Rise & Shine: Some top schools subbing enrichment for recess

  • Some high-performing schools have replaced recess with academic and arts enrichment. (Times)
  • The relationship between City Hall and Albany, especially Regents chief Merryl Tisch, is tense. (Times)
  • Parents at an East Harlem gifted school protested plans to grow another school in the building. (NY1)
  • Jane Addams HS’s principal would not apologize to parents for the crediting scandal. (Daily News)
  • Recent graduates have launched a new foundation to help city students get funding. (GothamSchools)
  • The DOE’s former chief financial officer was fined for a conflict of interest. (TimesWSJDaily News)
  • A student has been arrested for releasing pepper spray at Banana Kelly HS on Monday. (NY1)
  • The school bus drivers union rallied in the face of strike threats. (GothamSchools, NY1, SchoolBook)
  • A Long Island superintendent is being asked to resign over an athlete’s grade inflation. (Post)
  • In New Orleans, protest is growing against charter school rules that keep locals out. (Times-Picayune)