Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Late-night vote shutters all or part of 23 schools
By | February 10, 2012, 1:31pm UTC - The PEP voted to close or shrink 23 schools after a tense meeting. (GS, NY1, Daily News, Times, Post)
- Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed CUNY funding and mandatory kindergarten. (Daily News)
- Comptroller John Liu, also running for mayor, said Quinn did not articulate an education vision. (WSJ)
- New research shows that the achievement gap between affluent and poor students is growing. (Times)
- A Hoover Institution Fellow advocates for city teachers to receive letter-graded report cards. (Post)
- The P.S. 243 aide accused of sex crimes took students on unsanctioned excursions. (Daily News)
- A City Councilwoman urges the city to promote boys sports in small high schools. (Queens Chronicle)
- The USDOE gave 10 states No Child Left Behind waivers in the first round of exemptions. (Times, WSJ)