MORE ON THE MATH SCORES
- More than 90 percent of city charter school students passed the state math test. (Post, Daily News)
- In Queens, 13 schools had every student pass the test. (Daily News)
- PS 4, MS 223, and PS 214 in the Bronx all saw big test score gains. (Daily News)
- Parents and teachers in Brooklyn say small classes have been the key to raising scores. (Daily News)
- Some are predicting that the math scores will be a tipping point for the mayor to keep control. (Post)
- The Daily News says the charter school scores are proof the city needs to close more failing schools.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE:
- City labor unions, including the teachers union, have agreed to some health care concessions. (Times)
- A Red Hook school building is being closed for the rest of the week because of flu fears. (Brooklyn Paper)
- A Staten Island kid says he was sent home from school because of his unusual haircut. (Post)
- An East Harlem principal is under fire after distributing a racially loaded survey to teachers. (MYFoxNY)
- A new program will steer top city college students into teaching math. (Daily News)
- A Daily News columnist says the only justification for not renewing mayoral control is greed.
- Juan Gonzalez: The DOE is flouting PS 123 by expanding the Harlem Success school in it. (Daily News)
- Using the stimulus to save jobs means schools won’t have to change, says a business professor. (CNN)
- Detroit voters might get to decide whether their mayor gets control of the city schools. (Detroit Free-Press)
- Only about half of students graduate from four-year colleges in six years, a study found. (USA Today)