Rise & Shine: Late-night vote shutters all or part of 23 schools

by Philissa Cramer, at 8:31 am

The PEP voted to close or shrink 23 schools after a tense meeting. (GS, NY1, Daily News, Times, Post)
Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed CUNY funding and mandatory kindergarten. (Daily News)
Comptroller John Liu, also running for mayor, said Quinn did not articulate an education vision. (WSJ)
New research shows that the achievement gap between affluent and poor students is growing. (Times)
A Hoover Institution Fellow advocates for city teachers to receive letter-graded report cards. (Post)
The P.S. 243 aide accused of sex crimes took students on unsanctioned excursions. (Daily News)
A City Councilwoman urges the city to promote boys sports in small high schools. (Queens Chronicle)
The USDOE gave 10 states No Child Left Behind waivers in the first round of exemptions. (Times, WSJ)

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check out the TV news reports of last night’s outrage here: http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2012/02/video-of-protests-at-pep-meeting-last.html

Overheard just now at a Common Core training: "Is this for third grade?" "Yes, but it used to be for fourth." Context: http://t.co/sToNlRp8 14 hrs ago
For some city math teachers, conversion to new Common Core standards may be tough http://t.co/RN55Se2E 16 hrs ago
For more about @OlympusAcademy, whose principal is speaking at #RTTT announcement right now, read our story: http://t.co/1Zb3JLkT 18 hrs ago
P.S. 59, a crowded Manhattan school, is closing its pre-K program to make room for waitlisted students: http://t.co/lbqBlu4D via @DNAInfo 22 hrs ago
For our morning readers: all about a transfer school where students zip toward a diploma at their own pace — online: http://t.co/1Zb3JLkT 23 hrs ago
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