Rise & Shine: High grades reported on newest progress reports

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | September 2, 2009, 10:58am UTC
  • Only two elementary and middle schools earned an F on their progress reports this year. (Post)
  • Most of the schools that failed the last two years have been closed or gotten new principals. (Daily News)
  • City teachers will be part of a study to evaluate how to measure teachers. (GothamSchools, Times, Post)
  • Principals are suing after the city took their parking permits away. (GothamSchools, Daily News, Post)
  • The city will give free swine flu shots to all students who want them. (Wall Street Journal, Times)
  • The lawsuit against the city filed by the fired Arabic school principal has been dismissed. (Times)
  • A third of Chicago teachers reported being pressured to change student grades. (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Milwaukee’s mayor stepped up his push for mayoral control yesterday. (Business Journal of Milwaukee)
  • Bill Cosby is stepping in to help Detroit’s ailing schools keep students enrolled. (Detroit Free Press)
  • Even the teachers union backs Los Angeles’s plan to let outside operators run its schools. (L.A. Times)