Skip to main contentRemainders: DOE consultant charged with stealing $3.6M
By | April 28, 2011, 11:45pm UTC - A former consultant is charged with stealing $3.6 million meant to wire schools. (NYT, DN)
- A rising senior doesn’t need bad behavior to prove she’s growing up. (GS Community)
- NYC Leadership Academy names Irma Zardoya, a former superintendent, as president. (No link)
- Failure to build consensus on Buffalo’s school turnaround plans will doom them. (School Zone)
- Of the 800-some schools getting SIG dollars, about 50 are charter schools. (Quick and the Ed)
- A report released by KIPP finds its college-graduation rate is “far short of our goal.” (Ed Week)
- A reform plan that aimed to unite the teachers union and district deals with discord. (VOSD)
- Applications to CEC parent councils are in; some districts have way more than others. (Insideschools)
- More aspiring gifted and talented students took tests this year than last year. (GS, Insideschools)
- Diane Ravitch and Andy Rotherham debated education on Terry Gross’s “Fresh Air.” (NPR)
- Posting a police officer at a school has advantages but isn’t a long-term solution. (Notebook)
- Lawmakers, want to get the feds out of K-12 education? There is a bill for you. (Politics K12)