Rise & Shine: Feds vastly exaggerated number of failing schools

by Philissa Cramer, at 7:03 am

Less than half of schools nationally failed under NCLB, not 82 percent like Arne Duncan said. (Times)
As expected, the Panel for Educational Policy okayed two charter co-locations. (Times, NY1, Daily News)
Not on the agenda: co-locations for schools that aimed to be where Eva Moskowitz’s is. (GothamSchools)
A poll finds increased disapproval for Chancellor Walcott’s performance. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
The comptroller rejected a big DOE custodial contract. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook, Daily News, Post)
The elite Brearley School for girls chose a new head from a boarding school in Massachusetts. (Times)
A rapper will head a Bronx charter schools fundraising committee and other Bronx news. (Daily News)
At P.S. 277 in the Bronx, teachers and staff are excited to have a new lease on life. (WNYC/SchoolBook)
Some Lower Manhattanites are still pushing back against a District 2 rezoning plan. (Downtown Express)
Protests derailed a school board meeting about school closures and overhauls in Chicago. (Tribune)

DISTRICT 11

“Disapproval towards Chancellor Walcott” – A community outraged for Walcott NOT REMOVING principal John Chase at Bronxdale High School on the Columbus Campus when he was found GUILTY of Sexual Harassment towards staff. Disapproval rating in this community has skyrocketed! Very DISAPPOINTING and WRONG MESSAGE to young females to just keep their mouths shut!

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