Big Education Ape: Rise & Shine: Teachers give Joel Klein low marks on city survey

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

by Philissa Cramer

Just a third of teachers said they approve of Chancellor Klein on the city’s annual survey. (Post)
The city decided against delaying the first day of school. (GothamSchools, Daily News, WSJ)
Fighting over next year’s calendar finished the year for the city and union. (GothamSchools, NY1)
Yesterday was the last day of existence for the infamous teacher rubber rooms. (GothamSchools, Times)
The city is shrinking its programming for students incarcerated on Rikers Island. (GothamSchools)
The city didn’t tell an upstate district that the principal it hired was in trouble here. (Journal News)
The homeless student who was barred from taking a Regents exam graduated yesterday. (Daily News)
A student who set fires at Stuyvesant HS won’t go to jail but can’t go back to Stuy. (Daily News)
Many schools are starting the summer unsure about how long they’ll continue to exist. (NY1)
The city kicks off its annual summer meals program today. (NY1)
Students at the video game-themed Quest To Learn school live in imaginary Creepytown. (NPR)
New York State continues to have the highest per-pupil spending of all states. (Post)
The Post laments what it says are diminishing standards at city gifted programs.
Los Angeles parents are using celebrities to push back against school budget cuts. (AP)