Skip to main contentRise & Shine: City does away with list of banned test topics
By | April 3, 2012, 10:44am UTC - The city is doing away with its controversial list of banned test topics. (Post, NY1, SchoolBook)
- The city withdrew seven turnaround plans. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook, Daily News, Post, NY1, WSJ)
- None of the schools was in Queens, where officials have been protesting. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
- A credit rating agency, Moody’s, praised the state’s disbursal of school aid to needy districts. (Post)
- A school safety agent was removed after he was arrested on charges of rape. (Post, NY1, Daily News)
- A Queens program for students with autism is modeled after a renowned program at Princeton. (NY1)
- Thousands of state workers, including school workers, rushed to lock in retirement benefits. (Times)
- Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School students base year-end projects on their lives. (Daily News)
- A report shows that a link between college education and lifespan has grown stronger over time. (Times)