New York:
- Proposed new teacher evaluations would place more weight on student test scores. (Times)
- The regulation’s increased emphasis on test scores came at Governor Cuomo’s urging. (GS, Daily News)
- Democrats for Education Reform criticized the regulations for burdening local districts. (Post)
- A study of school grades shows the city’s metrics keep changing, affecting schools’ fate. (Post)
- But in a given year, the grades are a reliable way to compare schools. (Times)
- Among the recipients of Bloomberg charity are charter schools and a principal training group. (Post)
- The city has been temporarily blocked from co-locating an UWS charter school. (Daily News, WSJ)
- The mother of a P.S. 141 student said a teaching assistant put her son in a choke hold. (NY1)
- Students who attended P.S. 86 reunite after 10 years with the teacher who took them to Finland. (Times)
- Parental anxiety is fueling a boom in pre-kindergarten tutoring programs like Kumon. (Times)
- A five-year-old Queens girl’s parents keep her busy, spending $1,500 a week on tutoring. (Daily News)
- The Post accuses Bill de Blasio of being a teachers union “puppet” because of a now-removed link.
- The state is demanding repayment from a Long Island school that vastly overpaid its CEO. (Times)
- Critics believe that parents of playground arsonists are buying them out of trouble. (Brooklyn Paper)
Elsewhere:
- The Wall Street Journal says Rahm Emanuel’s new ed bill is a good start, but only a start.
- Newark advisory task force members say they were left out of the superintendent search. (Star-Ledger)
- In New Jersey, Orthodox Jews and public school parents are fighting for control of a school board. (WSJ)
- The CFO of Philly’s public schools says the budget cuts have never been so bad before. (Inquirer)
- Special ed advocates are accusing D.C. charter schools of steering students to private schools. (WaPo)
- A CT student who was suspended for the way he invited a girl to prom will be allowed to attend. (Post)
- GOP Congresswoman Michele Bachmann entered politics via the school board. (WaPo)