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By | August 17, 2010, 11:48am UTC - Most students incarcerated on Rikers Island had school problems before being arrested. (NY1)
- The city wants to reform Island Academy by making it more than a GED program for jailed kids. (NY1)
- A protest halted last night’s school board meeting. (GothamSchools, Times, Post, Daily News, WNYC)
- The Charter Center’s test score report says the lower scores should spur schools to improve. (Post)
- A new report says New York City’s schools are among the worst for black males. (Daily News)
- A judge blocked the city’s plan to end some bus service on Staten Island. (NY1)
- Ed Sec Arne Duncan said he backs releasing individual teachers’ value-added scores. (L.A. Times)
- More than 100 charter schools nationwide have financial ties to a Turkish nationalist. (USA Today)
- Researchers say students just too young for school are often diagnosed with ADHD. (USA Today)