Rise & Shine: Change at Robeson HS no antidote to closure

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | May 10, 2011, 9:35am UTC
  • The mood at Paul Robeson HS is vastly improved, but the school is still being closed. (City Limits)
  • Amid criticism, the city is delaying parent elections by a week. (Gothamschools, Post, Daily News)
  • A mother whose child got in to Upper West Success Academy is worried the school won’t open. (Post)
  • Joel Klein recounts the issues he faced as chancellor and offers a prognosis for education. (Atlantic)
  • Youth advocates are pushing to get back $23 million in after-school funds in the city’s budget. (WNYC)
  • Sandy Socolar, a 94-year-old policy analyst, is working on a kindergarten space study. (Daily News)
  • Los Angeles’s ambitious school turnaround plans has observers worried about capacity. (L.A. Times)
  • Chicago’s teachers union says the state’s reform bill includes an appeals rule it didn’t agree to. (WSJ)
  • Eli Broad’s involvement in school reform in Charlotte, N.C., is drawing scrutiny. (Charlotte Observer)
  • The Post criticizes the criticism being leveled against Newark’s new superintendent, Cami Anderson.