Skip to main contentRise & Shine: New year brings challenges, special ed changes
By | September 6, 2012, 10:57am UTC - Curriculum and special ed reforms arose during officials’ first school visits. (GothamSchools, Daily News)
- Chancellor Walcott says his goal for the new school year is to expand on past progress. (Daily News)
- With many city elected officials at the DNC, few are around for the first day of school. (GothamSchools)
- Cuts to special education providers’ pay means some say they are forced to stop helping students. (NY1)
- Plus, city funds are increasingly going to private companies, not educators who provide services. (NY1)
- Investigators found that a Brooklyn teacher looked at porn and otherwise misbehaved. (Post, Daily News)
- Even after the investigators launched the first inquiry, the teacher was not reassigned. (GothamSchools)
- A report shows that immigrant students graduate at a higher rate than native-born students. (Daily News)
- Cuts to special education providers’ pay means some have to leave students without services. (NY1)
- Plus, city funds are increasingly going to private companies, not educators who provide services. (NY1)
- The Daily News criticizes the UFT for allowing the city to start a new year without new evaluations.
- Chicago dropped its demand to tie some teacher raises to merit but did not end strike plans. (Sun-Times)
- Strike contingency plans include using other city employees to keep school buildings open. (Tribune)
- In Buffalo, N.Y., plans to transfer dozens of teachers from weak schools are proceeding. (Buffalo News)
- An analyst for a libertarian institute laments that charter schools cut into the private sector. (Daily News)
