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By | July 11, 2011, 11:21am UTC - Michael Goodwin: Actually, Chancellor Walcott doesn’t control school investigators after all. (Post)
- Parents in Far Rockaway are protesting the city’s decision to deny their principal tenure. (Daily News)
- A South Bronx charter school is crafting a new model for schools to serve students in foster care. (AP)
- A mom says a Harlem Success academy pushed out her son, who has attention issues, in 2008. (Times)
- City families are paying high prices to prepare their preschoolers for the gifted screening test. (Post)
- Parents at Brooklyn’s PS 29 plan to confront their former PTA treasurer accused of stealing. (Daily News)
- The UFT’s $2 million award for housing its charter school has some observers uneasy. (GothamSchools)
- More than 1,200 families have applied for Chris Whittle’s new private school, to open in 2012. (Times)
- Stanley Crouch: New Yorkers are growing weary of the NAACP’s Hazel Dukes. (Daily News)
- Nationally, vocational programs in high schools are under threat from falling budgets. (Times)
- Laid-off teachers in Chicago staged an art exhibit of works showcasing their feelings. (Times)
- In Texas, the school personnel responsible for rolling out new exams have all been cut. (Times)