The city won’t release information about schools’ compliance with physical education laws. (NY1)
A judge said a teacher caught with 20 bags of heroin could return to work. (WNYC, Daily News) A former principal, terminated for academic fraud, is earning a city paycheck again. (GothamSchools)
Eighteen schools told the union they still don’t have their new curriculum materials. (NBC New York)
The Post says Bloomberg’s new ed legacy pitch has some holes, but trumps what de Blasio is offering.
The play areas at the city’s first ‘green’ playground will capture stormwater to water plants. (NY1)
Some Staten Island politicians don’t want another school to move into I.S. 2’s building. (DNAInfo)
Concerns about coaching led many city private schools to drop a test score requirement. (NYT, WSJ)
California’s decision to suspend state tests isn’t going over well with Arne Duncan. (Washington Post)
The Ossining, N.Y. district has seen significant improvements since its days of race riots. (Hechinger)
The authors of a study that found benefits to field trips says city students should take more. (Daily News)