Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Huge cost overrun for city HS admissions system
By | February 18, 2011, 11:16am UTC - The city has spent way more than it planned to on its high school admissions system. (Times, Post)
- The city is telling principals to use funds or return them. (GothamSchools, Times, Post, NY1, Daily News)
- State test scores show gains for city students in science, social studies, and high school subjects. (Post)
- The UFT official thrown out of an Albany restaurant says portion size wasn’t the issue. (Daily News)
- The principal of Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy is starting a new school. (Riverdale Press)
- Joel Klein and Wendy Kopp attended a launch event for a planned for-profit private school. (The Villager)
- Lower Manhattan parents are hoping the city approves a proposal for a new school. (Downtown Express)
- Teachers heard arguments for changing pay rules at the labor-management conference in Denver. (AP)
- Los Angeles’s new schools chief is launching an NYC-inspired support foundation. (L.A. Times)
- Education advocates are trying to revolutionize Indian schools by reducing rote memorization. (Times)