Rise & Shine: City opening hotline for worried special ed parents

  • In response to concerns, the DOE is creating a hotline for parents of students with special needs. (Post)
  • School district heads demanded Common Core-aligned materials. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook)
  • Williamsburg Charter HS won a legal fight to stay open. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook, Daily News, Post)
  • Insideschools.org is launching a user-friendly data guide to city high schools. (GothamSchoolsPost)
  • Bronx parents are protesting what they say is overzealous policing in city schools. (Daily News)
  • The City Council is again funding a program to help teachers buy school supplies. (GothamSchools)
  • A state politician wants students to be able to apply sunscreen in schools without a doctors’ note. (NY1)
  • The head of an advocacy group lists priorities he wants to see Gov. Cuomo tackle in the next term. (Post)
  • The mayor in San Antonio, Tex., wants a small tax imposed to finance prekindergarten. (Times)
  • A third of school districts in the state could run out of savings because of a new tax cap. (Times-Union)