From New York City:
- After admissions changes, gifted programs’ enrollment and diversity are down. (Times, Daily News)
- A best-case budget scenario for next year would include no increases in state aid for schools. (AP)
- The UFT is fighting for Teaching Fellows whose jobs are on the line. (Post)
- A fired teacher who called his students “animals” lost a bid to be reinstated. (Daily News, Post)
- Bronx principals report data errors in the DOE’s recent arts report. (Riverdale Press)
- A new building housing four schools was dedicated yesterday. (Staten Island Advance)
- A Harlem teacher in Antarctica spoke to her students by videoconference. (AP)
- Graffiti gets a gallery at New Design High School on the Lower East Side. (The Villager)
- Kids at PS 19 grilled a state senate candidate who was principal for a day. (Downtown Express)
And beyond:
- Massachusetts districts want to be able to stop paying students’ charter school tuition. (Boston Globe)
- The Wall Street Journal takes a look at presidential candidates’ education platforms.
- A California judge delayed the state’s plan to require algebra in 8th grade. (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Students learning English and in special education fear required high school exams. (Baltimore Sun)
- New NCLB rules take aim at the nation’s dropout crisis. (Time)
- Chicago schools chief says a top federal education job isn’t on his mind. (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Australia’s government wants proposed school reforms to happen faster. (The Australian)