Posts tagged "Headlines"
by Philissa Cramer,
at 6:51 am
- Two high-scoring Brooklyn schools, P.S. 31 and P.S. 257, are under investigation for cheating. (Times)
- Across the city, the DOE leases 50 school buildings from religious groups, raising issues. (WNYC/SB)
- Selective CUNY schools have fewer black and Hispanic students under tighter admissions rules. (Times)
- Some parents are resisting state field tests to try out new questions. (GothamSchools, WSJ, SchoolBook)
- Math teachers, whose topic builds sequentially, see a rocky road to the Common Core. (GothamSchools)
- Proposed rules in a district-level Race to the Top could be hard for the city to follow. (GothamSchools)
- The judge wants to keep hearing the Williamsburg Charter High School closure case. (NY1, SchoolBook)
- Over 67,000 families, or 4.6 per seat, tried for city charter schools this year. (SchoolBook, NY1, Post)
- The Post says the sustained demand for charter schools is proof enough that the sector should expand.
- Part of I.S. 285 in Brooklyn floods each time it rains, a problem the city says it is working to fix. (NY1)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 6:58 am
- Lawyers for Williamsburg Charter HS say the city’s closure decision was motivated by bias. (SchoolBook)
- The school has said its indicted founder is no longer involved, but he appears to get school emails. (NY1)
- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is unveiling a long-promised district Race to the Top. (Times)
- Mayor Bloomberg: If the UFT opposes absurd suits, it should withdraw its own. (Daily News, NY1, Post)
- Michael Powell: A special ed advocate started his career after blowing the whistle at a school. (Times)
- Olympus Academy uses a blended learning model to let students go at their own pace. (GothamSchools)
- The city announced an upgrade to Staten Island Technical High School’s athletic fields. (S.I. Advance)
- Across the country, scholarship funds meant for poor students have lined private school coffers. (Times)
- Some liberal arts colleges are starting to put more energy into career-readiness for students. (WSJ)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 7:13 am
- A teacher’s suit accuses UFT chief Michael Mulgrew of making concessions to hide a sex scandal. (Post)
- The lawyer who filed the suit making the allegations was fined for filing a frivolous lawsuit before. (Post)
- Many schools are taking the option to cancel two class days in June, but a third day is required. (Times)
- An arbitrator will referee the city and unions’ “turnaround” contract dispute. (GothamSchools, NY1)
- A Queens high school principal is under fire for marking up the cost of students’ uniforms. (Daily News)
- Lehman High graduates who attend selective colleges reflect on their closing school. (Daily News)
- Like New York, Newark might also try to offer buyouts to teachers without permanent positions. (WSJ)
- The Daily News says the city buyouts show the UFT would rather reward weak teachers than good ones.
- The Post says the city’s latest teacher quality policies are weak but made necessary because of the UFT.
- Several protocol problems plagued a private school where students’ SAT scores were tossed. (Times)
- Chancellor Dennis Walcott runs, cooks, and sings in a church choir on typical Sundays. (Times)
- A student has sued the city, charging that an injury in M.S. 51′s gym derailed his sports ambitions. (Post)
- David Kirp: Racial integration yielded academic and social benefits but has been abandoned. (Times)
- Michael Winerip profiles a gifted student who will attend a South Carolina boarding school. (Times)
- Los Angeles still offers health classes and employs health teachers as others make cuts. (L.A. Times)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 7:04 am
- A new coalition aims to challenge Bloomberg’s schools policies in the mayor’s race. (Times, Daily News)
- The city will try to fire or buy out more teachers. (GothamSchools, Post, Times, Daily News, NY1, WSJ)
- A Harlem charter school called the police about a union photographer in the building. (Post)
- The Harbor School has major plans to expand its space and potentially enrollment. (Downtown Express)
- Bronx schools are busy with Regents exam prep and visits from Holocaust survivors. (Riverdale Press)
- An N.M. student graduated on time by making up an English class in a weekend. (Albuquerque Journal)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 7:07 am
- Sitting too close together cost hundreds of students their SAT scores. (NY1, Times, Daily News, WSJ)
- A school “study tour” is the next step in an initiative to link charter and district schools. (Daily News)
- The state is preparing to set high-need student enrollment goals for charter schools. (GothamSchools)
- A new study finds that 15 percent of students nationally can be considered chronically absent. (Times)
- A judge encouraged arbitration in the union-city suit over turnaround. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook)
- Tottenville High School staff members were honored for saving a student’s life with a defibrillator. (NY1)
- A lucky conversation led to a new Joffrey Ballet program for Fort Hamilton High School. (Daily News)
- Comptroller John Liu found improprieties in payments to a tutoring company. (GothamSchools, Post)
- The parent council for Queens’ District 29 is weighing a middle school choice proposal. (Daily News)
- Downtown families who are still on kindergarten waiting lists are growing frustrated. (Tribeca Trib)
- Parents from P.S. 195 in Queens rallied against the slow pace of the city’s PCB cleanup. (Daily News)
- Across the state, voters overwhelmingly okayed school budgets set under a brand-new tax cap. (Times)
- Chicago aims to add 60 more charter schools in the next five years and go from 110 to 170. (Tribune)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 6:51 am
- Common Core standards architect David Coleman will head the test-making College Board. (Times)
- The city’s response to the union “turnaround” suit says a delay would be damaging. (GothamSchools)
- A janitor at P.S. 160 in the Bronx is being hailed for foiling a potential kidnapping. (Post, NBC)
- The principal removed after being accused of lewd behavior is being demoted. (Post, Daily News, NY1)
- A growing emphasis on standardized testing nationally has given rise to scattered rebellions. (WSJ)
- The backlash has led to intense criticism of testing firms even as the firms continue to expand. (WSJ)
- Florida schools won’t be penalized for low writing test scores after all scores fell. (Orlando Sentinel)
- Michelle Rhee’s ongoing advocacy through StudentsFirst continues to win big funders. (Reuters)
- A lawsuit funded by reform advocates takes aim at California’s tenure and seniority rights. (L.A. Times)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 6:59 am
- Manhattan Beep Scott Stringer: Exam errors should make the state halt new evaluations. (Daily News)
- The Daily News says Stringer’s teacher evaluation stance puts him on the fringe and should be rejected.
