Big Education Ape: Rise & Shine: Attendance problems not limited just to students

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

by Philissa Cramer

Only four principals failed the city’s principal rating system, even after it was overhauled. (Daily News)
A fifth of city teachers missed more than the permitted 10 days of school last year. (Wall Street Journal)
The city’s two-year-old Attendance Court is meant to help truant teens return to school. (Times)
Special education adds complexity and stakes to the debate over charter schools. (Columbia Spectator)
Potential challengers to State Sen. Bill Perkins are busily touting their charter school support. (Post)
A movie about getting into Harlem Success charter schools, is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival. (Post)
Public school students who are Tribeca Film Fellows are screening their own short movies. (NBC NY)
A teacher at the Bronx’s PS 117 allegedly negotiated an illicit gun sale from his classroom. (Daily News)
Investors in D.C.’s schools say they want to be able to leave if Michelle Rhee does. (Washington Post)
A task force recommended that Los Angeles’s school board tie test scores to teacher tenure. (L.A. Times)
In response to criticism, Chicago will now let families appeal magnet school rejections. (Chicago Tribune)
Budget cuts could cause class sizes in Chicago to rise by as much as 25 percent. (Chicago Tribune)