Big Education Ape: Rise & Shine: City, union in talks to delay first day of school

Thursday, June 24, 2010

by Philissa Cramer

The DOE and teachers union are discussing delaying the first day of school to Sept. 13. (Daily News)
The 4-year principal of PS 7 in the Bronx is leaving to be an education consultant. (Riverdale Press)
Nicole Suriel’s death is raising questions about field trip rules. (Times, Post, Daily News, WSJ)
The next step for a long-pending anti-bullying bill is Gov. Paterson’s approval. (Times)
A Bronx principal found to have sexually assaulted staff once has been accused again. (Daily News)
A Bronx student was murdered earlier this month on his way home from school. (Riverdale Press)
Thirty-one states are teaming up to develop shared standardized tests. (USA Today)
School libraries are being hit especially hard by budget cuts nationally. (AP)
Momentum is growing for mayoral control of Detroit’s schools. (Detroit Free Press)
Chicago’s school board agreed to lay off teachers by quality rating, not seniority. (Chicago Sun-Times)

by Elizabeth Green

Video of a walkout during a Harlem charter space hearing. (Norm Scott)
The city will investigate the death of Nicole Suriel of Columbia Secondary. (Post)
The DOE is looking for someone to oversee its quality reviews. (Simply Hired)
Staten Island’s famous PS 22 chorus graduates to “Man in the Mirror.” (PS 22)
Assemblyman Gottfried seems to support Education Reform Now. (NYC Public School Parent Blog)
Rank-and-file teachers at odds with AFT President Randi Weingarten. (Eduwonk)
Applications to remake American tests are in. (EdWeek, password-protected)
Who will govern the new assessments once they exist? (Fordham)
An argument that reducing teaching jobs is a good thing. (Big Government)
Chicago’s schools chief wants more than just seniority to determine layoffs. (Catalyst)
“Chasers”: the people who go after truants and dropouts. (Take Part, via Russo)
A slightly hidden, very-high graduation rate in D.C. uncovered. (Jay Greene)