- If the Elementary and Secondary Education Act isn’t renewed, the federal gov. has a back up budget.
- A home schooled student in Queens danced her way to acceptance at LaGuardia High School.
- The DOE gets great political mileage out of attacks on the rubber rooms, a blogger writes.
- Richard Kessler writes about how fightin’ words get adopted by education advocacy groups.
- In the wake of doubts on crime data, uncertainty could spread to schools’ numbers.
- Kim Gittleson looks at what charter schools pay in management fees, be they for or non-profit.
- A charter school advocate warns Harlem Sen. Bill Perkins of the wrath of charter school parents.
- Less test prep would set minority students up to pass the specialized high school test, a parent writes.
- Here’s a Super Bowl-themed downer: New Orleans and Indianapolis don’t graduate > 60% of students.
- Chancellor Klein should not be targeted, writes Norm, but Mayor Bloomberg should be.
- A Bronx special ed teacher says students give the best teacher assessments through their behavior.
- A group that runs theater classes in city schools is holding a “Billy Elliot”-themed writing contest.
- And an oncoming snow storm has postponed specialized high schools’ open houses this week.
