The chancellor change:
- Cathie Black will spend her first school day as chancellor touring schools. (NY1, AP, Post)
- The State Supreme Court okayed Black’s appointment last week. (Post, Daily News, Times, WSJ, NY1)
- Before that, opponents of Black’s appointment made their case before a judge. (Daily News, Post, Times)
- Six principals offer Black advice, from minimizing budget cuts to boosting writing instruction. (Times)
- NY1 looks back on Joel Klein’s eight-year tenure as chancellor. (Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- In an exit interview, Klein said he might have done well to explain himself better as chancellor. (Times)
- Mayor Bloomberg praised Klein during his weekly radio address. (Daily News)
- The Post says Klein performed magic in improving schools during his tenure as chancellor.
Other news from New York City:
- Since August, the city has enrolled more than 1,300 students in schools it hopes to close. (Daily News)
- A ruling on whether the city can release teachers’ value-added scores could come any time. (Post)
- New York City’s value-added experience shows just how problematic the approach remains. (Times)
- Principals on the Jamaica HS campus canceled a student play that criticized Joel Klein. (Daily News)
- But the city says Klein had no problem with the play being performed. (Daily News)
- A look back at the year 2010 in New York City’s public schools. (GothamSchools)
- Among the problems at Ross Global Academy: 77 percent teacher turnover. (Post)
- Prostitution surrounds West Farms elementary school in the Bronx. (Times)
- Ira Weston, embattled principal of Paul Robeson HS, is under investigation again. (Post)
- The Times says New York City’s efforts to improve the national GED are good but not enough.
- Prompted by a Bronx mom’s lawsuit, the EPA issued new rules for school toxin cleanup. (Daily News)
- PS 142 on the Lower East Side credits its arts program with helping students succeed. (Times)
- The teacher suspended for blogging about being a sex worker is telling her story in Marie Claire. (Post)
- The Post says the teacher’s case shows that rubber rooms are alive and well under a new policy.
- Francis Lewis HS principal Musa Shama explains why the school isn’t failing. (Bayside Times)
- A Middle College HS secretary used school funds to pay for personal purchases. (Post)
- A consultant, Charles Barron’s goddaughter, distributed racy poetry to PS 279 students. (Daily News)
And beyond:
- Some school districts used their edujob funding as a safety net instead of to save jobs. (Times)
- Shanghai’s high PISA scores stem from discipline, long hours, and lots of practice. (Times)
- Education Secretary Arne Duncan lobbies for national education law reauthorization. (Washington Post)
- Companies that guard against standardized test cheating are cleaning up in the current climate. (Times)
- Students in poor areas are getting to college with help from early college programs. (Times)
- Science fairs are struggling in the recession. (Times)
- Some universities are thinking about how to communicate grade information better. (Times)
- Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million to Newark schools lands atop competing visions for reform. (The Nation)
- Economist James Heckman thinks schools can be improved by investing in early childhood. (Times)
- Virginia’s new social studies textbooks are full of egregious errors. (Washington Post)