Skip to main contentRise & Shine: No more rescoring for barely-passed HS exams
By | May 26, 2011, 11:04am UTC - To prevent cheating, the state won’t let schools rescore students’ barely-passed exams. (Times, WSJ)
- The city quietly decided to increase class sizes for some special education students. (Daily News)
- Charter parents want the NAACP to withdraw from the UFT’s school closure suit. (GothamSchools)
- Parents worry that toughening standards at a Queens gifted program will shut local kids out. (Daily News)
- The Lehman HS and Kennedy HS buildings will collect solar energy as part of a city project. (Daily News)
- Mayor Bloomberg isn’t alarmed that a diplomat’s daughter is suing over her school treatment. (Post)
- The Daily News: The teachers union should not block the city’s new tests meant for teacher evaluation.
- An East Harlem private school now serves exotic vegetarian lunches, which kids like. (Daily News)
- Nationally, growth in education spending slowed tremendously in 2009, amid budget problems. (Times)
- Still, New York outspent every other state per student in 2009, even with fiscal woes. (WNYC)
- Last year’s non-winning finalists will take home most of this year’s Race to the Top funds. (Times)