- One family’s story illustrates the challenges that the city’s shelter system imposes on schooling. (Times)
- Very few test-takers fail the state’s teacher certification exams, which are set to get tougher. (Post)
- Many city schools are already using versions of the city’s new sex education curriculum. (S.I. Advance)
- The Board of Regents’ agenda for today includes voting on relaxing special ed rules. (GothamSchools)
- Mayor Bloomberg continued his rebuttal of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch’s criticisms. (Daily News)
- Many teachers who are seeking donations want unexciting classroom supplies. (GothamSchools)
- Gina Bellafante: Schools are asking for donations while filmmakers get city subsidies. (Times)
- Two of the leading young players in chess are black teens who attend Brooklyn’s I.S. 318. (Times)
- The rising class of online schools enrolls a variety of students and takes a variety of forms. (WSJ)
- Fear of unintended consequences is setting in as Chicago rolls out new teacher evaluations. (Times)
- The Daily News praises Dennis Walcott for vowing to return federal funds without an evaluation deal.
- The Times says Tennessee’s new teacher evaluations have problems but are a step in the right direction.
- D.C. is adopting the Tools of the Mind program as reform efforts shift to instruction. (Washington Post)
- New Jersey is set to unveil a school progress report card system like New York City’s. (N.J. Spotlight)