Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Pre-K for all tops Obama's education agenda, too
By | February 13, 2013, 11:41am UTC - President Obama set better access to pre-K as a top priority in his State of the Union speech. (HuffPo)
- A single city school, a Staten Island charter school, has a state teacher evaluation plan. (GothamSchools)
- Dozens of new companies submitted bids to take over the city’s school bus routes. (SchoolBook, NY1)
- A special education advocate says the city has ignored students in the contract dispute. (Daily News)
- Schools across the state will get an influx of funds to support technology spending. (GothamSchools)
- In some parts of the city, kids’ quality of life is low and challenges are high. (Daily News, SchoolBook)
- Michigan could allow state leaders to seize control of more low-performing local schools. (WSJ)
- A think-tanker says New Jersey’s teachers union is wrong to oppose “blended learning” schools. (Post)