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By | February 14, 2011, 10:01am UTC - 13 elementary schools in the city could lose half their teachers if severe layoffs happen. (Daily News)
- Parents at PS 65, where half of teachers have less than five years’ experience, fear layoffs. (Post)
- The UFT is firing back at Mayor Bloomberg with a “last in, first out” ad of its own. (Daily News, NY1)
- The groups that won increased school aid say Gov. Cuomo is shortchanging the city. (Daily News)
- Cathie Black’s first six weeks as chancellor have been filled with ups and, mostly, downs. (AP)
- Harvard professor Ronald Ferguson has kept a low profile studying the racial achievement gap. (Times)
- The city has stopped letting principals spend school funds on cameras meant for spying. (Daily News)
- Mayor Bloomberg said schools might stop giving lunch to students who don’t pay. (Post, Daily News)
- PS 129 in the Bronx was locked down briefly on Friday after two gunmen sought refuge inside. (Post)
- Minority students continue to be underrepresented at specialized high schools. (GS, Post)
- Students attended a fair advertising new high schools this weekend. (NY1)
- The Daily News says college-readiness revelations mean the state must improve Regents exams.
- Thomas Carroll: Education budgets are secondary to the right priorities, like charter schools. (Post)
- A city nonprofit that offers low-quality GED prep gets more than $10 million a year in federal aid. (Post)
- Acceptance letters to private school kindergartens went out on Friday. (WSJ)
- D.C. officials are finding unexpected uses for the city’s teacher evaluation system. (Washington Post)
- Jay Mathews: Michelle Rhee’s biggest missteps included picking the wrong battles. (Washington Post)
- Two years after Detroit’s schools were declared in a state of emergency, the crisis there persists. (WSJ)
- Some Alabama students have designated today free of profanities — a “no-cussing” day. (Times)
- The Chicago Tribune says the city’s new mayor will inherit a school system primed for reform.