Rise & Shine: Game on to have Jeremy Lin be Stuy grad speaker

by Philissa Cramer, at 6:42 am

Students at Stuyvesant High School are recruiting Jeremy Lin as their graduation speaker. (Daily News)
The city filed applications with the state to get funding for “turnaround.” (GothamSchools, SchoolBook)
The city is telling principals at turnaround schools to hire back whomever they want. (GothamSchools)
Bronx Science is one of 245 schools where toxic levels of PCBs have been detected. (Riverdale Press)
The Daily News criticizes Gov. Cuomo’s concern about publishing teacher ratings in newspapers.
A retired city math teacher runs a workshop to inspire other teachers about the subject. (SchoolBook)
An Orthodox Jewish girls school in Brooklyn is fining students $100 for using Facebook. (Daily News)
Chicago and its union settled a suit over the city’s extended day push with a pay raise. (Sun-Times)
Silicon Valley is booming with technology start-ups aimed at making education more efficient. (WSJ)
Schools across the country are curbing risque attire at proms with stringent dress codes. (WSJ)

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