Rise and Shine: Calif. teachers drop guns from pension fund

by Geoff Decker, at 6:59 am

California’s teacher pension fund became the first to divest from publicly-traded gun companies. (Times)
A second test proctor told investigators that a Queens teacher helped provide answers to students. (Post)
Christine Quinn named a 30-year-old former Bronx teacher to manage her mayoral campaign. (WSJ)
“More and better” ed programs headlined Gov. Cuomo’s speech. (GothamSchools, Schoolbook, News)
But Cuomo’s speech was “incomplete” because it barely touched school funding issues. (Times-Union)
Ten states have started giving letter grades to all schools in the last two years, creating confusion. (WSJ)
A Bronx Catholic school raised $232,000 in weeks, but still could close. (Riverdale Press, Daily News)
The school is one of eight Catholic schools on the chopping block due to financial distress. (NY1)
The city’s effort to curb grade inflation on Regents exams hit a road bump in hiring. (GothamSchools)

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