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Rise & Shine: City is cutting controversial Teacher Data Reports

Posted By Philissa Cramer On September 16, 2011 @ 6:42 am In Newsroom | 2 Comments

The city is eliminating Teacher Data Reports, saying new evaluations make them unnecessary. (Times ^[1])
The DOE says it plans to fire administrators from Eximius College Prep for falsifying transcripts. (Post ^[2])
Talks are open between the city and school aides’ union, DC-37, over averting layoffs. (GothamSchools ^[3])
The DOE won’t move a suspension center onto the Petrides Campus after all. (Post ^[4], S.I. Advance ^[5], NY1 ^[6])
A parent-led lawsuit over charter school co-locations had its first day in court. (GothamSchools ^[7], NY1 ^[8])
In Newark, schools chief Cami Anderson’s reform plan starts with hiring many new principals. (Times ^[9])
A look at teaching as a retirement option, which some baby boomers are pursuing. (Times ^[10])
A bus company is under investigation after a student boarded the wrong bus and was left alone. (NY1 ^[11])
Five city schools — in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island — won a national performance prize. (NY1 ^[12])
For the first time in Chicago’s extended day battle, two schools voted against longer days. (Tribune ^[13])
Philadelphia is adding more discretion into its “zero-tolerance” school discipline policy. (Inquirer ^[14])
In England, 5- and 6-year-olds will take a compulsory reading test for the first time next year. (BBC ^[15])

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[1] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/nyregion/new-york-hands-off-part-of-teacher-evaluation-effort.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

[2] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/grades_scam_KPq2XYFl53IFIXNzwRLl3H

[3] GothamSchools: http://gothamschools.org/2011/09/15/school-aides-union-and-doe-in-talks-to-prevent-layoffs/

[4] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/angry_parents_win_school_reversal_MqdDgGOhGj0S7gBMBJp6lI

[5] S.I. Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/schools_chancellor_scraps_plan.html

[6] NY1: http://statenisland.ny1.com/content/top_stories/147294/doe-to-not-put-suspension-center-in-petrides

[7] GothamSchools: http://gothamschools.org/2011/09/15/taking-doe-to-court-parents-resurrect-battle-over-co-locations/

[8] NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/education/147298/parents-file-lawsuit-against-doe-over-charter-school-co-locations

[9] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/education/16newark.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

[10] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/business/retirementspecial/pursuing-teaching-as-a-second-or-third-career.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[11] NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/education/147292/young-queens-student-left-stranded-after-boarding-wrong-school-bus

[12] NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/education/147254/five-city-schools-receive-blue-ribbon-award

[13] Tribune: http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/7684232-418/two-schools-reject-early-start-for-longer-school-day-cps-says.html

[14] Inquirer: http://www.philly.com/philly/education/129928393.html

[15] BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14930193

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