Skip to main contentRise & Shine: Lots of noise in Brooklyn school's 60-kid classes
By | January 11, 2011, 11:03am UTC - A Brooklyn school’s experiment with super-sized classes has so far yielded chaos. (Times)
- A judge said the city can release teachers’ value-added ratings. (GS, Times, Post, DN, NY1, WNYC, WSJ)
- The teachers union is planning to appeal the release, so it won’t happen yet. (GothamSchools)
- The Post says union president Michael Mulgrew is wrong to appeal the judge’s ruling.
- The city is planning to build a school on Staten Island that generates more energy than it uses. (Post)
- In a survey, parents said Cathie Black’s top priorities should be budget cuts and class size. (Daily News)
- Like nearby PS 36, Staten Island’s PS 54 has closed classrooms because of PCB concerns. (WSJ)
- The city said PS 36 was safe, but three-quarters of students stayed home yesterday. (WNYC)
- Education Secretary Arne Duncan said D.C. should keep its interim schools chief. (Washington Post)
- Michelle Rhee says districts’ tough budget situations offer opportunities for bold change. (WSJ)