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Rise & Shine: Big Bronx high schools straining under pressure

By Philissa Cramer
  • Remaining large high schools in the Bronx are struggling with many needy students. (Daily News)
  • Data released for the first time shows city school suspension patterns. (GothamSchools, NY1, AP)
  • The data reveal that some schools regularly suspend children as young as 5 or 6. (Post)
  • A union survey outlines the toll of budget cuts. (GothamSchools, NY1, Daily News, Times, AP)
  • Nationally, math scores rose and reading was flat on this year’s NAEP exam results. (WSJ, Times)
  • But low math scores in New York put officials on notice. (GothamSchools, NY1, Daily News, Post)
  • A Brooklyn school was evacuated twice when odors and smoke were detected. (GothamSchools)
  • Nutrition experts and food companies are fighting over changes to the school lunch program. (Times)
  • The foundation head charged with using Newark’s Facebook money describes challenges. (Times)
  • An NYU professor says families should be able to opt out of the city’s sex ed curriculum. (Daily News)

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