Adding the city to a state budget cut lawsuit, a judge blocked the DOE from making cuts. (NY1, Reuters) Parents filed another school funding suit against the city for skipping required hearings. (Daily News)
Teachers union elections are underway, and the current leadership faces challengers. (GothamSchools)
Several charter schools that aim to open next year would eliminate the two-month summer break. (Post)
Bronx Science’s athletic director and track coach were suspended amid hazing charges. (Daily News)
The athletic director alerted coaches to the reported hazing and her response a year ago. (Daily News)
Students debate the hazing’s severity and laws requiring the students to be charged as adults. (Times)
Students got medical help after a student set off pepper spray in Jamaica High School’s cafeteria. (NY1)
Amplify, Joel Klein’s NewsCorp division, is releasing a schools-only tablet today. (USA Today, Times)
Upstate advocates say the Alliance for Quality Education is wrong that schools need more money. (Post)
Robert Pondiscio: The big news about the city’s preferred curriculums is what it didn’t pick. (Daily News)
A national program aims to help parents improve educational outcomes for Hispanic students. (WSJ)
A United Nations report says Syria’s education system has collapsed amid its two-year civil war. (Times)
