Skip to main contentRise & Shine: StudentsFirstNY picks take Buffalo school board
By | May 9, 2013, 11:05am UTC - Candidates the union fought and StudentsFirstNY aided won Buffalo school board seats. (Buffalo News)
- One of the winners was Carl Paladino, the not-politically correct 2010 candidate for governor. (HuffPo)
- A parent lawsuit targets the city’s and state’s slow pace of approving special education judgments. (NY1)
- The Department of Education told schools they must conduct lockdown drills each year. (Daily News)
- In a surprise, the city will clear PCBs from schools faster than planned. (GothamSchools, Times, NY1)
- Mayoral hopefuls critiqued the UFT and committed to educators at a forum. (GothamSchools, City Room)
- Bill Thompson said he would not pick Merryl Tisch, his campaign chair, as chancellor. (GothamSchools)
- The city says it will appeal the legal ruling in favor of Christine Rubino, a teacher it tried to fire. (Times)
- The city and UFT submitted evaluation plans for the state to weigh. (GothamSchools, Daily News, Post)
- A city health department app helps teenagers locate birth control and other services. (Daily News, AP)
- Barnard College is abuzz over changes to an English class’s exam aimed at curbing cheating. (Times)
- Los Angeles’s mayoral candidates say they support making teacher evaluations public. (L.A. Times)
- The College Board canceled the SAT for all of South Korea, a first, due to cheating concerns. (WSJ)