Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Bullying blamed in Staten Island student's suicide
By | January 4, 2012, 11:49am UTC - A New Dorp HS student who killed herself said she was bullied. (Times, Daily News, Post, S.I. Advance)
- A training program for math teachers will shift its focus from new to current teachers. (SchoolBook)
- More on the education proposals Gov. Cuomo could make today, and what others hope he says. (Times)
- State officials suspended federal grants for nine districts besides New York City. (GothamSchools, AP)
- The city is telling schools affected by the funding freeze not to make any changes right away. (Times)
- State officials seemed to leave open a chance for the city’s federal funding to be restored. (Daily News)
- The Post blames teachers unions statewide for the debacle and says their claims aren’t to be believed.
- A judge dealt a blow to an effort to make charter schools pay rent. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook, NY1)
- Connecticut’s largest teachers union called for new teacher evaluations in a policy proposal. (WSJ)
- Idaho teachers say the state’s requirement for digital classes wasn’t throughly thought out. (Times)
- The Times endorses the Obama administration’s efforts to overhaul Head Start offerings nationally.