FROM NEW YORK CITY:
- Mayor Bloomberg has pretty much stopped talking about massive teacher layoffs. (Post)
- The DOE isn’t letting a rapper bound for jail visit a Crown Heights middle school. (Daily News)
- D.C.’s Catholic-to-charter school conversions could have lessons for New York City. (Times)
- Schools could lose their drug counselors thanks to a state move to outsource them. (Daily News, NY1)
- Another member of Harlem Parents United argues in favor of school choice. (Daily News)
AND BEYOND:
- Much of the state’s stimulus money will arrive this month. (AP)
- The federal government will be paying attention to how schools use their stimulus money. (Times)
- In one high-pressure suburban school, students got a boost from falsified transcripts. (Times)
- New York’s senators say they’ll oppose a law to preserve the D.C. voucher program. (Post)
- The Wall Street Journal says Obama should expand D.C.’s voucher program, not end it.