Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Eighth-grade reading scores dropped to new low
By | August 9, 2011, 10:59am UTC - The city’s small test score gains outshone the state’s. (GothamSchools, Daily News, NY1, WNYC, WSJ)
- But the reading scores for eighth-grade students actually dropped to their lowest point since 2006. (Post)
- A Bronx teacher was fired after investigators found she enrolled her son but didn’t pay tuition. (Post)
- Nearly every student at Bronx Charter School for the Arts reported bullying on the city’s survey. (WPIX)
- The city knew for months about toxins at Bronx New School but only told families this week. (Daily News)
- The government is suing a for-profit education company for illegally claiming financial aid. (Times, WSJ)
- Atlanta is taking $6 million from savings to pay salaries of teachers accused of cheating. (AJC)