MAYORAL CONTROL:
- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says mayoral control talks in Albany are “evolving.” (NY1)
- Mayor Bloomberg praised Shelly Silver’s school plan and the effort in Albany. (Post)
- The Daily News says Silver is on the right track; the Post wants more details about what his position.
- State lawmakers say Bloomberg’s leadership is making them think twice about mayoral control. (NY1)
- Jacob Gershman analyzes the politics around Silver’s moderate mayoral control position. (Post)
- The Queens school board appointee says the PEP should have more power. (Queens Tribune)
OTHER NEWS:
- Some principals say their budgets are dropping by even more than the amount the DOE warned. (Post)
- A teacher’s 5-year fight over an abuse charge shows problems in the teacher justice system. (Times)
- ARIS for parents is now online. (GothamSchools, Post)
- Since the arrival of swine flu, school nurses have been busier than ever. (NY1)
- Some city kids are changing their college plans after getting too little financial aid. (Riverdale Press)
- About a dozen Los Angeles teachers have launched a hunger strike against layoffs. (L.A. Times)
- States are working on plans to keep high school graduates out of remedial college classes. (Times)
- Kids these days really like hugging each other; parents and teachers are baffled. (Times)
- The Green Dot-takeover school in Los Angeles, Locke High, is still lagging academically. (L.A. Times)