Rise & Shine: Brand-new Bronx charter school could be closed

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | April 1, 2011, 10:22am UTC
  • The state is threatening to close a 7-month-old Bronx charter school that hasn’t stopped struggling. (WSJ)
  • Parents at a school under investigation are upset the city didn’t ask before interviewing their kids. (Post)
  • The city’s Archbishop says public school teachers sexually abuse children more than priests do. (WNYC)
  • Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said teacher layoffs in the city won’t be legislators’ fault. (Daily News)
  • The new PS 133 building in Brooklyn won’t open this fall as planned, but instead in 2013. (Daily News)
  • One in 10 high school applicants weren’t matched. (GothamSchools, Times, Post, Daily News, NY1)
  • Poor reviews of his school policies have hurt Bloomberg’s ratings. (GothamSchools, WNYC, NY1)
  • Pedro Noguera: School closures shouldn’t happen because they hurt black male students. (Daily News)
  • Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida is seen as the Republican standard-bearer on school reform. (Washington Post)
  • Construction classes are the hip new thing for schoolchildren across the country. (Times)
  • Hands-on techniques for teaching math to young students are the focus in Chicago schools. (Times)