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Rise & Shine: New year brings new state school reform efforts

Posted By Philissa Cramer On January 3, 2012 @ 7:11 am In Newsroom | 18 Comments

New York City news:

  • Gov. Andrew Cuomo is gearing up to announce a commission to plan school reforms. (Daily News [1], NY1 [2])
  • Critics of the Cuomo administration’s education policies say they are wary of new plans. (Politicker NY [3])
  • City-union talks on new evaluations broke down. (GothamSchools [4], Times [5], Daily News [6], Post [7], WSJ [8], NY1 [9])
  • One in four students at Grace Dodge High School, slated for closure, is pregnant or parenting. (Post [10])
  • The principal the city appointed for Grace Dodge High School has closed other schools before. (Post [11])
  • Donors are planning to fund summer school for students who aren’t required to attend. (WSJ [12])
  • For years, the city has not sought its full eligibility in federal special ed reimbursements. (Times [13], CBS NY [14])
  • The head of the DOE’s gang unit helps schools deal with seemingly increasing gang activity. (WNYC [15])
  • The principal of Manhattan’s P.S. 64 hasn’t made friends by asking teachers to dress better. (DNAInfo [16])
  • In a lawsuit, a teacher charges that toxins at P.S. 51 caused a fatal birth defect in her baby. (Daily News [17])
  • More about a charter school, Brooklyn Urban Garden, looking for space in District 15. (Brooklyn Paper [18])
  • Michael Rebell, Campaign For Fiscal Equity case director, is still on the job, as we have reported [19]. (WSJ [20])
  • A forthcoming charter school plans to connect students digitally with international peers. (Daily News [21])
  • Investigators found a teacher offered students better grades if they praised her. (Post [22], Daily News [23], AP [24])
  • The principal of Manhattan’s Museum School was arrested for driving while drunk. (Post [25])
  • Investigators found a teacher at Boys & Girls High School made inappropriate comments. (Daily News [26])

Views:

  • The widow of the UFT’s founder, Al Shanker, says charter schools have lost their appeal. (Daily News [27])
  • The Daily News [28] said it is better to lose funds than have a sub-par teacher evaluation system.
  • The Daily News [29] also lambasted UFT President Michael Mulgrew for costing the city money.
  • Chancellor Dennis Walcott slams the UFT for not agreeing to an evaluation deal. (Post [30])
  • The Post [31] says the UFT doesn’t want longer tests only because results could be used to judge teachers.
  • Joe Nocera: School reform in Central Falls, R.I., should continue despite the city’s bankruptcy. (Times [32])

Elsewhere:

  • New York says five districts didn’t submit teacher evaluation plans; not all districts agree. (Times Union [33])
  • Since exiting D.C., Michelle Rhee has pushed for education policy changes in many states. (USA Today [34])
  • Michael Winerip: An inquiry into school officials’ free trips raises new questions about Pearson. (Times [35])
  • Advocates for church-state separation say they are seeing more violations in public schools. (Times [36])
  • D.C. is giving “highly effective” teachers large raises, to both applause and criticism. (Washington Post [37])
  • California’s governor is proposing billions of dollars in new funds for cash-strapped schools. (L.A. Times [38])
  • In many ways, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s “year of education reform” was a year of frustration. (WSJ [39])
  • Citywide, there were fewer suspicious test erasures last year in D.C. schools. (Washington Post [40])

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URLs in this post:

[1] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/convention-center-coming-aqueduct-article-1.999550?localLinksEnabled=false

[2] NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/education/153461/sources--cuomo-to-announce-new-education-commission-in-state-address

[3] Politicker NY: http://www.politickerny.com/2012/01/02/public-school-advocates-skeptical-of-cuomo-education-reform-plans/

[4] GothamSchools: http://gothamschools.org/2011/12/30/city-union-declare-impasse-in-teacher-evaluation-negotiations/

[5] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/education/teacher-evaluations-dispute-imperils-grants-for-schools.html

[6] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/city-officials-lose-60m-federal-cash-chancellor-walks-talks-union-article-1.998916

[7] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/schools_stalemate_blows_fed_aid_y75zRiReJMJMQOpl0UCbTO

[8] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204720204577131102552452994.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[9] NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/153418/failing-talks-between-doe-and-teachers-union-could-cost-schools-millions

[10] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/parent_twist_at_bx_hs_qe2sa4CnW0cru7GXQFnboM

[11] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/critics_question_appointment_of_mUKsupSvMj2JRyrXp9FFuN

[12] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204464404577117002159568484.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories

[13] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/nyregion/new-york-schools-fail-to-get-medicaid-money-for-special-needs-services.html?_r=1&hp

[14] CBS NY: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/29/over-500-million-in-nyc-school-funds-left-unclaimed-officials-scramble-to-explain/

[15] WNYC: http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/dec/26/gang-intervention-keeping-watch-schools/

[16] DNAInfo: http://www.dnainfo.com/20111227/lower-east-side-east-village/east-village-school-principal-wages-dress-war-on-teachers#ixzz1hkLOrE79

[17] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/teacher-toxic-bronx-school-sue-losing-baby-birth-defect-article-1.998361

[18] Brooklyn Paper: http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/52/dtg_bugscharter_2011_12_09_bk.html

[19] we have reported: http://gothamschools.org/2011/10/12/bruised-by-suit-advocates-try-persuasion-to-boost-school-funds/

[20] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204552304577112631042995266.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories

[21] Daily News: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-12-29/news/30570815_1_pals-russia-middle-school

[22] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/teacher_out_on_her_butt_lTjGiSw6yPS5QVAnCyWTMI

[23] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/teacher-bernadette-camacho-allegedly-bribe-a-student-good-grades-article-1.999307

[24] AP: http://online.wsj.com/article/APf1d691a91a62454ebf08a0eaf7934a60.html

[25] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/dwi_principal_7S05Vf4Fxto6nSasWsJRiN

[26] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-gym-teacher-stanley-feldman-fined-lewd-comments-scandal-article-1.998605

[27] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/charter-schools-solution-widow-famed-uft-leader-albert-shanker-blasts-reformers-article-1.996247

[28] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/better-lose-60-million-a-weak-rating-system-article-1.998151?localLinksEnabled=false

[29] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/uft-president-mulgrew-flunks-big-schoolteachers-test-article-1.999101

[30] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/race_to_the_bottom_43FIpLN2ovwVy7IWHBZI5O

[31] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/union_fails_test_2ol7evRQQuUtOAURqUrc5J

[32] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/opinion/nocera-the-central-falls-success.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

[33] Times Union: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Is-time-money-It-is-for-schools-2437571.php

[34] USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-12-29/michelle-rhee-lobbying/52276930/1?csp=34news

[35] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/education/inquiry-into-school-officials-travels-paid-for-by-pearson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[36] Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/us/battling-anew-over-the-place-of-religion-in-public-schools.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[37] Washington Post: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/education/big-pay-days-in-washington-dc-schools-merit-system.html

[38] L.A. Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/education/la-me-california-budget-schools-20111228,0,1154362.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Feducation+%28L.A.+Times+-+Education%29

[39] WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/12/30/christies-2011-education-a-year-of-frustration-over-schools/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=WSJ_NY_NY_Blog

[40] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-schools-insider/post/suspicious-dc-cas-erasures-down-in-2011-but-osse-withholds-school-by-school-data/2011/12/31/gIQA9s7pSP_blog.html

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