Rise & Shine: A beloved principal is Race to the Top casualty | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: A beloved principal is Race to the Top casualty | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: A beloved principal is Race to the Top casualty

by Philissa Cramer

• A beloved Burlington, Vt., principal is an early casualty of Race to the Top’s requirements. (Times)
• A DOE employee allegedly used a racial epithet when advising on how to shut parents out. (Daily News)
• The city’s Conflicts of Interest Board okayed Cami Anderson’s bid to open charter schools. (Post)
• Few students are assigned to schools the city legally can’t close. (GothamSchools, Daily News, NY1)
• A Manhattan lawmaker who voted to allow more charter schools says he doesn’t support them. (Post)
• A subnarrative of the Nicole Suriel tragedy is the private fundraising that fuels her school. (Times)
• The city says it might reopen an investigation into Columbia Secondary School’s principal. (NY1)
• The Post calls for quick handling of new complaints against the school’s principal.
• The soon-to-be-released testing report is a harsh reality check for city schools, the Daily News warns.
• The Daily News says teachers who have flirtatious relationships with students should be fired.
• Mayor Bloomberg will take part in a televised education summit on NBC in September. (AP)
• Fans and foes of socioeconomic integration in schools are set to face off in Raleigh. (News & Observer)
• New Jersey won’t see charter schools open in affluent areas this fall after all. (Wall Street Journal)