A budget cut protest yesterday drew a large crowd, despite the bad weather. (NY1)
The DOE is adding new special education data to each school’s official website. (Daily News)
Parents are upset that proximity within districts didn’t matter in this year’s pre-kindergarten placements. (Daily News
Last year’s graduation rates might be released this month, finally. (Daily News)
In public housing, community centers and the child care they provide may fall prey to budget cuts. (Times)
The University of Vermont heavily recruits city kids to study environmental science. (Times)
The valedictorian at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn — who arrived here from Russia five years ago — is headed to Harvard; he got into 18 of the 19 elite universities to which he applied. (Post)
A Bronx principal says the two swimming pools at her school — closed since 1995, to the disappointment of neighbors in Co-op City — are “as crucial as learning arithmetic or reading.” (Daily News)
A study says that students who spent two years in private schools with the help of a federal voucher program didn’t benefit at all. (Sun)
In Washington, D.C., Catholic schools are converting into charters. (Washington Post)