Rise and Shine: Calif. teachers drop guns from pension fund

  • California’s teacher pension fund became the first to divest from publicly-traded gun companies. (Times)
  • A second test proctor told investigators that a Queens teacher helped provide answers to students. (Post)
  • Christine Quinn named a 30-year-old former Bronx teacher to manage her mayoral campaign. (WSJ)
  • “More and better” ed programs headlined Gov. Cuomo’s speech. (GothamSchoolsSchoolbook, News)
  • But Cuomo’s speech was “incomplete” because it barely touched school funding issues. (Times-Union)
  • Ten states have started giving letter grades to all schools in the last two years, creating confusion. (WSJ)
  • A Bronx Catholic school raised $232,000 in weeks, but still could close. (Riverdale Press, Daily News)
  • The school is one of eight Catholic schools on the chopping block due to financial distress. (NY1)
  • The city’s effort to curb grade inflation on Regents exams hit a road bump in hiring. (GothamSchools)