Skip to main contentRise & Shine: City now planning to close A- and B-rated schools
By | January 24, 2012, 11:47am UTC - Seven of the 33 schools the city now wants to close got A’s or B’s on their city report cards. (Post)
- One, Maxwell High School, got an A last year, up from much lower scores in previous years. (Daily News)
- City, state, and union officials testified in Albany on Gov. Cuomo’s education budget. (Daily News, NY1)
- The hearing revealed dissent at the state level about competitive school grants. (GothamSchools, Times)
- Bill Hammond: The hearing was “a lesson in pussyfooting” around teacher evaluations. (Daily News)
- An audit of the city’s ARIS data warehouse found waste. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook, Daily News)
- Revelations about a misspelled street sign has some pointing fingers at the school it’s outside. (Post)
- A student was arrested with a pellet gun at his Manhattan high school’s metal detectors. (Daily News)
- New Orleans announced plans to turn more high schools over to charter operators. (Times-Picayune)
- More on the Long Island student named a national science fair semifinalist while homeless. (Times)
- Some Chicago parents say they were paid to support the school closure plans at hearings. (Sun-Times)
- D.C.’s schools chief supports a plan to pay teachers more in high-need schools. (Washington Times)