- A labor panel again backed mediation for the city’s evaluation talks. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
- Another Brooklyn chess team, from Sunset Park’s P.S. 503, won a national tournament. (SchoolBook)
- Walcott maintains a blistering pace of school visits, especially compared to Joel Klein. (GothamSchools)
- A senior at Fordham wants the university to “adopt” high schools at the Roosevelt campus. (Daily News)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 6:56 am
- At Explore Charter, one of the city’s many segregated schools, engaging with race is a challenge. (Times)
- State inspections found that some struggling schools lack basic supplies such as books and paper. (Post)
- Emails the UFT requested show Joel Klein was close to charter schools. (Daily News, NY1, SchoolBook)
- UFT President Michael Mulgrew criticized the city’s school policies at a union conference. (NY1, AP)
- Mayor Bloomberg again criticized parents for not caring about their children’s education. (Daily News)
- P.S. 276 in Manhattan suggested that waitlisted families try applying to a private kindergarten. (Post)
- Parents in Prospect Heights are worried about the arrival of a charter transfer high school. (Daily News)
- Several school workers have left the system after engaging inappropriately with students. (Daily News)
- A Queens City Council member explains her bill to change how teacher salaries are billed. (Daily News)
- Locke High School in Los Angeles, which Green Dot runs, is doing better but still not well. (L.A. Times)
- The nun who runs Brooklyn’s all-girls Fontbonne Hall Academy is a relic of an earlier time. (Times)
- Elsewhere in the state, school budgets enacted under a new property tax cap are going to voters. (WSJ)
- Some independent schools are embracing technology, and some are eschewing it. (Washington Post)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 7:07 am
- Dozens of principals want to use two unused snow makeup days for Common Core training. (Post)
- Schools that use Core Knowledge, such as P.S. 333, confirm a study validating the curriculum. (NY1)
- The city is ramping up its anti-truancy campaign with subway ads. (GothamSchools, Post, NY1)
- New York posted flat scores on the NAEP science test, meant to compare states. (Daily News, Post)
- Nationally, students posted slight gains on the test but still lag in content knowledge. (WSJ, Times)
- Two Manhattan schools were evacuated briefly after non-toxic white powder was found. (Daily News)
- P.S. 41′s green roof is ready, six years after parents raised the idea of gardening there. (The Villager)
- An advocacy group asked the state to investigate Eva Moskowitz’s Success charter network. (Post)
- Michael Benjamin: Problems with tests are not new; the new problem is complaining about them. (Post)
- The Daily News says city small schools’ spots on a national high school ranking proves their value.
- In a letter, the city’s number-two education official disputes a column criticizing progress reports. (Times)
- California’s school board is continuing its quest for federal funds without new evaluations. (L.A. Times)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 6:58 am
- An internal memo shows that Pearson, the state’s test-maker, is concerned about its errors. (NY1)
- Merryl Tisch said the errors are “inexcusable.” (GothamSchools, Daily News, WSJ, Post, Crain’s NY)
- The city announced new names for the 24 schools set to undergo turnaround. (SchoolBook, Daily News)
- City officials are worrying that a legal holdup could undermine the turnaround schools. (GothamSchools)
- (For now known as) Automotive HS will teach bike repair to reflect the new Greenpoint. (Brooklyn Paper)
- Chancellor Walcott visited P.S. 98 in the Bronx, where at 11-year-old student committed suicide. (Post)
- Riverdale families are joining in a citywide fight to get after-school funding restored. (Riverdale Press)
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