Rise & Shine: Fifth Harlem Success charter school is approved

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | November 13, 2009, 12:18pm UTC
  • The Panel for Educational Policy okayed a $3 million contract for the DOE’s school surveys. (Daily News)
  • The panel also approved a new promotion policy for students in fourth and sixth grades. (Post)
  • A state charter school committee approved a fifth Harlem Success school yesterday. (Post)
  • A teacher accused of sexual misconduct is suing the city over his rubber room stint. (NY1)
  • The state plans to apply for Race to the Top funds in the first round of applications. (GothamSchools)
  • The Times laments that the RttT rules don’t demand better teachers, only “highly qualified” ones. (Times)
  • Tom Carroll reiterates three major initiatives NYS should undertake to get RttT funds. (Daily News)
  • Michael Mulgrew said CUNY students have low math skills because of test prep in school. (Daily News)
  • A D.C. school wonders what it means to be “turned” so middle-class families attend. (Washington Post)
  • Only three people attended a second hearing about relocating Greenwich Village MS. (The Villager)
  • Millennium HS’s funding for a gym will vanish unless the city finds space for one. (Downtown Express)
  • The head of the Robin Hood Foundation says NYC is better off when bankers get bonuses. (Bloomberg)