Rise & Shine: Report: Bronx principal used budget as slush fund

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | December 6, 2011, 11:47am UTC
  • The principal of P.S. 198 in the Bronx resigned after investigators found she misused school funds. (Post)
  • Cornel West visited Wadleigh Secondary School yesterday. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook, DNAInfo)
  • Michael Powell: Mayor Bloomberg’s dismissal of class size is out of touch and not pragmatic. (Times)
  • Marty Markowitz is trying and failing to get next week’s PEP meeting moved to Brooklyn. (Patch)
  • An overview of Eva Moskowitz’s charter school expansion plans and motivations. (Crain’s NY)
  • The city’s anti-truancy initiative is bringing peer mentoring programs to high schools. (GothamSchools)
  • Pepper spray forced the evacuation of Banana Kelly High School. (Daily News, City Room, NY1)
  • The city can evict churches in school space after their legal appeal failed. (Times, Daily News, NY1, WSJ)
  • Rick Hess and Linda Darling-Hammond: We disagree on much but not on the role of the feds. (Times)