Okay, so we’re posting lightly instead of not at all. Here’s this week’s news so far from New York City:
- A deal between the city and the UFT will allow parent-paid aides to return this year. (Times)
- Early screening for gifted programs means admission is essentially random, a columnist argues. (Times)
- A city high school with a maritime focus is moving to Governor’s Island for the fall. (AP)
- The New Yorker looks at the city’s “rubber rooms,” where teachers under investigation sit and wait.
- The first study of the Leadership Academy shows some promising results. (GothamSchools, Post, Times)
- City students’ SAT scores are dropping; more are taking the tests. (Post, GothamSchools, Daily News)
- A student helped her Staten Island teacher win a back-to-school wardrobe makeover. (Daily News)
- Juan Gonzalez criticizes the city’s protocol for dealing with H1N1 in schools. (Daily News)
- The city charter school that pays its teachers $125,000 is about to open. (Christian Science Monitor)
- The city’s six community colleges posted a 2-year graduation rate of 2.3 percent in 2008. (Post)
And beyond:
- Michelle Rhee’s latest initiative is a 200-page document of expectations for teachers. (Washington Post)
- Educators, including some from the city, weigh in on Obama’s education policy pushes. (Times)
- Most Americans say they support Obama’s education agenda, a new poll found. (Bloomberg News)
- Los Angeles’s school board voted to give control of up to 250 schools to outside operators. (L.A. Times)
- In some places, people are trying to get their school districts to stop selling student data. (USA Today)
- Most school districts are using federal stimulus money in mundane ways. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson wants to adopt NYC’s school grading system. (Sacramento Press)
- Jay Mathews describes how a blind bureaucracy almost cost a top teacher his job. (Washington Post)