Opposing testing’s role, some parents want their children to skip state tests that start next week. (NY1)
As many schools prep for lower scores, one school rallied students over high scores. (GothamSchools)
P.S. 58 in Brooklyn’s video of its woeful bathroom conditions won it city funds to fix them. (Daily News) An independent office analyzed the city’s school funding system. (GothamSchools, Daily News, NY1)
A kindergartener is banned for school for not getting a required chicken pox vaccine. (Daily News)
The teacher charged with raping a former student is Facebook friends with students. (Daily News, Post)
The National Science Foundation is funding trials of robot teachers, including in New York City. (WSJ)
New Jersey just released school report cards that rate schools compared to a “peer group.” (Star-Ledger)
Texas’s move to relax graduation and testing requirements is attracting widespread attention. (Times)
President Obama’s budget includes funding for pre-kindergarten, high schools, and college. (EdWeek)
Only states that are trying to expand pre-kindergarten, as New York is, will get Obama funds. (HuffPo)
The Times extols the value of the study showing that more information helps poor students get to college.
