ed head Richard Mills warns of a 2011 crunch in state school aid. (Legislative Gazette)
  • A Wall Street Journal columnist complains about how many politicians send their kids to private school.
  • The WSJ editorial board also condemns Arne Duncan’s decision to end the D.C. voucher program.
  • A government plan would let English parents force change in the failing schools they might attend. (BBC)
  • A Philadelphia Inquirer columnist ponders her reason for wanting more black teachers in the classroom.
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  1. Mary

    I like WSJ’s editorial on the double standards of politicians pushing public schools while sending their kids to private. I’d like to know how many NYC politicians, especially those on the city council’s education board, send their kids to private schools, and then I’d like to see how they vote on education issues. I’d love to see the press cover this.

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