Rise & Shine: Harlem arts program must raise funds or shutter | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Harlem arts program must raise funds or shutter | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: Harlem arts program must raise funds or shutter

by Philissa Cramer

• The Harlem School of the Arts has to raise $500,000 immediately or close for good. (Daily News)
• A 10-year-old allegedly stabbed a 5-year-old with a protractor on the bus home from school. (Post)
• The $550 chairs included in the state’s failed Race to the Top plan are made by prison inmates. (Post)
• The Queens girl arrested earlier this year for doodling on her desk is suing the city. (Daily News)
• Northwest Indiana school officials want to implement New York City-style reforms. (Post-Tribune)
• Marcus Winters: Seniority-based layoffs will rid the city of excellent young teachers. (City Journal)
• Five of six prospective schools vying for charters right now would be located in New York City. (WGRZ)
• New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn is the first city school to digitize student records. (Times)
• A nonprofit arts program in Harlem has closed its doors, for at least the foreseeable future. (Times)
• The Times says the school closure decision gives Mayor Bloomberg a second chance to follow the law.
• President Obama is giving his Nobel Prize money to an organization that works with city schools. (NY1)
• The city isn’t allowing Paul Robeson HS to keep a beloved local vending machine operator. (Daily News)
• High school students are opposing State Sen. Eric Adams’s anti-sagging campaign. (Brooklyn Paper)
• The Daily News says politicians should not be allowed to cheapen charter schools with dirty dealings.
• Discouraged by their loss in Race to the Top, at least six states are considering not reapplying. (Times)
• The Manhattan Institute’s president says we should stop over-funding schools and hospitals. (Post)
• Eileen Norcross: NJ Gov.’s school budget cuts have him on a collision course with the union. (Post)
• D.C.’s budget would slightly increase per-student spending, but force teacher layoffs. (Washington Post)
• Working under a new teacher-created turnaround plan, Jefferson HS is making changes. (LA Times)
• Schenectady has to build more schools while restructuring the ones it already has. (Times Union)
• Unions and school districts are deciding whether to reopen contracts to stave off cuts. (Chicago Trib)