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April 28, 2010
Rise & Shine: Attendance problems not limited just to students
- Only four principals failed the city’s principal rating system, even after it was overhauled. (Daily News)
- A fifth of city teachers missed more than the permitted 10 days of school last year. (Wall Street Journal)
- The city’s two-year-old Attendance Court is meant to help truant teens return to school. (Times)
- Special education adds complexity and stakes to the debate over charter schools. (Columbia Spectator)
- Potential challengers to State Sen. Bill Perkins are busily touting their charter school support. (Post)
- A movie about getting into Harlem Success charter schools, is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival. (Post)
- Public school students who are Tribeca Film Fellows are screening their own short movies. (NBC NY)
- A teacher at the Bronx’s PS 117 allegedly negotiated an illicit gun sale from his classroom. (Daily News)
- Investors in D.C.’s schools say they want to be able to leave if Michelle Rhee does. (Washington Post)
- A task force recommended that Los Angeles’s school board tie test scores to teacher tenure. (L.A. Times)
- In response to criticism, Chicago will now let families appeal magnet school rejections. (Chicago Tribune)
- Budget cuts could cause class sizes in Chicago to rise by as much as 25 percent. (Chicago Tribune)
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April 28th, 2010 4:28 pm
With all the supposed incompetent teachers, failing schools, it’s amazing the city has only pinpointed 4 principals for failure. Hmmmmm.
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April 28th, 2010 7:28 pm
4 principal failures, yet they attempted to close 19 schools. Bloomberg and Klein have no idea what they are doing other than trying to bust a union. Bloomberg and Klein = Pathetic and Shameful.
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