Rise & Shine: Bronx school skipped required ESL for 7 months

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | June 9, 2010, 10:45am UTC
  • Students protested against looming Metrocard cuts at Mayor Bloomberg’s subway station. (NY1)
  • High poverty schools received less stimulus money per student than wealthier schools. (WNYC)
  • Dozens of students at PS 212 in the Bronx didn’t get required ESL classes until March. (Daily News)
  • PS 163 on the Upper West Side admitted too many students but now will add a class. (Daily News)
  • U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan praised New York State’s Race to the Top changes. (Post)
  • Bronx Science teachers plan to rally against their administrators at the mayor’s house. (Daily News)
  • A proposed law on Long Island would fine principals $1,000 if they fail to stop bullying. (Post)
  • Stuyvesant HS students have had to take down their lists of fellow students “to tap.” (Post)