Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Nepotism accusations vs. resigned DOE tech exec
By | May 20, 2011, 10:52am UTC - A DOE tech official who resigned is seen to have helped her partner gain city contracts. (Daily News)
- Some worry the creation of a core curriculum at CUNY will limit its more selective colleges. (Times)
- Mayor Bloomberg said the UFT is creating “havoc and disruption” with its school closure lawsuit. (Post)
- The Daily News says the UFT’s school closure lawsuit shows the union is not working for kids.
- The State Senate will hold a hearing Monday on discipline processes for teachers. (Post)
- Teachers and staff at Academic Leadership Charter say it illicitly screens students. (GothamSchools)
- City officials say they will open a new elementary school at Peck Slip, but not until 2015. (Tribeca Trib)
- The playground at Brooklyn’s PS 39 will be closed for three years, upsetting families. (Daily News)
- Parents at Manhattan’s PS 42 say explicit paintings at an adjacent gallery are inappropriate. (Post)
- A nonprofit group visited 100+ schools to help students express feelings about Japan’s tsunami. (NY1)
- Parents in the Bay Area say they have to fight to get their children special education services. (Times)
- Los Angeles is pushing to lay off librarians by arguing that they don’t teach. (L.A. Times)