New York is creating more in-state residential schools for children with severe special needs. (Times)
Several new charter schools in New York City will have a theme, such as environmentalism or Hebrew language and culture. (Post)
City lawyers have advised that board members of the nonprofit Fund for Public Schools should not have to disclose their finances under a 2006 law designed to make government more transparent. (Times)
Despite a lawsuit last year, students at Frederick Douglass Academy IV are still not receiving mandated special ed services. (Daily News)
Queens’ Francis Lewis and Benjamin Cardozo High Schools received the most applications in last year’s high school admissions process. (Post)
Schools in states that required small test score gains in the first few years of NCLB must now make much larger gains if they are to reach 100 percent proficiency by 2014. (Times)
In Connecticut, 40 percent of schools did not make Annual Yearly Progress this year under NCLB. (Times)
The economic downturn is making it tougher to open new charter schools and run existing ones, in D.C. and nationally. (Washington Post)
Jay Mathews suspects Prince George’s County superintendent John Deasy’s departure for the Gates Foundation might reflect tension with the school board. (Washington Post)
For the first time, the DOE is asking Community Education Councils, which have budgets of only $20,000 to foot the bill for increases to the benefits of their administrative assistants. (Post)
With the economy in decline, more families might pick already overcrowded public schools. (Daily News)
Because of overcrowding, some children in Riverdale now must attend schools that are not their zoned school. (Riverdale Press)
At a public hearing in Queens, parents railed against mayoral control. (Queens Chronicle)
Giving rewards to students who pass state tests could violate federal privacy rules, the Texas education commissioner has advised his superintendents. (Dallas News)
Girls living in cities start sports later and continue less often than boys and suburban girls. (AP)
Girls in the United States who are exceptional at math are rarely nurtured, a new study finds. (Times)
One year after starting its charter school experiment, Georgia has lifted its cap on the number of charters. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New Orleans’ school board is now majority white and stacked with supporters of the state’s post-Katrina takeover of the city’s schools. (Times-Picayune)
Reports arguing that schools should teach “21st-century skills” never explain how to do it, Jay Mathews complains. (Washington Post)
A letter from the NY Civil Liberties Union to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says that more than 300 students were illegally arrested in city schools between 2005 and 2007. (Daily News, Times)
Budget cuts to school transportation programs may cause resegregation and force some children to stay at failing local schools despite NCLB’s transfer option. (Wall Street Journal)
Minority college enrollment has increased, but not enough for this generation’s educational attainment to exceed the previous generation’s. (AP)
Yesterday, 1300 teachers across the country received boxes of school supplies worth $1,000 thanks to Adopt-A-Classroom and OfficeMax. (Washington Post)
One of 20 new schools planned for Chicago is the gay-friendly Pride School. (Chicago Sun-Times)
More than 100 city middle schools are using “Dimension M,” an algebra-focused computer game, in their math classes, the first result of a new partnership between educators and gamemakers. (Times)
Juan Gonzalez asks why the DOE’s accountability and legal divisions continue to grow, despite a department-wide hiring freeze. (Daily News)
More than 6,000 seats are still available in the city’s pre-K classrooms; if they aren’t filled by Oct. 31, the city loses funding for them. (WNYC, AP)
Brooklyn schools are worried about impending budget cuts. (YourNabe.com)
Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan turned down an award for his anti-violence efforts as gun deaths of Chicago students continue. (Chicago Sun-Times)
Two new programs for kids with special needs will help the D.C. public schools meet its legal mandate to provide special education services. (Washington Post)
A study of Colorado high schools suggests that arts education might help students do better in other subjects. (Denver Post)
Australian Education Minister Julia Gillard has invited Chancellor Klein to speak in Australia. (Post)
A new wrestling center in the Bronx opened by afterschool organization Beat the Streets hopes to help students get and stay on track for college. (Daily News)
The study of Latin is on the upswing nationwide, both as a choice and as a requirement. (Times)
The Noble Charter School Network in Chicago may be the latest example of successful “no excuses schools.” (NPR)
Connecticut is grading schools on how well they promoted nutrition and health. (Medical News Today)
All Things Considered asks how each of the candidates would fix NCLB. (NPR)
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